The cloud-based music service is similar to Amazon Cloud,Ugg boot, which allows users to store their music online and access it from a range of devices. At Google’s I/O event,Ugg sale,http://etopunion.cn/club/space.php?uid=7942&do=blog&id=512792, the company confirmed that there will be room for Music Beta members to upload around 20,000 tracks.

Google’s Music Beta will put an end to the need for wires in digital music, the firm claimed yesterday at the launch of the “cloud-based” music service.

But an agreement with the major record labels has not yet been reached, meaning that,http://www.uasplus.com/biol111td1fa09/displayimage.php?pos=-441, at least for the time-being, users will not be able to share or buy and download songs. However, the “Beta” tag confirms that further announcements about and tweaks to the service are to be follow.

And the firm is believed to hold out the hope of striking a deal with the labels in the near future, with “unreasonable” demands currently holding up negotiations. Google’s Android director for digital content Jamie Rosenberg,http://soph.jp/MT/archives/2010/11/27221734.php#comments, told The New York Times that some of the major labels have been “demanding a set of business terms that were unreasonable and did not allow us to build a product or a business on a sustainable [basis]”.

Nevertheless,Uggs Boots Outlet, Google’s offer to store music on users’ behalf is sure to ease the burden on over-full mobile devices such as phones and MP3 players.

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Tracks will be stored by Google and will be playable on demand over an internet connection. Files can also be stored on mobile devices so that they can be accessed when there is no internet connection available. Google also announced a feature which groups musical styles together and predicts musical tastes, similar to Last.fm’s predictive service.

A spokesman said the service will be free as long as it is in the Beta stage but added that it would initially only available by invitation to US users. Invitations can be requested by those who are eligible from a Google site.

The service will allow users to upload their favourite CDs and listen to them on the move and is seen as Google’s blow in the battle between itself,Ugg boots, Apple and Amazon to dominate the online music market.

The move towards “cloud-based” storage – files stored remotely which can be accessed when required – is being touted as the next-big-thing in online music. Apple is thought to be planning its own rival service iCloud,http://soph.jp/MT/archives/2010/11/26212801.php#comments,Ugg australia, while Amazon’s version was recently made compatible with Apple’s iOS in the US,http://blog.paltalk.com/paltalkpress/2011/01/post-1.html#comments, with a UK roll-out expected in the near future.