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Apple approves Spotify app after month delay
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Thursday, August 27, 2009
News Category: Apps + Games
European music subscription and download service Spotify has received approval from Apple for its iPhone application after a month-long delay, paidContent UK reports. The app lets users stream music from the Spotify service, access and edit saved playlists, save playlists for offline listening, and search for new music. It also offers album artwork and detailed information for each song. The company submitted the application to Apple in late July, and had been in subsequent contact with the company, finally gaining approval today. Some had suggested that Apple was attempting to block the app, as paid subscription services could be seen as direct competitors to the iTunes Store; Real Networks has also submitted an application for its Rhapsody service, which also offers a paid subscription model. Spotify is currently available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France and Spain, and hopes to launch in the U.S. later this year.
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Holy crap…if they approved Spotify, they should definitely approve Lala’s app. Where the hell is that anyway? I figured Apple was keeping it from us this whole time.
Posted by JB on August 27, 2009 at 12:33 PM (PDT)