mSpot Set to Take Your Music to the Cloud, Then Anywhere You Go
How many times have you just wished you had your full music library no matter where you were? Yes, you could store it on your phone or MP3 player, but those are limited in storage capacity, so if you have a large library of tunes you probably can’t take them all with you. You could use an on-demand streaming service, but those usually cost a subscription fee and may not have all of the music you own. The makers of mSpot don’t want you to have to worry about that, and today at Google I/O they will be unveiling their new cloud-based music service that will allow users to access their entire music library from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection.
The service works like most cloud-based file networks: Download a small application that runs on your desktop, syncing your music in the background as you add and delete music or create playlists. Your library, now stored in the cloud, can be accessed through a web interface that looks a lot like iTunes and is immediately familiar and easy to use. But the best part is the mobile app, which will give users the same access to their music library everywhere they go. It even takes advantage of Live Wallpapers to display your currently playing music.
I got the chance to mess around with the beta of mSpot’s cloud music service, and I must say it is a great idea and put together quite well. I haven’t always seen the point in cloud computing but a service like this could make me a convert. It just makes sense when you own multiple multimedia devices (including computers and a phone) and keeping files up to date between them all becomes an arduous task.
The mSpot Music Cloud service will launch for the general public in mid-June, but for some of our readers the wait won’t be so long. For the first 500 people to do so, you can sign up for special advanced preview of the service by heading over to the mSpot website and entering with the password “phandroid”.