Spotify Is Rocking My iPhone
Early last week Spotify released their mobile apps for both the iPhone, iPod Touch and Android. I’ve used both the PC and Mac desktop versions for a while but only with the free account, as I don’t listen music enough on my computers to justify a pro account. I’ve been eagerly waiting for the iPhone app for some time now, ever since it was first rumored and as soon as it was released I upgraded to pro in order to try it (the free version doesn’t work with the mobile app).
So how have I found it?……… AMAZING!! I haven’t listened to a single song from my iTunes library all week, everything has been via Spotify and I’ve listened much more than I would have normally done. Having on demand access to aproximatily 4.5 million tracks means that whatever mood I’m in, whatever genre I feel like listening to, if I feel like listening to something completely new, I can, it’s only a search away.
The app allows you to stream music over 3G/Edge/WiFi or you can download playlists over WiFi to be stored on the phone for offline playback. This means that if you are in an area with a weak cell reception you can still listen to music that you have previously downloaded.
The only major downside isn’t a fault of the app, its a fault of Apple’s, yes once again lack of background processes for third party apps rears it’s ugly head, so once you are using the app you can’t do anything else at the same time, no writing emails, no using Safari, no checking that SMS that you just received. That is unless you have you iPhone/Touch jailbroken and use the backgrounder app. If anyone ever needed a reason to jailbreak this is it.
As I said earlier, Spotify on the iPhone is an amazing app, so why has it got such a low rating on the app store, 2 stars out of 5 from nearly 8,000 reviews. Well thats because of all the pricks giving it 1 star because they’re either too stupid to read the description that clearly states that it requires a premium account, or they’re too cheap to pay for one and are taking their frustration our in the reviews, a few of those are posted below. If all 1 star reviews complaining that they need to pay for the service were removed it would become a 4 star app, that rating I agree with, for an initial release it is excellent but there is still room for improvement.
I’m sorry but you thought wrong, you do need to pay for something that you can get for free on your home PC, that’s why you’re writing a one star review idiot. Actually you’re not an idiot I take that back, you’re a genius if you can get a premium account for free on your PC? show me where to sign up.
This one makes me laugh….. “there are many more greater options than this, youtube for example” PMSL, oh yes because youtube on the iphone is so great at creating full artist and album playlists within a matter of seconds that can be reorganized to your exact listening preference and downloaded for listening at any time anywhere. Besides all those, just the fact that this person compares Spotify to youtube makes me chuckle
Excellent review, now run along and leave that same review for every album, tv show, film and app in iTunes
If this takes off on the iPhone and Android (plus Symbian when it gets released) it could rapidly change the way we listen to music on a mobile device.
