Spotify: Could their iPhone app compete with iTunes?
Spotify, an online music streaming service, is a very popular service used by many people, allowing them to listen to their favourite music online. Spotify is free but also offer a premium service for faster streaming and no ads. Spotify has submitted their application to Apple, waiting for approval. The spotify team have been working on their application for a few months now, for use on the iPhone and the Android platform. The application will only be available for premium users who will be paying £9.99 a month, but the big thing is, if approved then the service could be direct competition to iTunes!
The problem for Spotify is Apple. Apple have to approve their application and in the past Apple hasn’t been so kind, rejecting applications which may pose a threat to any of their services. Not only does the application allow you to stream the music when connected to WiFi or 3G, it also allows you to save playlists to your device, allowing you to listen to the music when you don’t have an internet connection.
