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[...] Rhapsody App for iPhone Approved, Available Now Written on September 10, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 6 people have commented [...]

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By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:50:51 +0000

I’ve been waiting for a Rhapsody app, but 64kbps is just unacceptable. Usually apps do a tiered system based on whether you are on 3G, Edge, or Wifi.

Also try “Stick It”, it’s a great app for making reminders for to view on your wallpaper without having to open your phone… http://bit.ly/wYWEN

By: Galley

Galley — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:39:07 +0000

They’re going to pay me $15 per month to listen to crappy 64Kbps audio? That’s too bad of a deal, I guess.

What’s that? They want me to pay THEM $15 per month? Yeah, right!

By: Ian Abbott

Ian Abbott — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:23:13 +0000

Well if we are comparing Spotify to Pandora, for a starter Pandora is not available outside the USA… the nearest equivalent is last.fm which is OK apart from the fact that you “seed” a radio station with a band name but it then plays “related” content.

Unfortunately the “related” content is based on what other listeners of that band listen to, which can wildly skew results the longer you let that station play. You might start off listening to some easy listening and end up in grindcore.

Spotify at least allows you to select artists and albums and then cache them offline for playback regardless of whether you have a signal or not and it often has albums available pre-release for promotional reasons.

By: Sam Howat

Sam Howat — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:03:22 +0000

I just don’t see how this is better than Pandora?

By: Ian Abbott

Ian Abbott — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:52:21 +0000

It’s a common misconception that Spotify Mobile for iPhone is free… It’s not.

The desktop version is free – and is ad-supported, streaming 160kbps OGG files. For £9.99 per month, you can upgrade to Spotify Premium, which streams at 320kbps and does not have any audio advertisements injected inbetween tracks on a half-hourly basis like the free edition.

Spotify Mobile *requires* a Premium subscription – it will not work without monthly payments, which is the only reason Apple admitted it in the first place. Do you think they would honestly allow a completely free music streaming client (which isn’t a radio application) on the iPhone to compete with iTunes? That’s business nonsense.

The one benefit Spotify Mobile seems to have over Rhapsody is offline support. Whilst on WiFi you can download albums into the iPhone for playback for up to 30 days before requiring to go online to Spotify to validate continued access.