Mar 28
With Lala’s founder gone from Apple (having moved on to buzzy new startup iPhone app, Color), one wonders what the future of that once-promising service will be within the confines of One Infinite Loop. We saw Apple roll out a social networking feature for iTunes in the form of Ping, which seems to have a tenuous connection to the shuttered service. The future of iTunes in the cloud, however, is no more clear than it’s ever been.
Things may be cleared up with the rumored MobileMe revamp. Reportedly set for April, the upgrade will feature, among other things, a music locker service, for storing songs in the cloud. Apple is said to be dealing with various labels, trying to get support of the service, which will apparently run $20 a year. According to anonymous sources, Sony is the hardest sell.
There aren’t a lot of details about the service–my guess is that, if anything, however, it will likely only support songs actually purchased through iTunes, which mean, for most of us, that the large majority of our music will remain earthbound for the foreseeable future…
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