Sony's online music service launched on Android in 9 countries
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TOKYO —
Sony Corp said Thursday that the “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity” app is now available on the Android market in the U.S., France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
The cloud-based, digital music service gives music lovers streaming access at anytime and anywhere to an ever expanding catalogue of currently over seven million licensed songs from major labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Music as well as leading independent labels and major publishers worldwide.
Users can now enjoy the service on Sony Ericsson’s Android-based mobile devices including Xperia arc, Xperia PLAY, Xperia X10, Xperia X8, Xperia neo, Xperia Mini, Xperia Pro as well as Android-based third party devices. Users can also continue to access the service on a wide variety of internet-connected Sony devices including 2010 and 2011 models of network-enabled BRAVIA HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc players and Blu-ray Disc Home Theater systems as well as the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStation Portable) and personal computers including VAIO personal computers.
“‘Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity‘ offers extensive breadth of content, easy music discovery and personalization through a synchronized music experience across a variety of compatible home entertainment and portable devices,” said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. “‘Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity’ for Android is the next evolution of the service which enhances the value proposition for our customers.”
Powering the back-end of the service are Omnifone and Gracenote. Omnifone provided its award-winning platform services to develop and deliver the service across a range of device platforms as well as licensed the service with rights holders around the world to provide a global catalogue of over seven million tracks, while Gracenote’s music identification and discovery technologies and Global Media Database create a rich experience for subscribers, letting them enjoy their existing digital music collection and discover new artists and albums.
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Scrote
The service gives "streaming access at anytime and anywhere": except when Sony gets hacked and closes their network down for months.
It's strange that a service available "at anytime and anywhere", isn't available in Japan: Sony must have a different definition of "anywhere" to everyone else. The terms of service also state that features may vary depending on your location, as determined by your IP address.
What you could do instead (as I do) is put all your files on your own server and then you really can access things from anywhere, with no additional monthly fees and none of this "features vary by location" nonsense.
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Ayler
shame they can't release it in Japan hahaha
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