Google music service is Late Than Apple eight years

Article by Kate

Foreign media

writing today, with Google Said the launch of the new service on Wednesday Officially Into the network music market, Apple iTunes aim Because for eight years Than Late, So It Is Difficult to impress in the short term. Goal, with Google in Internet field huge influence, the service still IS Expected to slow development.

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Late for eight years

Google on Wednesday Formally the network music Into the market, it is great aim Than the apple market overlord Nearly ten years late, Almost unable to pose a Threat to its.

Google in Los Angeles and a conference Launched this kind of service allow users to That online storage and listen to the Highest 20,000 songs, and a Variety of support equipment. HAS Including Google and Universal Music, the record company in 1000 ESTABLISHED cooperative relations, can Provide 13 million songs. However, as early as 2003 Apple released iTunes music store.

Google’s the new services INcreased Hostility Between the Two relations, THEY HAD Already in smart phones and mobile advertising field to compete. The search giant Also facing the Amazon and Spotify industries rookie of the competition, the train vigorously HAS Promoted music download service and in storage, the Latter IS Through the cooperation with us Attracted Facebook users.

“They Come Into the market, There Are Already Too Late for Many large enterprise ESTABLISHED. ” The American market research firm Gartner analyst Ray, al-Bandar (Ray Valdes) Said, “You Can Say, This is a Saturated Markets.”

Record company

Google is the world’s first big Internet search service providers, and expanded the company HAS to the music business, TV and film market, Hoping to Promote Android mobile equipment sales. The Company Also Will Google allow users-through share music + social network.

In order to Give Google new songs music service provider, this company HAS SONY Records, Universal Music and One Hundred generation record signed up. Part of the song Can Be Freely available to the users, Others Need to pay 0.99 to 1.29 dollars price.

Two people familiar Said Earlier this week, Google HAS not yet and warner music is pricing and privacy issues to reach a consensus.

Apple as early as 2001 released iPod music player, and in 2003 the iTunes Music Store Launched to the unit price of .99 price sell songs. The company all the hardware and software design are independent, and in the past ten years from CD to grasp the consumer online music service of the transfer of the trend. Apple iTunes service support iPod, iPhone and iPad, Their equipment, aussi purpose compatible with PC Other enterprise production.

Smart phones

Google is Through the Hardware Manufacturers to Provide free Android operating system of the way in smartphone market countered. T-Mobile in the United States and in October 2008 Launched first in the American market launch of Android mobile phone system, this product production by HTC. At the first generation iPhone has-been released from the past More than a year.

According To Gartner data, Android smart phones occupy in the Third Quarter of this year the Leading Position in the Industry, share Reaches as high as 53%, the apple iOS IS only 15%.

Purpose considering the huge advantage of iTunes and solid start position, the music market shorten the gap with the Apple May Be more difficult. ITunes users Downloaded Have Accumulated 16 one billion songs, the Service is a recent quarter for Apple Contributed .5 one billion back.

The UK market research firm Ovum analysts, the tao Mark (Mark Little) said: “They Need to challenge the market leaders, the leaders aim to deal with Is Difficult. “

The Other Competitors

As the world’s biggest Internet retailers, Amazon 2007 MP3 songs to download test public service, Major record labels and with the signed agreement. Earlier this year Amazon aussi Launched a new storage service.

Benefit from cooperation with Facebook, streaming music service Spotify online music providers HAS aussi Become a vital member of the field. The company’s chief content officer, Ken Parker (Ken Parks) Said, Since July this year landing sincere America, Spotify HAS Attracted 2 million Subscribers, Their monthly fee for service fees for five to 10 dollars.

In addition Will Provide a startup RDIO no free advertising media streaming music. The company last month Said, free service users Can Get a month for some length of time has to listen to the Authority, purpose only-through the computer listening.

Early Have Tried to

The latest music network service IS NOT Google’s first foray Into Music Industry. Earlier this year, the company has Launched new Can Be Stored library and play lists of service, and Canon According To the user’s library for STIs recommend songs. Android digital content director Jamie Rosenberg (Jamie Rosenberg) in May this year, says, Because of the record company of the opposition from WAS, that ‘style of service can not purchase songs Provide direct function.

Although Need To Spend Some Time to sign with Warner Music, Google in order to influence the field Internet Service is Expected to Provide help. According To the American Internet traffic monitoring institutions comScore data, Google’s web site September this year the user traffic in the World is the head of the independent, amounting to as Much as 1.1 billion, Microsoft in second place, and for 914 million, Is The Third-Largest Facebook for 770 million.

“I suspect THEY That Can not Be in short-term inside a success.” Al-Bandar, Said, “if not, rapid success Will Have To Spend Some Time to Achieve. Because THEY Have Enough influence, so at least CAN in a Period of slow development.”