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MG Siegler, the self-acclaimed reengage, Apple fan and overall bad boy of tech, wrote a very compelling article about Samsung – here’s an excerpt and a link to the story:

“…trying to suggest that Samsung is not one of the most important companies in technology is increasingly folly. In fact, there’s a decent chance that it will end up being the most important tech company of 2013.”

Check out the story here: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/05/the-fifth-horsemen-of-tech-samsung/

If you haven’t heard about the new Galaxy Note II, just ask LeBron James. The Galaxy Note II is a leader in a new category of Phablets – combining a smartphone and tablet, and has already sold over 3 million units. This cool new device is the latest to offer Music Hub. Check out Music Hub on the new Galaxy Note II:

Many thanks to all who enjoyed the mSpot Movie Club and service; mSpot Movies will be closing on October 30, 2012. mSpot will continue to provide mSpot Movies to its wireless carrier partners up until the end of 2012.

Historically, mSpot has been an early innovator in both mobile movies and music services, and has charted new territory for the industry. However, as a business, we made a decision to focus on where we could provide the greatest value to our customers.

The mSpot music service will be closing on October 15. It is a difficult decision to shut down mSpot as so many users love it. Our new service, Music Hub, offers a more complete music experience. The service integrates all of your music in one place: your own music in the cloud using fast "scan-and-match" technology plus 100 GB of storage for “unmatched” songs, millions of catalog songs, radio discovery, and a music store. You can easily access all of your music wherever you go, and never need to switch between apps. The music never stops.

After tremendous success with Music Hub on the Galaxy SIII, we’re excited to tell you, Music Hub will soon be available on the newly launching Note II, available in European stores starting this October. The Note II, just announced at IFA 2012, is getting significant buzz:

“We put the device to the test today to see how those amped-up insides reflect in the Note II's benchmark scores. As you'll see below, Sammy's latest handset fares significantly better than the original Note and the Galaxy S III.” Check out the full Engadget review.

We’re excited to offer new Galaxy S III users in Germany, U.K., France, Italy, Spain and the U.S. - a free 30 day trial combined with a FREE album.

To get the free trial, access the pre-loaded Music Hub app on your Galaxy S III device, or go to Samsung Apps or Google Play (in the U.S.). Here you will be able to choose one free album from a selection of country-specific albums. You get to keep, download, and do whatever you like with your free album, but we recommend listening to it.

We're excited to let you know - mSpot will be hosting a panel for the SXSW Music Conference, titled: "Are Cloud Music Services the Same Old Song & Dance?" with a stellar line up of panelists from Pandora, Girlie Action, VentureBeat and Gartner Group. Has anything changed with new cloud music service models? We'll be going under the hood of the music industry to look at models, subscriber numbers, star charts, etc., to determine whether we’ve sweetened the deal enough to lure 98% of the market that’s still stealing music. Please join us for what's sure to be a heated debate!

We’re thrilled to be chosen ahead of so many other music service apps – along with a 5 star rating!

Here are some highlights of the review…

“Playback over 3G was a better experience than with Amazon's Cloud Player or Google's new Music app. I heard little to no delay between songs, and buffering was never an issue. Users can select the audio quality of songs when they upload them, though I was quite satisfied with the default quality setting.”