“Google’s problem is not a lack of cash, it’s a lack of trust, and the fact that the labels and publishers won’t sign any agreements with them to ALLOW them to stream content to Android devices. That’s a big problem... And Amazon has a similar problem. Apple on the other hand has just inked contracts with all of the big labels and publishers outlining how they will be paid and protected. Apple established trust through years of keeping agreements and DRM in iTunes.”
You REALLY think they aren’t going to get it done with Google in some way shape or form and miss out on that cash cow?
Someday, maybe. After they've written some VERY big checks to backtrack on the "we don't need your approval" attitude, and that AFTER they sort out the serious security problems. Apple said "how much do you want", while Google said "**** you"; there are consequences to attitude.
Thing is, they haven't done it, and they're not doing it now.
And thing is, Apple just did it, and it's already rolling out to devices. Some new icons just appeared on my iPad, so the iCloud music service is already coming on-line and I didn't have to do anything. Google has a lot of catching up to do.
Never mind Microsoft with Ballmer's stance of "stand back and watch everyone else take over the new frontier."