First views of Sony streaming music service (images)
Sony demonstrates its Music Unlimited service at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Here are some looks at the service.
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BERLIN--Sony's Music Unlimited service, announced Wednesday at the IFA electronics show here, will offer streaming music to several Sony devices and to Windows PCs when it launches later this year. This screen shows the genre selection screen.
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Sony's Music Unlimited selection tool
With Sony's promise of a vast library in the Music Unlimited service, narrowing down a selection will be a significant challenge. Sony showed this demonstration of a way to home in on a desired selection.
The logo for Sony's Music Unlimited service. It's part of Sony's Qriocity service, which already launched with video-on-demand abilities for major movies.