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Apple rumored to launch cloud-based streaming iTunes soon
Apple and Google are jockeying for position when it comes to cloud-based music apps. Google has fired the opening salvo by announcing its cloud-based Google Music service, due to launch this fall, but Apple is poised to fight back with the acquisition of streaming music service Lala. New rumors from Boy Genius Report outline a pretty plausible cloud strategy for Apple that is centered around cross-device syncing and streaming from either your computer or the cloud to your device.That fits with a recent Steve Jobs email that said Wi-Fi syncing between Macs and iPhones would arrive "someday." Cloud music storage would help Apple get around the storage limitations of its iPhones and iPads. In terms of battling Google, Apple has an upper hand with its established music business and iTunes customer base, but Google has a more established cloud operation. As MG Siegler at TechCrunch points out, the notoriously unreliable MobileMe probably won't be able to handle the massive traffic that a cloud-based iTunes would generate.
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Subscribe to comments216Jul 2nd 2010 7:18AM
I'm not a fan of iTunes now, but a cloud based music service that allows unlimited streaming is cool to me.....wait isn't that what the Zune Marketplace is?
gonklJul 2nd 2010 8:57AM
hmmm... wonder if it will work on the iPhone? I guess many subscribers will back out because of the download cap on data plans on iPhones...
aMIGA_dUDEJul 2nd 2010 10:07AM
Sounds a bit like Spotify to me. Been using Spotify loving it for over year now.
http://www.spotify.com/
halophoenixJul 2nd 2010 11:24AM
Thankfully! LaLa lives!
RndoJul 2nd 2010 6:53PM
It's too bad the service's use will be crippled by holding the phone the wrong way.