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Spotify - Everything you'll ever NEED in a Music App
Lifehacker has come up with a very detailed and insightful look into the application known as Spotify - aka the itunes killer. If you haven't heard of it yet then shame on you, because it's all that you'll ever need when it comes to your digital music needs. Spotify - What is it? It looks a bit like iTunes but without all the mess. It takes Pandora's idea but gives you all the options you want and need. It has Last.FM's library feature but helps you give that playlist you love so much to your friends with just a simple link - postable on Facebook and other Social Net's. If you're starting to see a trend, then you're catching on. Spotify is the instant solution to everything you've ever wanted or needed, all by taking what you love from the usual suspects and puttig it all into one simple, streamlined application meant for streaming. Oh, and did I mention it's free. That being said, the free part, there's going be an ad here or there in between songs, but you can pay them to go away if they bother you that much.
At the moment it's only available in a select number of countries in Europe: Sweden, Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, France, and Spain to be exact, but believe you me, Spotify is working dilgently with music labels to get their app. given the A-ok in the US and other territories of the world. It's a music listener's fantasy, but don't mistake it for something other than its not. It doesn't allow direct downloads of all your songs to your computer to be synced up to an MP3 player - I don't think musicians, and more importantly, their wallets would like that. But if you have access to Wi-Fi then you can connect at anytime to the cloud, and listen to your favorite songs on the go - que the Spotify IPhone app denial.
Windows and Mac compatible, Linux on the way.
[Via LifeHacker]
Ricardo Trejo
Found a video on how to get an account with Spotify without being in one of the participating countries. Follow the instructions on the video and description to get it working just right. Wasn't sure if I wanted to publish the link, but the more people who want this the more we can hope Spotify makes its way over to those who are begging for it.
I'm loving it, and I'll be one of the first to get an American account on release. It's quick and slick, doesn't use much resources no crappy load times like "accessing iTunes store" on iTunes. What do you think about it? Leave a comment.
