Spotify Wins iPhone App Store Approval

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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NOTE!

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Not quite the game changer it appears

[twoshortplanks]

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/

Re:Not quite the game changer it appears

[Cesa]

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