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These are often-requested features by fans of any music application/service that doesn't have them (especially gapless playback), and Spotify is now adding them, so that will be welcome news for their users. Click the title for more details.
For this to work in the face of stiff competition from Mog, Spotify, Rhapsody, and rdio it must:
Not just run on Winphone 7, but also Android and iOS
Have a strong playlist generation feature
Have fully featured mobile clients that do more than the competition's
Have a very large library of music
Have an open API so other's can build apps and uses for it
If this just comes out for Xbox and Winphones it may be very good, but it will remain a niche product.
Follow the link for initial details from Digital Trends.
I hope this isn't right. Rather than re-inventing the wheel they'd be much better off just partnering with an existing service and getting them to support Beats audio, which *supposedly* has an API for other applications to take advantage of.
Click the title link to see the original story in the L.A. Times.
Meanwhile we Android users can just tap our fingers and wait for it to show up for us....
Given his close ties to Apple (the PC company, not the former record label), this is not so much a decision based on principle as simply a competitive business move designed to benefit his cohorts at Apple. Click the title above to see the original story in the Telegraph.
Gizmodo seems to really like the new rdio Android app! Follow the link to check out the story.
Interesting comparison of rdio and Spotify catalogs in the US...
The desktop version of Spotify (especially the new one with app integration) is fantastic for music discovery. Unfortunately their mobile clients lag far behind.
This excellent looking app for iOS adds in EchoNest-powered radio and playlist generation features to fill in that gap. Readers of this blog know my love for all things EchoNest, so if you're the fortunate iOS-based user of Spotify, get this now!!!
I wonder if/when it'll be out for Android?
Cricket and it's "Muve" music service is not discussed much, but they are neck and neck with Spotify for number of US subscribers. Only Rhapsody definitely exceeds it in # of US subscribers. (Roughly 1 million according to this article.)
In any case, it looks like a bargain way to get cell plus music as a service. A bit too "bargain-y" for me, but if you're on a budget it may be a good way to go.
Forbes has a very MOG-complimentary article. While there's lots I really like about MOG (like their flexible and powerful "artist radio" feature), I wouldn't go this far.
My biggest concern is the stability and features of their android client. It still doesn't have some very basic features like the ability to add/remove songs from playlists (I mean c'mon, what's up with that omission?!?!), and I run into many more issues just using basic play/fast forward functions than when using any of its rivals.
Having said that, MOG the company has a fun attitude, the web client manages to be minimalist yet fairly powerful, and the mobile applications sound quality (when set to high quality streaming) is second to none.
I keep hoping they'll eventually add the basics of playlist management to the Android client, and squash a few more bugs. If they do that, then I'd be more comfortable saying the same thing this article does.
This Business Week article talks about Rhapsody's on-going efforts to expand and be a worthy rival to Spotify. They championed subscription-based music access long before any of the other remaining competitors in this market, so will always have some goodwill from me for that.
The Napster acquisition has put them "well over 1 million" subscribers, and now they're looking to expand overseas as well. Click the title link to read more.
I've always thought Echo Nest-powered playlist generation was the best around. It was used in the late lamented Thumbplay, and Mog uses it to power their excellent "radio" feature.
Spotify has smartly chosen to use it for the latest revamp of their own "Radio" feature, and I think it's a great move. (And bad news for Mog, although Mog's implementation still seems a bit more flexible.)
Interesting comparison of (US) music library selection based on the favorites of the rateyourmusic.com community. Surprisingly rdio seems to come out ahead. Click the title for details.
Yet another streaming music service vying for your money. Follow the title link for more details. This one seems to be emphasizing "simplicity", which always makes me a bit nervous. (It usually translates to "fewer features to confuse you", which means a less capable service.)
On the other hand, it has a 3-month trial for .99 cents a month, so may be worth a shot.
UPDATE: When I went to check the rara.com site it said "coming soon". I'm not sure if that means it will launch later today, or if the US is not one of those countries it's launching in. I'll update again once I figure that out.
UPDATE 2: The site is up and available now. And, the .99 per month is streaming only, the special deal is $1.99 per month for the first 3 months if you want mobile access. Worth checking out at least: http://www.rara.com
Interesting little piece. Title says it all.
A brief article talking about the Rhapsody/Napster merger.