Is Android the Reason for Amazon’s Music Store Growth?
Something interesting came out of NPD’s look at online music sales. While Apple stayed perched at the top of the mountain with nearly 70% of online sales going through their iTunes Store, Amazon has grown from 4% to 12% since 2008 (the year we saw our first Android phone).
It’s believed that Amazon MP3’s inclusion on many Android devices has become a key reason for said growth. I’m not sure which – if not all – Android phones Amazon’s MP3 store comes stocked with, but I can’t imagine that OEMs would purposely leave it out as there doesn’t appear to be a better option for Android in near sight (unless you opt to get your tunes through streaming music services instead).
[Update]: Yes, I did actually forget about Google’s online music store that’ll tie into Android. How stupid and forgetful of me. To be fair, I did note in near sight, as we still don’t know when Google will be bringing us those features :).
[via IntoMobile]