How To Use Amazon Cloud Player Outside The US on iPhone, iPad or iPod

Not in the United States?

Not being a U.S. citizen myself, I like many have to use other means in order to access other services from time to time.
One such service is Amazon’s Cloud Player which is currently only available to users inside America.
To get around this for Cloud Player and for any other service that requires you to be inside the US such as Netflix, ABC and Pandora just use a simple VPN service like OverPlay.
You can have OverPlay set up and connected within minutes and you can connect to the U.S. or many other countries to support a massive amount of services.
OverPlay is not just for iOS devices but this is where I use it a lot, especially when travelling so that I can ensure my iOS device remains [pretends to be] in my home country even if I’m physically not!
Here’s how to set up OverPlay on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad and use Amazon’s Cloud Player service from any country:
1.  Go to www.overplay.net and register for a new account
2.  On your iOS device, tap Settings
3.  Tap General > Network > VPN
4.  Tap Add VPN Configuration…
5.  Tap PPTP
6.  For Description enter Overplay
7.  For Server enter vpn-us-east.overplay.net
8.  For Account enter your username from Overplay.net
9.  Set RSA SecurID select OFF
10. For Password enter your password from Overplay.net
11. Set Encryption Level to Auto
12. Set Send All Traffic to ON
13. Set Proxy to OFF
14. Tap Save
15. Toggle VPN to ON
16.  You should now be connected to your US VPN server.  Open Safari.
17.  Enter the address: www.amazon.com/cloudplayer > tap GO
You should now be presented with the Amazon Log in screen where you can either register or log in to the Amazon Cloud Player service from anywhere.
This was tested on an iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.3.3

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