Engadget - The rest of the world has been sampling Sony's streaming music wares for a while, but the all-you-can-listen subscription service has finally launched today in Japan, priced at 1,480 yen per month. Music Unlimited has now rolled out to both Sony hardware and various mobile OS', in a bid to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Spotify.
Amazon has launched a full-fledged music streaming service called "Amazon Music Unlimited," with subscription plans as low as $3.99 per month for owners of its Amazon Echo.
SonyRumors reports that Sony has updated their Music Unlimited service to provide 320Kbps on select devices while more support will come in the future.
What did Sony do to have it sound that good with it's previous bitrate? Wow... so it gets better from here eh.
Pocket-Lint: The arrival of Google Music on UK shores has added to the tumbling pile of digital music service options for people to consider. With so many out there now, which are the ones worth signing up for and, indeed, is there one catch-all service to use at the expense of all of the others?
We’ve taken a look at six of the big ones. There are the three major download services in the shape of the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon MP3 and Cloud Player, and, of course, Google Music. On top of those, there’s also the advantages of streaming subscriptions to consider, with Spotify, Xbox Music and Sony’s Music Unlimited the three we’ve chosen to consider. This is how they line up.
