Ed Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Recent sources are reporting that Apple's music service is close to being launched, possibly as soon as June/July, with three of the four major record labels signed up, and a deal almost closed with Universal Music Group. The cloud service is expected to be similar to Spotify, a cloud-based music service from Sweden which has yet to be launched in the USA, inwhich a huge music database is hosted on the web and is instantly streamed from an Internet-enabled device, namely a computer or smartphone. Apple's service is rumored to have an additional feature in that existing music libraries and playlist in a user's iTunes account will be mirrored in Apple's iCloud and can be retrieved from any device without sync'ing. The iCloud service is also alleged to detect low quality song files on a user's local library and replace it in the cloud with a higher quality version. A recent patent application discovered by AppleInsider also indicates that to save valuable space on iPhones and iPads, songs can be partially sync'd so that just the beginning of the song is stored and played while the iCloud service kicks in and downloads the rest to the device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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