Android gets mSpot’s Radio Spotter™ Beta before iOS

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This is a very welcome change of pace for the staff here at TheDroidGuy, after the countless times that thedroidguy and I were told an app or a startup is “launching first on iOS devices.” mSpot saves my sanity with their announcement of Radio Spotter – beta.

MSpot today is releasing their take on both music discovery AND cloud storage for your personal music collection. Mashing up the traditional music collection with streaming radio allows mSpot to, in their words,

- As you listen to your music on mSpot Music, the service will match the songs and artists you’re playing with similar music on hundreds of Internet radio stations. These stations will be available in the “Stations Suggestions” tab. The service keeps track of what you’re listening to and gives you new recommendations as the music you’re listening to changes.

- Radio Spotter puts the metadata in your music collection to work by matching whatever you’re listening to, and quickly adapts to offer new recommendations based on your changing preferences.

Due to the fact that I was up at TechCrunch Disrupt I was not able to fully test Radio Spotter much. I did not have more than an album or two on my work laptop. I am highlighting both my experience and summarizing the press release below.

Google Music – I can confirm that unlike Google Music the media upload was a quick and painless process. The average time it took to upload a track onto Google’s Music platform was an agonizing 23 seconds per track. mSpot achieved a very brisk 23 seconds for each album.

Slacker and Pandora Radio – don’t offer “real” radio stations – the suggestions from Radio Spotter are built from your personal library, as well as what you are listening to now.

iTunes – For the time being iTunes does not offer cloud storage and most certainly will devise some scheme to convince you that you should really pay a premium fee to access the music that you have purchased. (Personal opinion – ed.)

Paid Streaming services – Mog, Rdio, and Rhapsody all charge to stream music to your device. Radio Spotter comes with 5 GB of cloud storage and offers streaming free of charge. Streaming is limited to just one device on the free plan. If you need more storage or the ability to access your library and Radio Spotter streams on more than one device mSpot offerrs – 40 GB of cloud storage along with access for up to 5 devices.

Now that I have made it back home from TechCrunch Disrupt and have organised all of my swag, business cards, and thoughts; I believe that I will be able to give you a full run down of Radio Spotter and it’s uploading client for both Mac and Windows computers. You will be able to find Radio Spotter in the Android Market later today. (Due to the app not yet being published to the market I am linking to the developer to assist you in finding the app). Please check it out and let me know if it works for you.

May 26, 2011

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