Mewbox: iTunes For Android Phones?
Those hankering for as bit of acoustic action from their Android phone can rejoice as music download service Mewbox launches today.
The first European music download service for phones running Google’s operating system, Mewbox has 4 million tracks available to buy from over 23,000 labels, all free from DRM.
Whilst not quite catering for as broad a range of tastes as Apple’s iTunes, Mewbox has a decent mix of the biggest names and most popular albums present and correct.
With 7Digital — the company enabling MP3 purchases from streaming site Spotify — doing the heavy lifting, Mewbox is for all Android phones from the spanking new HTC Hero to the original T-Mobile G1.
Available as a download from the Mewbox site (no sign of the app on the Android Market just yet), the ‘vanilla’ version of the software can then be installed to a handset via USB.
An all-singing version of the platform is available for the Archos 5 internet tablet — the original home of Mewbox — with both versions offering a clean and clear browsing interface by track, album and artist, as well as the ability for the technology to scale to any Google-driven device.
As a celebration of the Mewbox service launch, there’s a bundle of free tunes available from the site as a taster of what to expect. Get it now, and enjoy the music!
Tags: android, g1, google phones, hero, htc hero, iTunes, mewbox, t-mobile g1
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