As we wait for streaming music service Spotify’s iPhone app to be approved by Apple, we have got news that subscription based streaming music service Rhapsody has submitted their iPhone app to the App Store for Apple’s approval.
iPhone apps like Spotify and Rhapsody will be competition to Apple’s iTunes music store, so it will be interesting to see if Apple approves them.
Rhapsody’s iPhone app will allow users to individually select and listen to more than 6 million songs in its catalog on-demand over 3G/EDGE and Wi-Fi.
Users can also create their own streaming playlists but can’t save them to play them offline.
However, iPhone users will need a Rhapsody ToGo subscription to use the iPhone app, which costs $14.99 per month.
Rhapsody’s iPhone app is similar to the Spotify’s iPhone app in many ways just that Rhapsody works only in the US while Spotify works only in US Europe.
You can checkout the video demo of the iPhone app below:
Rhapsody's iPhone app like other third party iPhone apps will not be able to run in the background, which will be a major drawback for a music streaming service. (iPhone users who have jailbroken their iPhone can useBackgrounder to run it in the background.)
Rhapsody is quite confident that their iPhone app will be approved especially after the fiasco over Apple’s rejection of Google Voice related iPhone apps. Neil Smith, Rhapsody VP made the following statement:
“The app store is likely to be bigger than the music store some day, and not approving things for the app store is giving people a reason to say, ‘I’m not going to buy an iPhone,’”
What do you think?
[via GdGt]
why would any company approve apps to sell that can make them lose money? That's a dumb move
Rhapsody sucks….who would want that ugly service on a beautiful iPhone?? NO ONE! It'll be perfect for the crappy Zune HD though lol Who agrees with me that Apple should NOT approve this app?
Small error in the article, it says both services only work in th US
With a jailbreaked iPhone one might try Spot which works with Spotify, not perfect though
Thanks for highlighting the error, we have corrected it. Thanks again.
It will be more than interesting. If Apple do not approve spotify then a lot of us will not be buying another iPhone.
Jordan, not that simple at all. I currently buy no music from iTunes but I would subscribe to spotify if the iPhone app is approved. Therefore Apple would not lose any money from me by doing so. Furthermore they stand to lose quite a lot of money from me if they do not authorize this App as I will not buy a 3GS in a couple of months, I'll go Android. And I know I'm far from alone.
Don't get me wrong I love the iPhone but I'm beginning to seriously hate Apple.
Rhapsody should release it via cydia. Cut apple right out of the process.
Is anyone thinking of deleting this site from their favorites? I am. I can't stand those stupid pop ups when ever your mouse accidentally goes over a green underlined word. Fack!! I mean… do you REALLY think I want to "Learn more about android?"
And now I just sound like a douche for complaining.
There are lot of information about I phones i like very much these phone, I phone is also called mini computer.I phone have a lot of information.