Mog brings the music
At SXSW, MOG announced the upcoming availability of its Android (and iPhone) application. At $10/month it allows unlimited streaming of 7-million songs, radio stations and downloads. That’s right – although the service is streaming, it allows you to download songs to a “local cache” for playback even when out of cell phone or Wi-Fi range.
Subscribers to MOG.com already enjoy artist radio with a slider that allows you to create an artist station consisting only of songs by that artist, mostly songs by related artists, or anywhere in between. The same feature will be available in the mobile apps.
While Mog’s offering isn’t that different from Grooveshark, or Spotify in Europe, another option for your tunes is always a good thing.
[Source Phandroid]
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Though my day job takes me away from the tech world, much of my free time is spend being a gadget geek. I’m an Android Fan girl, and I’ve made it my goal to convert as many as possible to the green guy. Yeah, you can say I’m Android obsessed. I’m the proud owner of a Nexus One, and I’m excited to see where the future of Android goes. In the meantime, you’ll find me here writing about Android and enjoying my view of the great white north.
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2010/03/16 at 06:41:56
I am using Rhapsody for this at the moment. It is still in Beta, but very good. Plus if you already have rhapsody at home it is only an extra $2 per month (I think it shouldn’t cost anything extra, but oh well). I guess this will be a good alternative if you dont already have Rhapsody.
2010/03/18 at 04:56:33
Psonar is another worth checking out.
It’s a free cloud-based solution which is focused on allowing users to do more with music that they own, unlike streaming services where you effectively ‘rent’ the music as long as you continue to subscribe (and hope that the music doesn’t get pulled by the copyright owner.)
With Psonar you can upload the music you own to the cloud, so it’s accessible everywhere, from any internet-connected device.
You can also search and listen to 30 second clips of any other track uploaded to the cloud and buy that music if you like.
Psonar also provides web-based iTunes-style management so that you can drag and drop tracks to any device that you can connect to a PC via USB. This enables you can have your music on your device when that’s best, but also in the cloud. This means it is great for backup, as Ben – one of my team – discovered the other day:
http://blog.psonar.com/2010/02/26/laptop-dead-music-safe/
So – it’s perfect if you love your old MP3 player, want to keep your music on an inexpensive memory stick or for when you don’t have an internet connection and thus offers you the best of both worlds.
Finally, by utilising the cloud, we can do what the cloud is great for – discovery and social. We’ve got basic discovery with lots more innovative discovery and social stuff on the way very soon.
2010/03/18 at 11:23:41
Thanks for posting this, it’s just what I was googling. This is why I like blogs, you get a personal opinion from someone rather than a corporation trying to sell you on something, or an idea. I’ll be reading your blog more often!
2010/04/02 at 14:07:13
Great post. If you would like to listen to BBC Radio on the iPhone – I strongly recommend BBC Streams – it is easily the best way to listen to BBC Radio on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and it’s free at BBCStreams.com.