If you buy it on Amazon, they’ll store it for free. That’s Amazon’s new Cloud Drive policy. But that’s not all; they’ve also upped the storage, provided you most commonly use the service to store .mp3 or .m4a files, which now have no storage limit (thus, why all Amazon MP3 purchases are stored for free). And just in case it helps you take that $20 a year step, they’ve added support for iPad too.

As (eventually) expected, Amazon’s Cloud Player finally works with iOS devices when accessed through Safari web browser. While the service gives a warning that the browser is not supported, the functionality seems to be flawless. How long will it take for Apple to respond with their own music in the cloud service?

While Apple is busy charging you $1.29 for the latest and greatest chart toppers, Amazon has taken the opposite approach by setting the bar pretty low at just $0.69 for many MP3s on the Amazon MP3 store. Amazon also offers many popular albums at just $5. Add those two facts together and compare to Apple’s premium pricing. Do you get what you pay for?

I’ve heard people talk about how great Amazon’s MP3 store is, and honestly, I haven’t really cared. I have two problems with it. First, call me old school, but I like physical media. Second, it’s interface isn’t as nice as iTunes. You don’t even have to leave the program that plays all of your music to find, preview and buy more with iTunes. Good news; one of those problems has been fixed by Advantageous mp3.

Advantageous mp3 is a script that you add to iTunes. When browsing the iTunes store for some great new tunes, it can help. Once you find a song you actually want to buy, just highlight it, and run the script by clicking Get MP3 From Amazon. Advantageous mp3 does the rest.

Online retailer Amazon has teamed up with the 800 lb. gorilla of search engines, Google, to announce a new online music store that will allow users to purchase MP3s from Amazon via mobile devices using Google’s new “Android” operating system. Apple immediately announced it would be discontinued, as it “replicates functionality found in iTunes.”

Okay, I made that last bit up.

From Wired:

Owners of the device will be able to browse, search, preview and purchase music on the Amazon MP3 store using the phone’s cellular connection. In order for purchased MP3s to download, the phone must be connected via Wi-Fi. (The mobile iTunes store, on the other hand, remains completely offline without WiFi.)

Oooh, burn!

Amazon MP3, Amazon’s DRM-free direct download music service and iTunes Music Store rival, will be going worldwide this year, according to Bill Carr, Amazon’s VP of digital music. Amazon MP3, started in September 2007, is the largest DRM-free music seller online. It currently has all major record labels signed on and includes 3.3 million songs more »