On-demand music
service Spotify released their iPad app this week, and while New York Times
writer Ben Sisaro pointed out that apps have already been created by basically
all of Spotify’s competitors — Rhapsody, Slacker, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Rdio,
Mog, TuneIn and Sirius XM Radio — “few apps have been as anticipated as
Spotify’s iPad version.”
The app is only
available to subscribers who pay $10 a month. It boasts Retina-level graphics,
AirPlay integration, a full-screen view, enhanced playback and crossfade and a
search engine for playlists and users.
For those unfamiliar
with Spotify, which has been in the United States for just under a year, its
music catalog comprises 17 million songs and it claims to have 10 million
active users and more than 3 million paying subscribers.
The 12 other
countries in the world using Spotify are UK, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark,
France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain.
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