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jj2me · 03-14-2012, 12:18 AM

Yesterday's specials were:

https://play.google.com/store?hl=en

25¢ ebook "Moneyball."
a few $2.99 mystery ebooks.
25¢ album, Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits. Goes into the Google Cloud, and plays with the Google Play Android app, and you can download to your PC (twice, or more if you download the Google Play Music Manager to your PC).
various $3.99 albums featuring guitars.
25¢ movie rental (24 hours, must be started within 30 days), "Reservoir Dogs."
various 99¢ movie rentals.
25¢ Android app Tunein Radio Pro.
various 49¢ Android apps.

Music purchases go into their cloud, and you typically listen to a stream to your Android device or PC. Google Play Music Manager can add all or part of your local music collection into the Google Cloud, and the reverse, can load your purchases from their cloud to your PC. Not sure if movies are handled similarly.

Seems like a big ecosystem push, like others have observed. I couldn't get Google Play Music Manager to install (early, not-sorted-out code?), so can't say if it's an iTunes lookalike, with podcasts and store and ripping/burning and such.

03-14-2012, 12:18 AM	#26
jj2me Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 8820388 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, -350; Kindle 3 3G, DX, PW 2; various tablets	Yesterday's specials were: https://play.google.com/store?hl=en 25¢ ebook "Moneyball." a few $2.99 mystery ebooks. 25¢ album, Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits. Goes into the Google Cloud, and plays with the Google Play Android app, and you can download to your PC (twice, or more if you download the Google Play Music Manager to your PC). various $3.99 albums featuring guitars. 25¢ movie rental (24 hours, must be started within 30 days), "Reservoir Dogs." various 99¢ movie rentals. 25¢ Android app Tunein Radio Pro. various 49¢ Android apps. Music purchases go into their cloud, and you typically listen to a stream to your Android device or PC. Google Play Music Manager can add all or part of your local music collection into the Google Cloud, and the reverse, can load your purchases from their cloud to your PC. Not sure if movies are handled similarly. Seems like a big ecosystem push, like others have observed. I couldn't get Google Play Music Manager to install (early, not-sorted-out code?), so can't say if it's an iTunes lookalike, with podcasts and store and ripping/burning and such.