AT&T released a new AT&T Music application that combines popular mobile music services such as song and album downloads, streaming radio, song match, lyric search and an enhanced music player – into a single application. The new application allows users to:
- Listen to 40 commercial-free genre radio stations;
- Customize unlimited personal radio stations;
- Use song match to identify the tune (a la Shazam or TrackID)
- Search for lyrics to identify song title and artist;
- Preview, buy and download songs and albums straight to their phone; and
- Listen to personal music saved on their mobile device, including the ability to create and manage playlists and find music by artist, album, song or genre.
Initially, the new AT&T Music is available on three quick messaging phones — LG Xenon, Samsung Solstice and Samsung Impression — and the plan is to make the service available on additional handsets soon, as well as preload it on devices beginning this summer. Moreover, the carrier will keep updating the application to include the ability to purchase and manage ringtones and ringback tones.
AT&T Music is available for $6.99 per month to customers who subscribe to an unlimited data plan. Song and album purchases are charged a la carte.
To download the new application, hop over to AT&T App Center or text “MUSIC” to 7299 to receive a link for download. Of course, you must own one of the three handsets mentioned above.