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Watch out, Spotify. Samsung has released its all-encompassing musicservice, Music Hub, with the Galaxy S3. Other devices coming"soon." We knew Samsung s foray into music streaming was coming sinceSamsung acquired mSpot, an ancient music service (in tech years)founded in 2004. And now, it's arrived: Samsung will beunveiling its music service, called Music Hub, initially on the Samsung Galaxy S3 , with plans to expand to a "wider selection" ofSamsung devices "soon," according to Samsung's press release . What wasn t anticipated was that Music Hub is a concerted effortby the Korean company to take down Spotify, Last.fm, Pandora,iTunes Match, and Sony s Music Unlimited in one fell swoop. Samsung s Music Hub is a pay-only subscription service. The MusicHub Store offers listeners 30-second clips of songs, but nothingmore. Its premium subscription service will be priced at 9.99and 9.99 per month as it is released initially to the U.K.,France, Spain, Italy and Germany, respectively. But what users willbe getting for their money is a strong Spotify contender. Theservice includes its Scan & Match cloud storage for up to100GB of existing music, streaming radio, a personal recommendationengine (a feature that is sorely missing from Spotify) and acatalog of music numbering in upwards of 19 million tracks. Userscan also easily sync their existing iTunes library onto Music Hub. "When you ask yourself, ‘what do I want to listento?' there is now one simple answer, for every mood, everyplace and everyone," TJ Kang, Senior Vice President ofSamsung Electronics' Media Solution Center, said in astatement. "With the new Music Hub, we're bringing thejoy back to music — listening, collecting and sharing." What s notable about the service and Samsung s competitiveadvantage over its competitors is its effort to make the serviceavailable on just about any Samsung device. With the Samsung Galaxyline having overtaken iPhones in world-wide revenue, it s a highlylikely proposition that simply making Music Hub available as adefault service on all Samsung devices will etch away at Spotifyand Pandora s market share. Whether Samsung plans to integrate themusic service into other devices, like its line of refrigeratorsand Smart TVs, is not yet known. To bolster its cross-platform availability, Music Hub can beaccessed by a PC owner s browser on MusicHub.com . "We believe that today's mobile market must have anopen mobile music system — one that offers all kinds ofservices across different devices," said Daren Tsui, CEO ofmSpot. "Music Hub removes all the barriers to yourmusic.". We are high quality suppliers, our products such as HITACHI Lcd Panels Manufacturer , CMO Lcd Panel for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits TFT Lcd Panels.
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