5 things to know about the Amazon Cloud Player
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Amazon has announced its entry into the cloud based music world by unveiling the cool looking Amazon Cloud Player. List of things that you need to know about the music streaming service awaits you after the break.
Amazon Cloud Player comes in two flavors – Amazon Cloud Player can be accessed via your desktop using the supported browsers. Android phone owners have the option to use the music player by downloading Amazon MP3 for Android from the Android Market or the newly launched Amazon App Store.
Take your music wherever you go – Since this is a cloud based service, you can take your gigantic music collection wherever you go and won’t be dependent on your home PC. Once you are done uploading your music collection to Amazon Cloud Drive, you can listen to your favorite track on your Android Phone, Tablet, and office PC (using the web version of Amazon Cloud Player).
Amazon Cloud Drive – Cloud Drive, your hard drive in the cloud, is where all of your music files will be stored in a secured environment. Add files to Cloud Drive by uploading music tracks from your hard drive. You also have the option to save a song or album you purchased from the Amazon MP3 Store3 files by using the Save to Amazon Cloud Drive button.
Simple and affordable Storage Plans – Every user will get 5 GB of free Cloud Drive storage. Clearly, 5 GB isn’t enough these days. You can increase your cloud storage by purchasing a music album which will increase your storage space to 20 GB. If you don’t want to purchase a music album, you can increase your cloud drive space at the rate of 1 dollar per GB.
Amazon Cloud Player is for US residents only – Amazon Cloud Player service is available for US based residents with valid billing addresses.
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You missed one thing, Amazon cloud Player does not support iOS devices.
about 2 years ago
can’t wait to give it a try