Amazon Confirms Music Store For The Google Android G1
This story was written by Tricia Duryee.
As rumors indicated yestrerday, Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) confirmed today that it will provide an Amazon MP3 music store for the T-Mobile G1, which is just a half an hour away from being unveiled at a press conference in New York. The store will allow T-Mobile G1 users to search, download, buy and play music from a catalog of 6 million DRM-free MP3 songs from all four major music labels and thousands of independent labels. But wait, don't get to excited because as you may suspect, the tracks will have to be downloaded over a Wi-Fi connection, however, users can still browse, and listen to samples and buy on the T-Mobile network. Still, this is still an improvement over even Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) highly anticipated Comes With Music service, which is expected to be a side-loading only affair. More than 1 million songs cost at 89 cents, while albums are priced between $5.99 to $9.99. Engadget couldn't have said it better when it said: "How you like them Apples, Apple." Release.
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By Tricia Duryee