Sony Music Unlimited arrives for Android tablets, bearing gifts of unlimited music

Oct 20th 2011
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Sony Music Unlimited arrives for Android tablets, bearing gifts of unlimited music

It has been per week of upgrades for Sony Tablet S owners. First came news of the PlayStation Store’s arrival and now comes confirmation that Sony’s Music Unlimited service is on the market, to boot. Yesterday, the corporate announced that its music streaming service has finally made its approach to the Tablet S and other Android slates, a bit of greater than four months after launching on Google-laced handsets. The fundamentals remain the similar: $4 per thirty days for a basic subscription or $10 monthly for premium service, though Tablet S owners can make the most of a 180-day free trial, in case they still have their hesitations. Stream past the break for the whole PR, or grab the app for yourself on the source link, below.

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Sony Entertainment Network’s Music Unlimited Service Cranks Up the Music on Android

Sony’s Cloud-Based Music Service Offers a world Catalogue of Over 10 Million Tracks to Sony Tablet and other Android-based Tablets

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Network Entertainment (“SNEI”) today announced that the Music Unlimited cloud-based, streaming digital music service is now available for the Android-based Sony Tablet worldwide(i).

“As one of the most largest digital entertainment services, Sony Entertainment Network aims to bring new ways for consumers to enjoy digital music and video,” said Tim Schaaff, President, Sony Network Entertainment. “The launch of the Music Unlimited service on Sony Tablet marks one among our many significant steps to satisfying the mobile demands of our current consumers while opening up our cloud-based music service to totally new audiences.”

The discharge of the Music Unlimited service’s Android v1.2 application – previously only available on compatible Android-based phones – adds Sony Tablet and other Android-based tablets(ii) to SNEI’s growing ecosystem, and improves a consumer’s music experience with an upgraded user interface. Subscribers can now create playlists faster, easily discover related artists and songs, quickly navigate between the album view and catalog, and return more streamlined search results.

The Music Unlimited service, which operates in nine countries and has a world catalog of over 10 million tracks(iii), is on the market as a local app on Sony Tablet. For compatible Android phones and tablets, the Music Unlimited service v1.2 app is currently available for download inside the Android Marketplace.

A Basic subscription to the Music Unlimited service is $3.99, 3.99 pounds Sterling, euro 3.99, AU$4.99 or NZ$5.99/month and a Premium subscription is $9.99, 9.99 pounds, euro 9.99, AU$12.99 or NZ$13.99/month. Starting today, Sony Tablet users who’re first-time subscribers to the Music Unlimited service can get a 180-day trial of the fundamental subscription plan.

As well as Sony Tablet and other Android tablets, users can access the Music Unlimited service on a wide selection of network-enabled Sony devices including 2010 and 2011 models of network-enabled BRAVIA® HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc™ players and Blu-ray Disc Home Theater systems in addition PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable), personal computers including VAIO® personal computers, Xperia™ and other compatible Android-based cellphones.

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