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Google Music Beta is live.

http://music.google.com/. Go get an invite.

Another "Outside of U.S need not apply" situation.
How can I continue to exercise my Google fanboidom?!

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.music&feature=search_result

How long did they take to send the invite? I've requested one through a proxy, with Google Voice i received it in minutes...

Was there an app for this already on the A500 ? Yesterday evening I turned on the tablet and right away it had an update from google music. I never noticed the widget before until I saw the update.

Right, the app is already on our tablets (which I linked to a few posts up) and if you visit the market, it might even tell you to update it - however the service - the cloud storage part - is by invite.
So, while you can use the app, it's local only.

How long does it take for an invite?
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me wants invite!
I was swearing up and down after Engadget's review of this stuff this morning. They basically blamed Google for coming out with an app that doesn't meld with the ISP's outrageously stupid and unfair data tiers and caps. UNBELIEVABLE.

I have moved some albums into the a500 music folder from my computer. I looked everywhere on my tablet and cant find anything that I moved but I can see them in the folder on my computer what gives ?

Has anyone gotten in!!!! i'm begging them to let me in!!!!!

Nothing yet...
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I requested an invite on the 10th and haven't heard anything back yet either.

poeticdecision said:
Has anyone gotten in!!!! i'm begging them to let me in!!!!!
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You should keep submitting. With the same email. Over and over and over again... (;
We're rootin' fer'ya!

I definitely can't wait for this to go public.
I love sticking it to the record companies for not being progressive and hugging their money.
DOWN WITH THE MAN!
That and I don't have to copy my music across many devices anymore...

I tried that approach but it only registers once and says only registered... Music is my favorite passtime it would make things alot easier

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I got my invite today. I registered for it as soon as the invite link went live the day of Google I/O. I'm here at work so I haven't had a chance to play with it yet. I did active it though and when you're in activating it, it gives you the option of some free songs depending on the genre you like. Hopefully I can upload some of my music tonight and have a full report on this later.

Sounds good. Grats.
Even though I requested an invite, I won't use the service. I have all my music on my tab.

I got my invite yesterday. Deleted the free songs (um no thanks for the 100 songs I won't listen too).
There is a limit to 20,000 songs, found out yesterday my entire library is 29,000 plus songs.
Takes FOREVER to upload songs, BUT surprisingly there is WMA support in the cloud. They must be re-compressing stuff during the upload.
It's a pretty cool thing, but Audiogalaxy is MUCH faster.

Use the Amazon Cloud Music app. available right now and works just as well, if not better.

xfernand said:
Use the Amazon Cloud Music app. available right now and works just as well, if not better.
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Yeah, except for the whole 5GB limit. Google Music has a 20k song limit...

Got my music.google beta invite!

Just got the invite! I'll load some albums up tonight and let you guys know how it goes on the transformer.

blaine.hale said:
Just got the invite! I'll load some albums up tonight and let you guys know how it goes on the transformer.
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Just got my transformer and already had the music beta so it loaded automatically. Trying now.
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richB7 said:
Just got my transformer and already had the music beta so it loaded automatically. Trying now.
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Works fine.
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got mine too but it takes an eternity to upload songs

keroppilee said:
got mine too but it takes an eternity to upload songs
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Inherently, browsers aren't built to be upload tools...so I'd imagine it would take weeks to upload ones library. I anticipate that but man the convenience afterwards will be so great.

How long did you guys have to wait for yours, out of interest? I requested an invite some time last week.
Google Music doesn't offer any kind of FTP/SSH support?

I got mine today too, started my library upload about 30 minutes ago (up to 115 songs out of 3.5k)
I've tried it out on my phone via 3G and on my Transformer on wifi, and the audio quality is great.

I got my invite this afternoon, and I registered within two hours after it was announced at Google IO.
I thought perhaps getting my Transfomer yesterday might have triggered the invite, but perhaps it was just a coincidence.
BTW, the audio on this tablet is shockingly good! I always felt like the audio on my G-Tablet was too low. I did not think I would ever listen to music on a tablet, but I really enjoyed listening to some free Cab Calloway today.

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I got mine today too, started my library upload about 30 minutes ago (up to 115 songs out of 3.5k)
I've tried it out on my phone via 3G and on my Transformer on wifi, and the audio quality is great.
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I got my invite this on the morning of the 25th. I put my request in an hour before it was announced before Google IO.
They give you an app that you can link to your my music folder or itunes. The app will upload automatically whenever you add songs as well, or manually or at certain times depending on how you set it.

ISP's generally also limit the hell out of upload speeds as generally upload is more for their business plans that need to serve content and they don't want people misusing the consumer plans for the same purpose

shame for uk fanboys!

Finally got mine! WOOHOO! Can't wait to go home to try it out now!

javroch said:
ISP's generally also limit the hell out of upload speeds as generally upload is more for their business plans that need to serve content and they don't want people misusing the consumer plans for the same purpose
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This is when I wish I lived in a FIOS area and could take advantage of 20-50 mbps upload speeds. Uverse only gets me 1.5

In keeping with this being a Transformer forum:
It works flawless on the Transformer. Sound quality is top notch and streaming is very fast. I even tethered the tablet to 3g and it was still fast with no audible loss in quality.
I uploaded about 10 or so albums in an hour or 2 so it wasn't bad...but my music library is about 120 gigs so I'll need to pick and choose what to load.
Overall, it's a MAJOR convenience not having to load music on my tablet or phone anymore!

is google music going to stay free?

I got the beta invite a few days ago, and its totally replaced iTunes for me. Fast, clean interface that lets me edit id3 tags and has a bunch of other useful features. Couldn't get any better, and I would hate to lose it.

patass said:
I got the beta invite a few days ago, and its totally replaced iTunes for me. Fast, clean interface that lets me edit id3 tags and has a bunch of other useful features. Couldn't get any better, and I would hate to lose it.
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No they have stated eventually they will charge...but who knows how long that will be

My guess is that they will probably have a free version for a limited amount of songs like 5-10K, then charge for anything above that.

that would be nice to give a limited free version. I'm in the UK so can't get at the Beta

I would hope that they just include it in the Google cloud storage pricing, i wouldn't mind a bit to pay for 200 gigs. I already pay for 100 every year for photo storage in picasa, and that same 100 applies to docs, picasa, and email.
But, if they want to charge above that for it, I will probably just be more selective about what I upload. I think I have a few duplicates up there anyways....
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I don't know but if/ when they do idk...What I mean is idk if it will be 100% safe to upload my downloaded songs. I mean will google delete music downloaded for free?

how could they tell? downloaded music shows up the same as music you rip from a cd.

Google recently commented that 48 hours worth of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute.
I'm supposing that 20k songs will stay free on Google Music beta with songs in excess of that counting against your paid for shared cloud storage (picasa, etc.)
At least, that's what I'm hoping.

Best MP3 Cloud service

What is the best free mp3 cloud service? Amazon cloud has a nice layout and streams nicely but only gives 5gb free. Microsoft skydrive gives 25gb but the player is pretty crappy and takes awhile to load. Are there any other free cloud drives similar to amazon with more memory?

Google Music. Free. Up to 20,000 songs. Listen on any computer or any Android device. Enough said.

Audiogalaxy IMHO, but you have to keep your computer on to stream your music.

google music sounds awesome but how do i get into the beta? anyone have an invite code?
thanks.

Goggle music beta hands down..... I don't think they're still doing invites (call me out if I'm wrong lol )
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theduce102 said:
Goggle music beta hands down..... I don't think they're still doing invites (call me out if I'm wrong lol )
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I don't think they are :/
But since I have an invite will it stay free even after it gets out of beta ?
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ac16313 said:
I don't think they are :/
But since I have an invite will it stay free even after it gets out of beta ?
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I'm not sure.... I use beta all the time and would hate to have to pay for it..... maybe they'll keep beta open to the people who already use it and just open up a new server for the paid accounts

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I'm not sure.... I use beta all the time and would hate to have to pay for it..... maybe they'll keep beta open to the people who already use it and just open up a new server for the paid accounts
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I hope so this is great, would hate to see it go away.
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If you don't have it yet, head to http://music.google.com to request an invite. Might take them a while to give you one though.

And who knows how long it will be in beta status. Gmail was in beta for over five years...and it is still free.

Thank dtugg for the link
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amazon gives you 20gb storage "free" if you buy any album (not 5gb...)...

ac16313 said:
I don't think they are :/
But since I have an invite will it stay free even after it gets out of beta ?
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It does say "Music Beta is available free for a limited time." So they are at least implying their intent to charge for the service. If that actually comes to be is anybody's guess.

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It does say "Music Beta is available free for a limited time." So they are at least implying their intent to charge for the service. If that actually comes to be is anybody's guess.
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this could also imply that music beta is available for a limited time as well
trying to be optimistic hahaha

Haven't seen mspot mentioned. It's pretty good, with some odd restrictions (the music has to all come from the same computer, though it does get stored on their server).
I didn't realize you could stream with skydrive.

I really enjoy amazon cloud. It has web and android apps. It has very simple transfer from client to cloud and back. And every time I buy any music from amazon, it's right there for me. Size isn't an issue as I really only need my favorite songs accessable frm everywhere. 5gb would be enough but I easily buy an album a year which will keep my storage at 20gb.
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Google has already stated at I/O that Google Music will not be a fully free service.
Amazon MP3 has a fast uploader, and if you buy a digital copy, there is no upload time at all - just hits your music library almost instantly.
I think the player is clunky and the UI kind of slugish on our phones and the Moto Xoom.
The playlist shuffle feature BLOWS on amazon
Google Music has a really great interface, well integrated with the device, but that damn uploader is so EFING SLOW!
Shuffle actually shuffles and does it nicely.

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amazon gives you 20gb storage "free" if you buy any album (not 5gb...)...
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for a year only. Not sure if you'll have to buy another one to keep 20 Gb, but you'll have to pay for extra 15Gb. BTW the music that you bought at Amazon and store in their cloud does not count toward your total. That is another plus for them.
I do not think Google up-loader is slow. Last time I put two albums in my music folder and switched to Google Music site, they already were present there.
I like both services and wish for a Black/dark theme for Amazon player.

I vote for Google Music, it took me a week non stop to upload 9000+ songs and I have a 1.5Mbps upload speed at home.
I haven't found an easy way to upload via Amazon unless it has changed since I signed up when it first came out. You have to upload each album/song manually which is unlike google music which scans your folder that you select and uploads all the compatible music to the cloud, at it's own damn pace.

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Audiogalaxy IMHO, but you have to keep your computer on to stream your music.
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here's another vote for audiogalaxy.

[Q] What to spend my $50 Samsung credit on

It should be noted first that I want to disable all the Samsung Account crap I can from my Note. That said, I do wish to spend as much of my $50 as possible. Will movies or music purchased via the Samsung Store play on a regular computer or my phone?? I don't want something that has to log into Samsung every time to make sure I am authorized to use it. I've got enough of that issue with iTunes, but at least there I can purchase DRM free.
Thoughts on where to spend the $???

I too would like to know what others suggest. I've never used the hub, so I have no idea if things like music are tied to the account or can you download it and use on any device without issues.

ive poked around, ive spend about 20 of it.. not much in there i like, far.. and i mean far less goodies then google play... if ya ask me, they should have gave 25 for the hub, 50 for play

Music is what im buying. You can download straight to an sd card and your purchases are saved to your account for later download or streaming.

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Music is what im buying. You can download straight to an sd card and your purchases are saved to your account for later download or streaming.
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Can you copy your music to your computer and play them without issues? I'm guessing they are simple .mp3 files if you can. What bitrate quality are the songs?
Thanks!

GitterDunn said:
Can you copy your music to your computer and play them without issues? I'm guessing they are simple .mp3 files if you can. What bitrate quality are the songs?
Thanks!
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I'm sure you can. I got in on that Jayz samsung promo, and all the files were pure mp3 with no DRM.
like everyone else has noticed, the Samsung store is pretty crappy and not much to spend $50 on.

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Can you copy your music to your computer and play them without issues? I'm guessing they are simple .mp3 files if you can. What bitrate quality are the songs?
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Well I did buy a couple movies I never would have bought on bluray and they are in a proprietary wrapper stored in a hidden folder. I will try some music and see if tgat is any better.
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For reference the credit expires in 30 days after issuance if not used and once activated 90 days later (cheap).
So don't sit on it too long! In fact let me register mine now.

Itchiee said:
For reference the credit expires in 30 days after issuance if not used and once activated 90 days later (cheap).
So don't sit on it too long! In fact let me register mine now.
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So I tried buying something using the gift card perk, but it's still asking for my credit card info? Anyone else get that?

skyline23 said:
So I tried buying something using the gift card perk, but it's still asking for my credit card info? Anyone else get that?
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Samsung's email tells you that a credit card is required to be on file when using the gift card...I think they are hoping that you end up spending a little extra.

So I can't decide what to waste my $50 credit on.
The book library is majorly lacking.
I'd rather buy an App from the Google Play store (don't want to deal with 2 separate locations.
Music? - Are these even normal Mp3s?
Movies - I dunno I guess I could rent a few.

howie411 said:
So I can't decide what to waste my $50 credit on.
The book library is majorly lacking.
I'd rather buy an App from the Google Play store (don't want to deal with 2 separate locations.
Music? - Are these even normal Mp3s?
Movies - I dunno I guess I could rent a few.
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half of my credit went unused, I just couldn't find anything to spend it on. Samsung should scrap their market.
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half of my credit went unused, I just couldn't find anything to spend it on. Samsung should scrap their market.
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Same thing happened with me
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People here should know that it does expire even if you redeem the code to your account. I'm not happy about that. I went to buy something 3 days after mine expired and i had 0 balance.

I bought a few games and TSF launcher which wasn't up to date. Had to email the dev who game me the latest. I think a lot of the software are not up to date. So if there's a new one I have to email the devs each time
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People here should know that it does expire even if you redeem the code to your account. I'm not happy about that. I went to buy something 3 days after mine expired and i had 0 balance.
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What's the go-bad date?

Tex Arcana said:
What's the go-bad date?
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Idk. I think it varies.
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Idk. I think it varies.
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I think it was 30 days after you redeem. Seeing this thread I realized I had 3 days left so I just blew it on movies lol
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People here should know that it does expire even if you redeem the code to your account. I'm not happy about that. I went to buy something 3 days after mine expired and i had 0 balance.
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Thanks for the heads up, I need to get to spending mine.

Mine says May, so about 3 months shelf life