Windows Phone 7 can now stream music directly from SkyDrive

[neiltc13]

Here's a little feature that Microsoft quietly sneaked into Mango -- you can stream music straight from your SkyDrive account. With the latest WP7 update comes some nice integration with Redmond's cloud storage service, but it's not just for pulling up spreadsheets. You can navigate to any folder and, if you tap on an compatible sound file, it'll start playing the tune in the music app. It's not a full fledged streaming and syncing service like Google Music or a tightly integrated ecosystem such as iTunes and iCloud, but it is a pretty neat trick. And, lets be honest, no matter how cumbersome, sometimes those unofficial solutions are much more gratifying.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/28/mango-quietly-enables-music-streaming-from-skydrive-hides-among/

http://www.beingmanan.com/wp/2011/07/skydrive-wp7-music-streaming/

Looks good - very exciting that we have another service that can take my music and stream it to me. Looks like Apple is the odd one out here, charging users for a cloud service that doesn't support streaming.

 

[KingCrimson]

SkyDrive + X-Box Live + Windows Live = Microsoft's answer to iCloud, and it's just beginning.

 

[neiltc13]

SkyDrive + X-Box Live + Windows Live = Microsoft's answer to iCloud, and it's just beginning.

SkyDrive was around a long, long time before iCloud was ever announced.

Long enough for Apple to copy the automatic photo upload feature from Windows Phone 7 / SkyDrive in fact.