While speaking at this year’s Mobile World Congress, Motorola executive Sanjay Jha seemed to confirm that Google may soon begin selling music via a service designed to compete with Apple’s iTunes. 

Speaking about Google’s services vis-à-vis Honeycomb, Jha said: “"If you look at Google Mobile services today, there’s a video service, there’s a music service … that is, there will be a music service."

Google has long been expected to get into digital music sales, and with the impending launch of Android 3.0 tablets and the continued growth of Android-powered smartphones, this would seem like a good a time as any.  But how such a service would materialize remains unclear. 

An Android app for on-device browsing, purchase and download seems obvious, powered – like the Android Market – by Google Checkout, but would Google also release a stand-alone application or Windows and Mac, or rely entirely on the Cloud?  What music labels are onboard?  What would the pricing be?  Will there be monthly fee, all-you-can-eat music like Microsoft’s Zune service, just just track and album purchases?  How low can Google go in pricing to take on Apple?

All of these questions may be answered shortly, as Honeycomb powered tablets like the Motorola XOOM and LG G-Slate are just around the corner.