The Apple-iTunes-iPod triad changed the way people understood the music business. That of getting new songs without the need to step on a record store, in addition to getting rid of the physical format, opened a whole world of possibilities for the recording industry in general and digital music in particular. For more than despite the most reactionary sectors of the union.
From there, many firms joined the proposal with their own digital music distribution platforms. In the case of what is so far the most popular and sold high-end touch mobile on the market, the Samsung Galaxy S2, there is also an offer for this field, which is provided by the music commerce and reproduction suite known as Music Hub.
Music Hub is Samsung's native platform for these tasks. Showcase for downloading music has 7digital technology, a multinational platform that supports in nearly 20 countries worldwide and has a web version for computers and tablets. Thus, in order to buy single songs or entire discs on the Samsung Galaxy S2, it will be necessary to have an account in 7digital, something that we can do directly in a couple of minutes from Music Hub using our email address and defining a password.
From here, we will distinguish four main sections in Music Hub of Samsung Galaxy S2:
Featured: it is the main view of Music Hub, where every day we will be presented with news and recommendations of albums and artists that may interest the user. From here you can also carry out more specific searches of what you want to download.
Genres: the search in this case is categorized by musical styles, distinguishing about 18 different types, between pop, rock, metal, soundtracks, compilations or hip-hop, among others.
My music: here we can see the music tracks that we have in the Samsung Galaxy S2, either because we have stored it manually in the phone memory or on the installed microSD card, or because we have downloaded it from the 7digital online store. From here we could also create new playlists.
My page: it is the management section of our account in 7digital, giving the option to consult and modify data in our profile.
As for the prices per download, they vary depending on the artist and the proximity of the release of the album that we are to acquire. Thus, we can find albums from two euros (normally, classic authors in each genre) up to about ten euros, for albums that have recently arrived in stores. We also have the option of getting specific tracks for free, an option that can rotate frequently and that can sometimes give us surprises. For example, while we were writing these lines, it was possible to download the original theme from the tune of the Mad Men series, composed by the author RJD2.
