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Spotify Wins iPhone App Store Approval

Posted by timothy on from the there's-a-cream-for-that dept.

angry tapir writes "Apple has approved a streaming music application from Spotify for use on the iPhone, even though the program will compete with Apple's own iTunes service. Spotify is an advertising-supported music service that lets end-users stream music to their computers free of charge. The service is available in the U.K. and by invitation in countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, France and Spain. Users can opt to pay for a version of the service without ads." The BBC also has a story on the app's acceptance.

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  1. NOTE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Before someone starts comparing Spotify to Pandora or Last.fm _again_, it's something different. In Spotify you choose the songs you listen to, create playlists out of them, listen to whole albums from start to finish, or even listen to a single track in endless repeat if you so choose. It's not a personal Internet radio station, it's a huge music library that you can only listen to by streaming.

  2. Not quite the game changer it appears by onion2k · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are two caveats that limit the appeal of this...

    1. You have to be a Premium Account holder ... that's £10/month.

    2. (Apparently) it'll only work with a wifi connection, not 3G.

    The wifi-only bit is the killer. Everywhere I use wifi I have a computer (office, home, girlfriend's home). That means it's not very useful, and as it's not very useful I don't see the point in buying the £10/month subscription in order to use it. If I wanted the Premium service I'd already have paid for it to use with the computers.

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    1. Re:Not quite the game changer it appears by twoshortplanks · · Score: 4, Informative

      The iPhone app can cache up to 2000 songs for offline play. See http://www.spotify.com/blog/archives/2009/07/27/spotify-for-iphone/

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    2. Re:Not quite the game changer it appears by Hasney · · Score: 2, Informative

      There are ways around that with a jailbroken iPhone. It will make the phone think it is on WiFi. TrickerThreeG (available in Cydia) will, with a little manual config, make any app you want think it is on WiFi when you have a 3G connection.

    3. Re:Not quite the game changer it appears by Cesa · · Score: 5, Informative

      2. (Apparently) it'll only work with a wifi connection, not 3G.

      That is incorrect, Daniel Ek confirmed on twitter that it will work over 2G/3G. Question Response

  3. Re:And... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    No, you'll need a spotify premium account for ~$10/month.

  4. It should be noted that the iPhone version... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    ..._requires_ a Premium account - a normal, free account is not allowed to log in. This is all for understandable reasons relating to how Spotify, when used with a free account, enforces ads that can not be shut off or ignored.

  5. Re:Spotify Blog by muffen · · Score: 2, Informative

    In a Swedish article on IDG.SE they were waiting for the iPhone app before the US launch. Currently they expect spotify in the US before year-end.

    You can a preview of the app here

  6. Re:And... by imamac · · Score: 2, Informative

    All while Facebook's new app gets approval in about five days...

    While in reality it was about 11-12 days.