Home › News ›

Samsung to Shutter Its Music Hub and E-Book Service

May 23, 2014, 10:40 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Samsung today confirmed it will close its Music Hub and e-book store on July 1. The Music Hub served alongside the Samsung Hub - which sold music, videos, books, games, and educational content - on last year's Galaxy S4 handset. The Music Hub was a full music store, much like Google Play Music or the Amazon MP3 Store. It allowed users to buy individual tracks and albums. The same was true of the e-book store, which duplicated Google's own offering, in addition to those of other providers, such as Amazon. Samsung didn't explain the rationale behind its decision to shutter the music and e-book stores other than to say it was "striving for service differentiation and customer value enhancement." The Samsung Hub itself will also go away, and is no longer preinstalled on this year's Galaxy S5. Instead, Samsung's surviving services - movies, games, and educational content - will remain available as stand-alone apps. Samsung's music and e-book services will still be available to consumers in its home market of Korea.

Wall Street Journal »

Related

Review: Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport for Sprint

Samsung kicks out a fitness-oriented version of the Galaxy S5 for Sprint. This Android smartphone differs from the original model in a few respects.

Hands On with Samsung's Galaxy S5 Sport for Sprint

Sprint today revealed the Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport. Sitting somewhere between the standard S5 and the Active model, the Sport gives you physical keys and a distinctive design.

Review: Samsung Galaxy S5 for Verizon Wireless

Verizon's version of the Samsung Galaxy S5 is fractionally different from the AT&T model in one key metric. Here is Phone Scoop's full report about this new Android smartphone.

Review: Samsung Galaxy S5 for AT&T

Samsung delivers a delightful device in the Galaxy S5. This powerful Android smartphone offers a more refined experience than its predecessor and manages to raise the bar at least a little bit.

Hands-On: Samsung Galaxy S5

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S5 smartphone today in Barcelona. Those expecting a great leap forward are bound to be disappointed, but the Galaxy S5 makes progress all the same.

Samsung Galaxy S5 (GSM)

5.1" display FHD+ resolution
Snapdragon 801 processor 2 GB RAM
2,800 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC, Wireless Charging, Fingerprint Reader, Water-Resistant

Samsung Galaxy S5 (CDMA) / Galaxy S5 Sport

5.1" display FHD+ resolution
Snapdragon 801 processor 2 GB RAM
2,800 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC, Wireless Charging, Fingerprint Reader, Water-Resistant

more news about:

Comments

This forum is closed.

This forum is closed.

bluecoyote

May 24, 2014, 5:02 PM

Samsung Milk

The service was weirdly similar to Samsung Milk, which just... wait, why did they ever have both?

iamajim

I was thinking the same thing. So the S-stuff on my Note 3 will remain or what? I don't use any of them but have always wondered how good they were. Anybody use S-voice?

Page 1 of 1