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Chama-se Oboe Free

«MP3tunes is announcing free, unlimited storage music lockers for everyone. Oboe - our music locker technology - has been out for more than a year. We've refined the process and are ready to invite the world to come create an Oboe music locker. Sign-up now to realize the benefits of online storage. Here's a Q & A about Oboe Free, our new music locker with free unlimited storage.

Q: Why is the Oboe Free music locker a significant development?
A: This is the first time a free music locker with unlimited storage has been made available. Users sign-up with a valid email address and then load their Oboe Locker with their music using the free Oboe Sync software for Linux, Macintosh or Microsoft Windows. Once loaded, users stream their music from any browser or from a growing list of mobile devices - and can also sync to another computer. Oboe Sync will even add cover art for all your albums at the end of the sync process. We've also added our number one feature request of scheduling so a locker sync can happen in off-peak hours when your computer is normally idle. (...)»

fonte: «Unlimited Storage Free Music Lockers», February 12th, 2007

NOta: primeiro sinal: afinal não é ilimitado (alegadamente por excesso de adesão), apenas 1GB; depois: a ideia é venderem-nos um serviço «praemium»; é preciso optar pelo grátis; ao contrário de outros, exige pelo menos um software proprio, que tem de ser instalado no nosso computador