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From Engadget:
You had to know the hacking community was going to have a field day with the Nook Color -- a $249 Android Tablet hiding behind with a thin e-reader coating. Indeed it didn't take long to get rooted nor for Android 2.2 to get installed on there, but that particular hack comes with an interesting potential side-effect: small-scale thermonuclear explosions. Enabling FroYo requires disabling the device's battery monitoring process, the very one that would be responsible for shutting down the device before the cells start overheating and, ultimately, going critical. Yeah it's unlikely, but it could happen. Meanwhile, another hack has enabled the Android Market, but those instructions begin with a very daunting warning: "Very smart people have failed at this. If the following instructions confuse you, you might want to wait until an easier method has been developed."
And, thankfully, there is a much easier way coming, with Barnes & Noble confirming that Android 2.2 will be officially coming to the Nook Color in January. Yes, Android 2.3 is what's happening, but this is still an exciting upgrade as it will finally also allow access to a traditional Android home screen and even enable the Android Market. In other words, it should work just like an Android tablet, Kindle app and all.
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And here I was thinking I would return my NC to B&N tomorrow. What to do what to do..
Assuming the report is accurate, I guess B&N really is embracing Android. A happy surprise. If you read the original link, then it says it'll also have the 2.2 launcher, switchable between B&N and stock Android.
Hopefully there is a leak soon I am an impatient person
great great great news. Wow, i might have to pick up a spare. going to get very interesting come January. Also hoping for a nice leak soon
This means I will be buying a Nook Color as soon as this is available in January. It will do everything I want a tablet to do right now.
I still can't get it to run smoothly. My EVO scrolls home screens and web pages much smoother than my NC. Even with SetCPU set to performance, it's just a tad slow. I wonder how it would run with 2.2 on it, sucking more power.
I've debated the two avenues that BN can take with this with friends. Either lock it down like Apple and try to stay ahead of the hacker community and force people to use their products or open it up and cater to all and potentially lose a little profit from forced content purchasing. I personally think the later will actually spur more content sales as the positive reaction to how they are handling all this will spur more device sales and ultimately more content.
I don't think they are loss leading this device, even if it's a very small profit margin. Most people I know buying it are older and they don't care at all about android. They are buying BN books and content and using it like BN planned. I'm assuming here, but it's probably a small percentage of users rooting it and clamoring for full functionality. BN, seemingly to me, are open to this and catering to that smaller percentage. In doing so, they are creating so much more positive hype for their machine leading to probably a WHOLE lot more device sales and publicity overall which will probably get them even more content sales.
The few things I wanted with the device have been unlocked. I'm as happy as can be with it now. If this is true, most likely they are going to implement those changes officially in some form down the road. Better for everybody.
This seems to be win win for everybody. Hopefully when they officially update their software, they take into account many of the elements that have been unlocked and why people are unlocking those functions.
I think that the day they release 2.2 with a vanilla launcher option we should all buy a book or 2 from the b&n ebook store to show our appreciation.
I think this is important to note:
" I was told that Nook users may not have access to the full market."
(This is a quote from the SmartPhoneMag.com article referenced by Engadget).
I don't believe it will have the standard market on it - it will still be B&N's proprietary market.
I hope they enable my location.
stwallman said:
I think this is important to note:
" I was told that Nook users may not have access to the full market."
(This is a quote from the SmartPhoneMag.com article referenced by Engadget).
I don't believe it will have the standard market on it - it will still be B&N's proprietary market.
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I'm not sure about that. I think it will be a non-copy protected market, or no paid apps. Unless they make users do the normal Android setup wizard, you don't tie your Nook to a particular account.
We'll just have to see though, as we can speculate anything (and often do!)
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I hope they enable my location.
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How would they do that? Off a WiFi location? No GPS, and no cell function kind of limits the feature.
For Pete's sake B&N! Just give us 2.2 with a home switcher to your B&N home Screen and FULL Market Access, gmail app, etc....
Enough already with this proprietary garbage!
Capt Picard: "Number One.. Make it so!"
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For Pete's sake B&N! Just give us 2.2 with a home switcher to your B&N home Screen and FULL Market Access, gmail app, etc....
Enough already with this proprietary garbage!
Capt Picard: "Number One.. Make it so!"
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I'm pretty sure it's Google limiting market access, not B&N. According to Android's use, you can't have the Market (or any other Google apps) installed without 3G access, which the Nook doesn't have. The other companies who have skirted this requirement have gotten into trouble over it.
Marketing 101: How do you win the Tablet wars, market it first as a $250 ereader/tablet, then 2 months later release the update that turns it into a full Tablet/ereader right after CES which this year is all about Tablets all costing twice as much tied to carriers.
Bunch of BS! Google gives a crapload of stuff for free and they cover this tiny little 3g thing. I don't get it... the more users out there the more downloads and the more revenue for Google. Granted with the 3G access they can somehow figure out who did what, but there isn't a single person here who's used the market to download only free stuff.
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but there isn't a single person here who's used the market to download only free stuff.
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Sure about that?
I can say for one I have never paid for an app.
Never pirated one either.
There are plenty of free things out there...I have no need for anything paid.
To say nobody downloads only free stuff is just plain wrong.
Not to say I won't ever buy something, but haven't needed to yet.
I think I am going to wait and see with this market thing. Full market...I will buy for sure. Something else...will think about it after root for the new version is out.
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Sure about that?
I can say for one I have never paid for an app.
Never pirated one either.
There are plenty of free things out there...I have no need for anything paid.
To say nobody downloads only free stuff is just plain wrong.
Not to say I won't ever buy something, but haven't needed to yet.
I think I am going to wait and see with this market thing. Full market...I will buy for sure. Something else...will think about it after root for the new version is out.
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as they said in "Life of Brian" - there's always one
I spoke today with a Barnes & Noble representative who showed me the forthcoming update on his company Nook which is slated for this January. The 2.2 Android update is a game changer and literally turns the e-reader into a near full Android tablet device.
The 2.2 update, or overhaul if you prefer, will give you access to a retooled Android Market, the typical Android home screen and even has pinch zooming with the browser. The Android Market app was still under development and was not on the device to see. I was told that Nook users may not have access to the full market. The Nook I looked at had apps loaded via the SD card slot and seemed to run fine. The device will still give you access to all of your Nook material via the current interface that will be swicthable for the user.
The update addresses performance and battery life concerns according to the rep I spoke to. The update on his Nook was still in beta so it lacked some polish but seemed to work smoother than the stock device. The graphics performance still seemed sluggish even with 2.2 when scrolling through magazines and web pages.
The best news is that Nook Color owners will be able to use their new Nooks as a full tablet device that rivals any other Android tablet currently in the consumer arena. Even iPad users may turn envious at the smaller form factor and $249 purchase price.
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Nook Color Getting Android 2.2 Treatment in January
Sirchuk said:
I still can't get it to run smoothly. My EVO scrolls home screens and web pages much smoother than my NC. Even with SetCPU set to performance, it's just a tad slow. I wonder how it would run with 2.2 on it, sucking more power.
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2.2 doesn't suck more power. Its actually more power efficient and at the same time faster. Froyo has JIT amongst other things that gave it a significant performance boost over Eclair.
stwallman said:
I think this is important to note:
" I was told that Nook users may not have access to the full market."
(This is a quote from the SmartPhoneMag.com article referenced by Engadget).
I don't believe it will have the standard market on it - it will still be B&N's proprietary market.
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Who cares. We already have a full market with the hacks available based on Droid X. But Vanilla 2.2 with a kernel source changes the game.
bluetooth
If the rumors are true about bluetooth hardware being there, then Google could open the full market to us Nookers. All they would have to do is enable pairing between the nook and a cellphone via bluetooth, and now you have 3G.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.guildsoftware.vendetta&feature=search_result&pli=1
checked tegra zone and it said that it was due for release April 2011... just found this sitting around on the market a few hours ago... and it's only 0.99 usd!! the only problem is that it's telling me that it's not compatible w/ my gtab running vegan b5.1. anyone else care to try w/ a different rom or is it just me having this issue?
Requires 3.0+ and it looks to be a subscription bases so it will cost you more then 1 doller
wtf?!? i can't believe i missed that on the description... i might regret saying this a bit later but here goes... GOD I HOPE GTAB ALREADY GETS HONEYCOMB AS THE UPCOMING GAMES ROCK!! *bow*
just read through the description again... it does state that the android version will get exclusive content... one of which allows playing on "free offline" mode -meaning we can still play even if we don't subscribe! of course, half the fun of this game is actually going online and playing with and against other people.
"Although the game is available for Mac, Windows and Linux (all versions play within the same galaxy), the Android version includes several exclusive benefits:
- Single-Player "Free Play" mode: after completing the tutorial, a free-play sandbox sector becomes available, letting you perfect your flying technique and enjoy minigames while offline. This feature will be expanded in future patches, and will permanently be available to anyone with the game installed, regardless of whether they ever choose to subscribe. Enjoy!"
i read somewhere that its a 16 day 1 hr per day demo of the online mode not a full free online mode
I can seem to download it either btw.. going to have to try to get the apk by beta mode from the vendetta forum.
Not just 3.0
It says froyo or better required and states requires android 2.2 and up. So if you can find a way to get the apk then you are ok. I can't get it from android market on my browser because incompatible device is mentioned but it says that about all apps for my gtab and archos 101. Its also not listed on the market on any of my devices so I just have to wait until it is. Looking forward to trying it out.
System requirements and recommendations:
- NVIDIA Tegra-based tablet, 7-inches or larger, preferably running Android Honeycomb (Froyo or better required), such as the Motorola Xoom.
- We recommend 500MB of free SD space. The game itself uses about 250MB, but also self-updates and patches itself outside of the Android Market, so additional free space is advised.
- We suggest installing over Wifi (for the large download), but playing the game itself should use relatively little bandwidth, and works well over most 3G networks. As always, you are responsible for monitoring your own bandwidth usage.
Updated:
March 19, 2011
Current Version:
1.8.170
Requires Android:
2.2 and up
Category:
Arcade & Action
Installs:
1,000 - 5,000
Size:
2.2M
Price:
$0.99
I don't see it on TegraZone
I've read on some websites that they are about to release Vendetta for Tegra soon but I don't see it in the TegraZone app. What I do see is Galaxy on Fire 2. It looks pretty sweet and I can wait another week to get it.
But if you're really wanting Vendetta then a quick Google search for "Vendetta Online apk" gave me several sites with links to the file though.
I don't know about you guys but I personally don't mind waiting for another week to get legit stuff (if we can get it on our gTabs). Who knows what sort of trouble you're inviting into your gTab if you grab one of the pirated ones on the web.
A little bit of caution goes a long way...
I've got it on my G Tab running Ginger Vegan over a week ago. It just shows up toward the top under paid games.
Haven't done the subscription, so all I've really had access to is the training missions. When you sign up you do get a a free 16 day subscription, so will try that sometime in the future. Graphics aren't bad, controls take a little getting used to. Only having 2 touch points does make it a bit of pain at times, but is fixable using the g sensor to steer instead of virtual joystick.
Also has an option for alternet inputs and key mappings, so keyboard may work.
Haven't seen any exclusive content yet, but waiting for some real off line missions to play.
Just resurrecting this thread. Vendetta online is now free in the market. Not only that they promise that itnwill remain free without any subscription costs at all. Check it out.
The only issue im having right now is that the graphic for the space ships arent rendering correctly. I cant see the features of my ship or anyone elses.
Anyone else experience this?
Scott
It's unavailable in the market for Vegan-Tab 5.1. Thank God for Google....
http://www.slashgear.com/bn-nook-tablet-firmware-update-blocks-app-sideloading-20203500/
Is it new or the news was old?
If it is true, then wonder how NT owners think about it?
Got so hype b4 release with false info (rumor 1.2GHz dual core), then released with 1.0GHz one, B&N hardcore fans said it's ok, not too bad, then discovered the bootloader is locked and now, side-loading also locked.
Is it rooting an only way out?
I'm so glad that I'm not jump on the bandwagon.
My thought
1. NC is more value than NT (wink wink)
2. B&N heads into the wrong direction.
You can sideloaapps on the Nook Tablet. I've done it with the unit sitting under our Christmas tree right now.
As to the value of doing so, it depends on how tied you plan to be to the B&N walled garden. If you:
Subscribe to magazines or newspapers through B&N and like the auto-delivery features.
Are interested in their enhanced pubs like children's book with Read to Me, or Conde Nast zines such as Wired.
Need the free read in store capability.
Then the B& N firmware can be pretty compelling. For now at least, the Android Nook Market app is woefully short of being the same experience.
If none of these apply, then sacking with the B&N firmware offers little.
Isn't installing from unknown sources blocked with the stock rom?
It was on the Nook Color when I got mine. I had to root to enable unknown sources
bobstro said:
You can sideloaapps on the Nook Tablet. I've done it with the unit sitting under our Christmas tree right now.
As to the value of doing so, it depends on how tied you plan to be to the B&N walled garden. If you:
Subscribe to magazines or newspapers through B&N and like the auto-delivery features.
Are interested in their enhanced pubs like children's book with Read to Me, or Conde Nast zines such as Wired.
Need the free read in store capability.
Then the B& N firmware can be pretty compelling. For now at least, the Android Nook Market app is woefully short of being the same experience.
If none of these apply, then sacking with the B&N firmware offers little.
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That was hole was blocked with todays OTA update.
Sent from space
From what I've read, the new update will block you from side loading apps, but any apps that you have side loaded BEFORE the update with still work (for now)
Hello everyone!
Thought i'd register an account finally and share a little project I've been working on for the past few months at my job. I'll try to keep this short, and answer technical questions about the process, if anyone is interested of course
I've been flashing various WinMo and Android devices for years, and had just recently picked up a Nook Color at the time. Well within a hour I was running CM7 on it, and just couldn't believe how much potential was unlocked on this cheap little tablet!
Months back at work, we were trying to figure out a better/more portable way to display product demonstration videos to our customers. We used TV's and DVD player to demo product videos, but that made it a pain to show specific items to customers, without changing the DVD chapter for the whole showroom. So we started tossing around the idea of a portable DVD player or tablet, and it took off from there.
Eventually we had the idea of doing a trial run of tablets in the showrooms with a video player and videos of the product formatted for the tablet. Initially we tried using Acer Iconia tablets, but they were way too bulky to carry around all day. So we settled on using Nook Colors because of the size and the fact that we could hook a lanyard on so the sales associates wouldn't drop them! Those features sealed the deal and we did a trial run of 7 Nooks in the Florida showrooms. Needless to say, being able to show products video demos on demand were a huge hit for our customers and ended up deploying about 300 nooks to all our nation wide retail locations!
It was a crazy few months, and we had a lot of technical hurdles to overcome, but the last of the 300 Nooks arrived in the showrooms at the beginning of the week, and they have had nothing but RAVE reviews from customers.
I think using these Nooks running CyanogenMod as a retail selling tool is a huge milestone for mobile computing use in the retail environment.
Would love to have hear feedback and like I said if anyone is interested in how we accomplished this technically i'll gladly provide details!
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I took a Nook and did the initial flash to CM7. Then I completely locked down everything but the Video Player, Calculator, and Screen Brightness Widget. This including disabling many APKs / processes that were not needed that would just sit in the background, wasting battery. Any other applications that couldn't be disabled such as the settings menu are locked down with a password app. Since we're using this as a selling tool, we didn't want anyone browsing the internet or playing Angry Birds, so Play and wireless settings were also passworded. Then I cleaned up the interface and used the launcher to hide all the applications that are either for diagnostics or were simply locked down.
Next I took a CWM Backup of our master Nook and copied that image to a CWM bootable card. I opted to leave the stock Nook recovery on there and go with the bootable to prevent... Tampering.
So basically once I got the process down to a science, we ramped up production and started flashing them in bulk.
For the last step, I put hundreds of product videos formatted for the Nooks native resolution onto a separate SD card and we used a card duplicator to create 300 cards that were installed into each device before we shipped them out.
So in a nutshell we take a Nook, pop in the ClockworkMod Recovery card, restore the Backup, and within 5 to 10 minutes I have a fully customized nook that just needs the admin password changed, video card, and then it's ready to go.
Ray Detwiler
WOW! I am impressed. What a great use of our Nook Colors. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Thanks!
Nice work! I bet you love your job. It must be great getting to play with all of those tablets, not to mention the innovating involved. Sounds like a real hoot!
This sounds awesome, I would love to buy one, in fact.
Awesome!!!! Are you at the Phantom in Kenosha? I'm making a Wisconsin trip (from Chicago) tomorrow for beer, cheese, and fireworks.
a1cshowoff said:
Awesome!!!! Are you at the Phantom in Kenosha? I'm making a Wisconsin trip (from Chicago) tomorrow for beer, cheese, and fireworks.
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That's great to hear! I'm at the corporate office in Youngstown, Ohio but if you're stopping in at the Racine showroom (looks to be about 20 mins from Kenosha) They'll have a couple of nooks on the floor for you to take a look at.
phatwila said:
It was a crazy few months, and we had a lot of technical hurdles to overcome, but the last of the 300 Nooks arrived in the showrooms at the beginning of the week, and they have had nothing but RAVE reviews from customers.
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If you don't mind expanding a bit, what are some of the technical hurdles you encountered?
Sure thing!
I took a Nook and did the initial flash to CM7. Then I completely locked down everything but the Video Player, Calculator, and Screen Brightness Widget. This including disabling many APKs / processes that were not needed that would just sit in the background, wasting battery. Any other applications that couldn't be disabled such as the settings menu are locked down with a password app. Since we're using this as a selling tool, we didn't want anyone browsing the internet or playing Angry Birds, so Play and wireless settings were also passworded. Then I cleaned up the interface and used the launcher to hide all the applications that are either for diagnostics or were simply locked down.
Next I took a CWM Backup of our master Nook and copied that image to a CWM bootable card. I opted to leave the stock Nook recovery on there and go with the bootable to prevent... Tampering.
So basically once I got the process down to a science, we ramped up production and started flashing them in bulk.
For the last step, I put hundreds of product videos formatted for the Nooks native resolution onto a separate SD card and we used a card duplicator to create 300 cards that were installed into each device before we shipped them out.
So in a nutshell we take a Nook, pop in the ClockworkMod Recovery card, restore the Backup, and within 5 to 10 minutes I have a fully customized nook that just needs the admin password changed, video card, and then it's ready to go.
Do they have the Nook Colors at the Herculaneum, MO store? I may have to check them out when I go down that way to play underground Disc Golf.
mogators1 said:
Do they have the Nook Colors at the Herculaneum, MO store? I may have to check them out when I go down that way to play underground Disc Golf.
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Yep, they do
Out of curiously did you talk to the cyanogen team about this? or donate any money to them?
For 300 retail nooks running cyanogen I hope you donated a good chunk of money to them.
As far as I know its for private use, not a retail company.
You guys need any more? I'm looking to let mine go on Swappa http://swappa.com/listing/GNP935/view
Great job!
were any of these nooks the "blue dot"? the newer ones with the partitions so that there is only a gig for "SideLoad"? i have been fighting with one for a long time...
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Sure thing!
I took a Nook and did the initial flash to CM7. Then I completely locked down everything but the Video Player, Calculator, and Screen Brightness Widget. This including disabling many APKs / processes that were not needed that would just sit in the background, wasting battery. Any other applications that couldn't be disabled such as the settings menu are locked down with a password app. Since we're using this as a selling tool, we didn't want anyone browsing the internet or playing Angry Birds, so Play and wireless settings were also passworded. Then I cleaned up the interface and used the launcher to hide all the applications that are either for diagnostics or were simply locked down.
Next I took a CWM Backup of our master Nook and copied that image to a CWM bootable card. I opted to leave the stock Nook recovery on there and go with the bootable to prevent... Tampering.
So basically once I got the process down to a science, we ramped up production and started flashing them in bulk.
For the last step, I put hundreds of product videos formatted for the Nooks native resolution onto a separate SD card and we used a card duplicator to create 300 cards that were installed into each device before we shipped them out.
So in a nutshell we take a Nook, pop in the ClockworkMod Recovery card, restore the Backup, and within 5 to 10 minutes I have a fully customized nook that just needs the admin password changed, video card, and then it's ready to go.
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Very cool. Thanks for responding!
Wow!
phatwila said:
Hello everyone!
Needless to say, being able to show products video demos on demand were a huge hit for our customers and ended up deploying about 300 nooks to all our nation wide retail locations!
Ray
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Ray:
It's great to see that B.J. Alan is innovating in 1.4g sales. As you know, it's a weird business, and I have to congratulate you on an ambitious project that will doubtless help see more of the high-end 200g and 500g items. I am an APA member that does mostly 1.3g stuff, and I admire your foresight and hard work. Keep it up and thanks for sharing!
Best,
David Lynch
Berserk87 said:
Out of curiously did you talk to the cyanogen team about this? or donate any money to them?
For 300 retail nooks running cyanogen I hope you donated a good chunk of money to them.
As far as I know its for private use, not a retail company.
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While I can't comment on finances, I will say that CM is released under the Apache 2.0 and GPLv2 licenses, which allow for this type of deployment. Think of it this way: Tens of thousands of people over the next few months who have never been exposed to CyanogenMod and OSS are going to see these devices. That amount of free marketing is priceless. I do believe that either way, it is a win-win for all parties involved.
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were any of these nooks the "blue dot"? the newer ones with the partitions so that there is only a gig for "SideLoad"? i have been fighting with one for a long time...
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While all our nooks were pre-blue refurbs, our initial test run devices were blue dotted. There's scripts you can run to revert back to the original partition schemes if needed. For us, 95% of the data was on our 16GB SD cards so we weren't that concerned about the partitions, but I did test the re-partitioning scripts and they worked fine. That thread is located here if your interested:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094371
Hope that helps!
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Ray:
It's great to see that B.J. Alan is innovating in 1.4g sales. As you know, it's a weird business, and I have to congratulate you on an ambitious project that will doubtless help see more of the high-end 200g and 500g items. I am an APA member that does mostly 1.3g stuff, and I admire your foresight and hard work. Keep it up and thanks for sharing!
Best,
David Lynch
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Thank you for the kind words David! It is really appreciated!
There are hundreds of threads about the new Nexus devices today, but what caught my eye more than anything is this;
On November 13, we're bringing music on Google Play to Europe. Those of you in the U.K, France, Germany, Italy and Spain will be able to purchase music from the Google Play store and add up to 20,000 songs—for free—from your existing collection to the cloud for streaming to your Android devices or web browser. We’re also launching our new matching feature to streamline the process of uploading your personal music to Google Play.
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We Europeans also get a neat feature those in the US don't have (Yet);
We’ll scan your music collection and any song we match against the Google Play catalog will be automatically added to your online library without needing to upload it, saving you time. This will be available in Europe at launch on November 13 and is coming to the U.S. soon after. This will all be for free
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I will be honest, until this point I have been getting my Music from other sources but I no longer have an excuse. Thank you for all your hard work Google. I love you. <3
If only Canada would be added to the list...
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If only Canada would be added to the list...
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If only Australia could also be added...
I'm sympathetic for you guys, we've all waiting (except the states) and I am sure it will come with time. The most puzzling is as to why Canada doesn't have it yet. From my experiences they usually get things along with the USA.
I'm sure we'll all get it at some point in 2013.
Really, Google, if you ever read this - you kick ass. I can't wait for the Nexus 4.
CJHolderUK said:
I'm sympathetic for you guys, we've all waiting (except the states) and I am sure it will come with time. The most puzzling is as to why Canada doesn't have it yet. From my experiences they usually get things along with the USA.
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Ya I know. Cause we're all rich too according to prices we pay on cell services. We could definitely give some money for music and help out Google. I just don't understand it to be honest. Just like Google wallet too. We are 100% set up for nfc stuff. Everywhere I go I see pay pass as an option to pay, seriously, everywhere!
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If only Australia could also be added...
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I am desperately waiting for them to do this. I just can't buy a phone without either a micro SD slot (which Google has clearly no interest in) or at least 32gb onboard for music. Apart fromt he usual phone functions music is the main thing I use my phone for. It would be a massive downgrade for me to go from my Galaxy S with all my music on it to a brand new nexus and hardly enough space for my music. My data allowance per month is only 1.5 gig as well, so streaming might be out of the question even if they do release it here.
Usa ! Usa ! Usa !
I just use MOG here in Australia . Works fine on the Nexus 7 and I can download albums and stream them to a Creative Boombox or plug the Nexus into my car stereo.
I pay about $11a month for it but find it easily worth it. Plus it is quota free on downloads for me so I can stream or download as much as I want.
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Whooo hoo! :victory:
I waited so long for this. Google gets better every day!
I hope I have in the future no regrets to bind me so close to Google...
I hope Google has as much music like amazon or Apple. If not, I'll still prefer amazon mp3.