Amazon makes MP3 catalog available to iPhone users
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon says iPhone and iPod Touch users will be able to buy music from its digital store for the first time beginning Thursday.
Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its MP3 library has 22 million songs available.
Steve Boom, vice president of Amazon Music, says that since the launch of the Cloud Player app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, customers have been asking for the ability to buy music from Amazon directly from their devices.
The Apple device users can browse Amazon's MP3 store for music using Apple's Safari Web browser. Music users buy gets saved to their Amazon Cloud Player libraries and can be downloaded or played instantly from Apple devices or other gadgets such as the Kindle Fire.
Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its MP3 library has 22 million songs available.
Steve Boom, vice president of Amazon Music, says that since the launch of the Cloud Player app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, customers have been asking for the ability to buy music from Amazon directly from their devices.
The Apple device users can browse Amazon's MP3 store for music using Apple's Safari Web browser. Music users buy gets saved to their Amazon Cloud Player libraries and can be downloaded or played instantly from Apple devices or other gadgets such as the Kindle Fire.
Great, less enforcement to use AAC files
 @31F I suppose that is fine if you prefer lower quality recordings.
 @cyclops For me, the quality is negligible.  I just want to assure that my purchases are not restricted by any DRM, even if it allows me to copy up to 10 devices.
 @31F You own 10 mp3 players? If not, on whose players do you need play the music you purchased? Someone who didn't buy the music perhaps?
 @31F  @cyclops Amazon MP3s are completely free of DRM.Â
 @31F  @cyclops For somebody who took the time to convert an entire CD library to mp3, stripping the DRM off should be a quick task.
 @cyclops Whoa, where did that come from?  I like the fact that my extensive CD collection, which has been meticulously converted to MP3, is consistent with all new music that I purchase.  I have been using MP3 players since the late 90's and I absolutely do not want to run into an issue where I can not transfer my property to any medium of my choosing.  Is that rational enough for you to understand?
 @31F So you like mp3s because they are easier to steal....I see.
So can you play it from the native iOS player or do you have to play it with their player?