I wanted some immediate gratification and downloaded my first "album" off of Amazon (The London Souls).
It took me to information on the Amazon Cloud. Has anybody used it? It gives you 5 gigs of space you can upload (25 if you buy an album), and then you can stream it to any computer, Android, or iPhone.
Not sure what to make of it at this time.
And now, The London Souls. I love this tune. Why? I just don't know.
I've used it - that's the new default location for any music you buy on Amazon (although you can bypass it and download directly to your computer). They're going for tiered pricing, and interestingly, came out with a cloud service before Apple, who is heading in the same direction.
You can stream Amazon Cloud to an iPhone now? Is there an app? I'll have to check that out - I thought it was just Android devices.
Oh, and not a bad tune at all...lotsa slamming drums and bass. :)
Quote from: cuthbert on July 15, 2011, 09:20:38 AMYou can stream Amazon Cloud to an iPhone now? Is there an app? I'll have to check that out - I thought it was just Android devices.
No App yet, but according to some sites (http://www.pcworld.com/article/227397/amazon_cloud_player_now_works_with_iphone_ipad_ipod_touch.html), you can go directly through Safari.
Blooby
Sweet, thanks for the link Blooby!
Apparently, there is a Cloud Player for the ipad. According to some reviews, it is too clunky on the iPhone at this time.
Here is a link (http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/06/amazon-cloud-player-hits-ipad-adds-unlimited-storage-scoffs-at/) to another article. I think Amazon is doing some sort of limited time unlimited storage deal right now.
Blooby
Great song...very cool.
I qualified for the free 20 GB upgrade a couple months ago by purchasing an mp3 album there (Rome, by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi) - I've got some uploading to do! :D
I've never been comfortable having someone's remote server in possession of my software.
Don't need the cloud. I just take either my iPod or an MP3 player whenever I leave home. Always have my music with me and its easy to dump any of it off onto a friend's computer.
I've got nearly 40 gigabytes of WAV and MP3 files. No way I'm tying up a computer trying to upload it all.
The Internet is not nearly fast enough for that to happen.
Yeah, I'm not interested in uploading a bunch. I am just trying to wrap my head around the concept.
Ultimately for me, I would have to be hooked up to wifi (so as to not eat up data), which pretty much defeats the purpose of the cloud for me.
I'm still mulling, though.
Blooby
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_cloud.png)
Yesterday I tried to buy one MP3 file from Amazon. I wanted to download it.
The site page states that a song can be either downloaded or stored in Amazon's Cloud.
After several tries to download the file, only to be redirected to the Cloud foolishness, I finally gave up
trying. Today I requested and received a refund for my 99 cent purchase, and an apology from Amazon
because of the trouble I had. I never did get the file I wanted.
It seems that Amazon is being deceptive about downloading a music file when its purchased.
None of the download links actually worked, just redirects to their Cloud service.
When I emailed them I mentioned this, and also that I felt Amazon was scamming their customers.
I quickly received an apologetic message informing me that I was getting a refund for my troubles,
even though they do not normally give refunds on downloaded purchases. I never got the file so I'd
say they had no choice but to refund my dollar.
I also informed Amazon that I would not be buying any music from them in the future, nor would I
recommend their service to anyone else.
The way life usually works is: You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
Amazon gets a FAIL on this one.
A word to the wise. Avoid their cloud service like it had Aids.
Hmm, I must be one of the lucky ones.
I've bought three mp3 albums over the past month through the cloud, haven't had a problem downloading them yet. There's an app that you install that allows you to connect, and then download whatever you've purchased.
Well, that explains my problem. I did not download and install Amazon's software.
I just didn't see any reason why I needed to add bloatware onto my computer just to play an MP3 file. I already have excellent players loaded.