Spotted in Engadget

So TechCrunch has it from multiple sources that a US (at least) music service launch from Google is imminent. Possibly named Google Audio, it's unclear whether the service will stream music from the major labels and/or offer it as downloadable tracks. Scuttlebutt says that the service will differ from Google's free, search and download music offering available in China since 2008. Now go ahead, kick back and imagine a Google music service tightly integrated with Android while we dig for more details.

If Google offered such a service, and it it was as easy (or easier) to work with as iTunes, they might have something. On the other hand, Android still suffers from one big problem: the fact that there's no canonical device for it. It's being adapted to a variety of devices (over 50 at last count), which means that it won't ever be married with any specific device the way the iPhone and its OS is.

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