One of the more traditional sites to purchase the Internet, the Amazon, has just inaugurated its store-trading music online in the UK.

The Amazon MP3 has 3 million digital sound files and offers cheaper prices as the biggest name in the industry, the iTunes Store. Prices of newly launched Web site for each song vary from 0.59 to 3.00 pounds sterling, while the rival controlled by Apple offers songs to the unique value of 0.79 pounds sterling in Europe (the cost varies in other regions such as Australia, Canada, United States and Japan). Last year, digital sales earned 163 million British pounds sterling.

Being one of the first stores to sell on the Internet and that most renewed over the years, the brand wants to take the name of his world mark to complete the trade of MP3 downloads of the old continent.

In the United States, the receptivity has been advantageous for the music industry.

The Amazon also opted for a better bit rate for your files: 256 kbit/s, just double the iTunes. But that does not necessarily mean that the quality is doubled.

The company also invested in resources to iPhone and iPod Touch, which debut today. Taking pictures of products, the user is redirected to the site of the Amazon, which recognizes through an intelligent algorithm that analyzes the pixels and will inform you the details of the object of desire.

Via: Gigaom.