Here's a quick look at the three leading digital music storage
lockers:
*Apple iTunes Match:
Price: $25 per year.
Likes: Matching feature much quicker than uploading; works
seamlessly on iOS devices; good quality sound.
Dislikes: Not available for older iOS devices or non-iOS gadgets;
activating service turns off Genius playlist feature; most
expensive of three services.
Web: www.itunes.com.
*Amazon Cloud Player:
Price: $20 per year; includes 20 gigabytes of storage for
documents and photos.
Likes: Works seamlessly on Kindle Fire; available for other
Android devices and through Web on iPad; offers unlimited storage;
less expensive than iTunes Match.
Dislikes: Uploading collection can take days; Uploader stalled
out repeatedly, didn't recognize duplicates, didn't upload iTunes
playlists, and does not automatically upload new songs bought
outside Amazon; Web interface unusable on the iPhone.
*Google Music:
Price: Free.
Likes: Works seamlessly on standard Android devices; available on
other devices through well-designed Web app; Music Manager
automatically uploads iTunes playlists and new songs purchased
outside of Google.
Dislikes: Uploading collection can take days; Music Manager
stalled out multiple times while uploading and didn't recognize
duplicate songs; no way to download songs to PC.
Web: http://music.google.com.
