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Amazon this evening launched a digital music locker service that allows users to store their music on the Web and then listen to their collections on computers with a Web browsers or Android devices.
The service--dubbed Amazon Cloud--allows users to upload their digital music files to Amazon servers for storage and playback on any PC,Mac, or Android device, where ever they are.
Files can be uploaded in either AAC or MP3 formats at their Customers will automatically start with 5GB of storage, upgradeable to 20GB with the purchase of an Amazon MP3 album. Additional storage space can be purchased in plans beginning at $20 per 20GB per year.
"We're excited to take this leap forward in the digital experience," Bill Carr, vice president of Movies and Music at Amazon.com, said in a statement. "The launch of Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web, and Cloud Player for Android eliminates the need for constant software updates as well as the use of thumb drives and cables to move and manage music."
CNET reported last week that Amazon was working on a creating a digital locker service for users film and music libraries, but it's unclear why movie storage was not included in this evening's announcement. Sources told my colleague Greg Sandoval that as of last week the online retailer giant had not obtained all the necessary licenses, but that Amazon could announce the service before all the negotiations are complete.
Amazon already has extensive experience with cloud services. Amazon stores electronic books on its servers for owners of the company's popular Kindle e-book reader. Kindle users can buy e-books from Amazon.com, download them to their devices from wherever they can access the Web, and Amazon will save the digital copy in the customer's digital locker.
More details to come...
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The service--dubbed Amazon Cloud--allows users to upload their digital music files to Amazon servers for storage and playback on any PC,Mac, or Android device, where ever they are.
Files can be uploaded in either AAC or MP3 formats at their Customers will automatically start with 5GB of storage, upgradeable to 20GB with the purchase of an Amazon MP3 album. Additional storage space can be purchased in plans beginning at $20 per 20GB per year.
"We're excited to take this leap forward in the digital experience," Bill Carr, vice president of Movies and Music at Amazon.com, said in a statement. "The launch of Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web, and Cloud Player for Android eliminates the need for constant software updates as well as the use of thumb drives and cables to move and manage music."
CNET reported last week that Amazon was working on a creating a digital locker service for users film and music libraries, but it's unclear why movie storage was not included in this evening's announcement. Sources told my colleague Greg Sandoval that as of last week the online retailer giant had not obtained all the necessary licenses, but that Amazon could announce the service before all the negotiations are complete.
Amazon already has extensive experience with cloud services. Amazon stores electronic books on its servers for owners of the company's popular Kindle e-book reader. Kindle users can buy e-books from Amazon.com, download them to their devices from wherever they can access the Web, and Amazon will save the digital copy in the customer's digital locker.
More details to come...
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