Posts Tagged ‘Cloud Player’

iPad users can now stream music stored in Amazon’s CloudDrive. And, they don’t even need to download and install an app to do it. When Engadget noted that “Amazon Cloud Player hits iPad”, it means that and iPad user has to do is point the Safari mobile browser at:

amazon.com/cloudplayer

Amazon Cloud Player hits iPad, adds unlimited storage, scoffs at constrained competition

Access requires a login. Then, music stored in the account’s Amazon Cloud Drive can be streamed through the Cloud Player web interface.

Note: The mobile web interface for the iPad does not work with an iPhone.

As reported earlier, Amazon now allows uploading an unlimited amount of music to the Cloud Drive for paid accounts. This includes accounts upgraded by buying an MP3 album from Amazon.

Amazon Cloud Drive Now Allows Unlimited Music File Uploads for Paid Accounts

In a recent article on the status of the could music battle between Amazon, Google and Apple, I tendered my opinion that victory wouldn’t be based on chronological order, but on a litany of factors. I also touched on the fact that Apple has a storied history of entering the market later than competitors with a superior product and almost immediately leaving said competitors to fight for a very distant second place. Well I’m not one who revels in saying ‘I told you so’ (that’s an absolute lie, I love it) but a recently unearthed patent application strongly suggests that Apple’s cloud-based music service could be a game changer.

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I don’t care if you’re a war buff or what sport you’re into, you’re going to be hard pressed to find a more back and forth battle than that for supremacy of the cloud music market right now. Increasing definitive headlines all proved to be premature: “Amazon wins cloud war”, “Google and Apple will acquire licensing before releasing music lockers” and “Apple to beat Google on cloud music.” Now that the dust is somewhat beginning to settle, the only thing that can be said with complete surety is that the enormous number of variables involved promises a very interesting future for the business of cloud computing.

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