Now with availability on Sonos, Amazon Cloud Player continues to offer a broad selection of cloud playback solutions.
The company also announced two versions of the Amazon Cloud Player, one for the Web and another for Android.
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Recently, it introduced the Amazon Cloud Player which lets users purchase music online and stream it to their devices.
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The Amazon Cloud Player is in direct competition with the Apple iTunes service.
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Additionally, the inconvenience of transferring media files to Amazon Cloud Player or Google Play further dissuades iOS consumers from switching.
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Roku customers can download the Amazon Cloud Player channel from the Featured or Music category in the Roku Channel Store, for free.
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Dropbox and Amazon Cloud Player are almost neck-and-neck at 17 and 15 percent respectively, while Google Drive holds just 10 percent.
The Amazon Cloud Player can be accessed a web browser, as well as on Android phones, iPhones, Kindle Fire tablets and other devices.
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Amazon Cloud Player is also available on iPhone and iPod Touch.
Amazon recently announced Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player, an online media locker that allows users to store and stream media in the Cloud.
Amazon Cloud Player is automatically integrated into Kindle Fire and the new Cloud Player features will be automatically delivered to Kindle Fire users over the next few days.
Amazon Cloud Player on Roku provides customers with the ability to play their music from the cloud directly on their TV or through a stereo system connected to their TV.
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Amazon Cloud Player is automatically integrated into Kindle Fire, so when a customer turns on their device, they can enjoy all the benefits of Cloud Player right out of the box.
Also, with the launch of Amazon Cloud Player and Amazon Instant Video, the company is aiming to become a force to reckon with in the online media streaming business as well.
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With apps available on the largest number of devices and platforms, Kindle makes it easier than ever for customers to access content anytime, anywhere, including their music with the Amazon Cloud Player.
There are already millions of customers using Amazon Cloud Player to download, manage and stream their music in the cloud and on Kindle Fire, Android devices, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac and PCs.
In addition to playing your personal digital music collection, The Sonos Wireless HiFi System gives you access to millions of songs and thousands of radio stations by partnering with Amazon Cloud Player, and more.
Amazon Cloud Player enables customers to securely store music in the cloud and play it on any Kindle Fire, Android device, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac and PC, and now in any room via Sonos.
Amazon Cloud Player eliminates the need to download files before playing them, with scan and match technology and all Amazon MP3's, even ones customers have purchased in the past, are always storied for free in Cloud Player.
The Amazon services, Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon Cloud Player for Web and Amazon Cloud Player for Android, also let customers store music in the cloud and stream it to an Android phone or tablet or Mac or PC.
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"With Amazon Cloud Player, Roku customers have the ability to directly access their music collection, including any music purchased from Amazon's library of more than 22 million audio tracks, on their TVs, " said Ed Lee, Vice President of Content Acquisition at Roku.
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Amazon also expanded Cloud Player to the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.
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Customers will be able to access the music via Amazon's Cloud Player on the web or via tablet and smartphone apps.
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While the smartphone maker argues that the phone does offer an expansion option in the form of a microSD card slot (up to 64GB, no less), some apps still seem to prefer to reside on built-in storage over anything removable -- Amazon's Cloud Player comes to mind.
Amazon announced significant updates to Cloud Player, including scan and match technology which provides customers a fast and easy way to get all of their music from their computers to the cloud.
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Amazon is a major player in cloud services, and has the servers and bandwidth to be where the consumer keeps their media, and the catalog to sell it to them.
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Cloud Player Free customers can store all MP3 music purchased at Amazon, plus import up to 250 songs from their PC or Mac to Cloud Player, all at no charge.
As Cloud Drive is already integrated with Kindle Fire HD, the new Cloud Drive Photos for Android app indicates that Amazon is clearly making a move to become a key player in this cloud storage niche.
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After pioneering online sales of books and music, Amazon has become a significant player in offering cloud storage and computing services.
Cloud Player for Android is simply included in the new version of the MP3 App, which includes the full Amazon MP3 Store and the mobile version of Cloud Player.
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