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7Digital announces loads of stuff

By | Published on Wednesday 20 October 2010

Digital music providers 7Digital announced new partnerships and showcased some new services in London yesterday, and, if nothing else, confirmed that, post-iPad, the tech world is going tablet computer crazy.

Both Samsung and Toshiba demonstrated their new iPad rivals, both of which run the Android operating system and will come with 7Digital-powered music services. A Toshiba rep said the company’s tablet computer would enter the market at a cheaper price point than Apple’s rival device, while 7Digital boss Ben Drury said he felt the tablet market would see great growth in the coming year, and that Apple would not control that market.

Elsewhere, Drury revealed his company’s BlackBerry app had now been installed over half a million times, and that an Android app is now ready and an iPhone version is with Apple for approval.

Meanwhile, the 7Digital website is due to relaunch later this year with editorial content from the BBC and live gig listings from Songkick, a 7Digital cloud service will see the firm move into the digital locker space, a new partnership is in place with phone firm O2, and an image recognition system has been developed so people can plonk an album cover or advert in front of a webcam and be taken straight to that artist’s page on the 7Digital platform, just in case they can’t read and/or type.



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