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mSpot Music vs. Amazon's Cloud Player

31.03.2011
Media streaming is nothing new to Android users; we've been enjoying our music from the cloud for some time, thanks to the . Now, . Both apps allow you to sync your desktop music folder to the cloud, so with either one you can access your media library via the associated Website or mobile app. But how do the two services compare on mobile performance, features, and design/usability? We pitted mSpot Music and Amazon Cloud Drive against each other to see which one would come out on top.

Performance

Both and do an excellent job of navigating through menus and connecting to their respective cloud servers. I found that Amazon's was a bit faster at updating added or removed files, but streaming over 3G was often spotty because songs had to buffer constantly. mSpot Music, though slower in syncing music, played songs much more efficiently over 3G. Songs never paused to buffer, and they sounded great.

Winner: mSpot Music

Features

mSpot may be better at streaming music, but Amazon definitely has a leg up in the abilities of its mobile app. The Amazon Cloud Player is bundled with the Amazon MP3 store, giving users access to thousands of songs on the go. In addition, you can use to store videos, documents, and photos (though you cannot yet view them through the Amazon MP3 app). On amount of available storage, Amazon wins again: You can purchase up to 1000GB of cloud storage from Amazon, while mSpot offers a maximum of 40GB. Both services offer 5GB of data for free to get you started, but you'll have to pay to upgrade.