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hi I'm Sharon Vaknin for cnet.com here to show you how to use Amazon's Cloud Player with your Android device sorry iPhone users you're going to have to sit this one out Amazon didn't release an app for you first set up an account on amazon.com and upload music to your account it's pretty straightforward you can upload almost any mp3 or AAC files so music you've downloaded from iTunes Amazon or other stores will work you can also use music ripped from CDs no matter where you got them Amazon gives you the first five gigabytes of storage free if you want to get more storage through the end of the year you can purchase an album from Amazon and they'll bump you up to a total of 20 gigabytes for free for a year after your purchase now you're ready to stream your music library to your Android device download the free Amazon mp3 app from the Android Market once it's there go to Cloud Drive music and sign in with your Amazon account now you're ready to play music you've uploaded to your cloud just remember that your device must be connected to your network or Wi-Fi to stream music if you know you'll be off the grid but still want to access your music the app lets you download tracks directly onto your device hit the green arrow next to any playlist artist or album to download multiple titles or long-press any song to download a single track the player also lets you create and modify new playlists and access music stored locally on your device you can also use this app to purchase new music from the Amazon mp3 store and save it to your Cloud Drive for safekeeping since amazon wants you to purchase music from them purchases made from the store won't be counted against your storage capacity for now Amazon Cloud Player is only available for Android devices Macs and Windows computers expect to see more developments around cloud storage though Apple and Google should be jumping on the bandwagon any time now for cnet.com I'm Sharon Vaknin and I'll see you on the interwebs