With the size of music players and music storage devices decreasing over the decades, the iCloud might now eliminate the need to own a physical copy of a song or an album altogether.
The new system will mean that users no longer need to store their libraries of tracks on their computers. Instead, Apple will hold the songs in its vast computer databases.
Users would then access the songs through the internet on their computer or Apple device.
Other companies, including Amazon and Google, already beat Apple to the punch on the device, launching similar ''cloud music'' services in the past few weeks.
But Apple claims that it created a more convenient system, which includes a ''scan and match'' locker service. Its system will be able to analyze all the songs stored by a person on their computer and then simply allow users to access these songs through an iPod, iPhone or other devices, without having to upload tracks onto the devices first.
The great thing about this service is that people will have a way to sync their music wirelessly across several devices without the need for USB cables. As of now this service will be made available only for iOS devices such as the iPod Touch, iPhone and the iPad.
This won’t be the first cloud based service that Apple will be introducing; in fact it is already the fourth. The first attempt to cloud based service was the iDisk followed by MobileMe then Find My iPhone.
Other major companies that have already launched their own cloud based music service recently are Google and Amazon. The entry of Apple into this market means that the future of music downloads and listening is in the clouds.
Breaking with its policy of strict secrecy before product launches, the company already said that Jobs will be unveiling iCloud, as well as new versions of its mobile and Mac operating systems, at the event.
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