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In my previous post I explained about the basics of Cloud computing. Now let us focus on some Android applications which uses cloud computing technology.

When a mobile device is considered, people more interested in are playing music and printing from their devices.

How Cloud Music Works on Android?

1. Amazon MP3
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.mp3
Play or download music stored in Amazon Cloud Drive - Available only in US

2. Sony's Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sony.snei.mu
Listen to millions of songs anytime, anywhere with the Music Unlimited Android App via 3G or wi-fi connection.


3. Google is about to launch a Cloud based Android App soon.

How Cloud Print Works on Android?

1. Cloud Print BETA
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pauloslf.cloudprint
A free application uses Google Cloud Printing service. The best part is your PC not need to be on to use this service if you have a HP e-Print enabled printer.

What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing is mainly divided in to three:

1. SaaS – Software As A Service
Suppose you need a software for your personal or professional use, only for a week, and you don't want to spend a huge amount just for a week's use. It would be great if you can rent the software for a week for a nominal charge. Cloud based SaaS model makes this possible where the software vendor hosts the software on cloud, customers can use the software based on their need and pay only for what you use. Adobe LiveCycle Managed Services is a best example for SaaS model.

2. PaaS – Platform As A Service
Here you will be provided a platform where you can develop your application and can be executed. So you concentrate on your application, not on the platform where it will be deployed, the PaaS service provider will do it for you. The service includes database management, security, workflow management, application serving etc. Major players in this area are Microsoft Windows Azure, Google App Engine, Force.com from SalesForce, Rackspace and Amazon EC2.

3. IaaS – Infrastructure As A Service
You are developing an application targeting a small user group, but in future you want to make it available for a large user group. Also you don't want to invest heavily on the infrastructure for this application. You can go for PaaS where the whole hardware will be provided to you based on your requirements. You can add memory, processors and storage whenever you want. You need to pay based on how much resources you use, if you are not using any service, then do not pay anything, great isn't it? Biggest players in this field are Amazon and Cisco.

Enough about Clouds, let us come back to some Android Apps which are based on cloud.

In my next post I will list out some Android applications which uses Cloud technology.