Thursday, May 5, 2011

Spotify launches synchronization with Apple iPod (AFP)

STOCKHOLM - Swedish music streaming service Spotify Wednesday launched an application allowing users to synchronize the lists of reading and songs purchased through its service with Apple iPod, a clear challenge on Apple's iTunes.


"You"? ve also said you? Re listening to an enormous amount of music on your iPod and your Spotify playlists on them as MP3 has been a serious problem, forcing you to juggle with several music players. That? s up to now, "the company said in a news release.


"As of today, Spotify is making it possible for everyone to make their selections with them in music, green machine," she added.""


Changes to the Spotify will make it possible for users to import playlists created in Spotify directly to iPods and manage music on their iPod through Spotify, without using Apple's iTunes.


The new service will be available to pay the Spotify users and users of the free version.


It marks a change for the young Swedish company, which had previously focused on the dissemination online.


"Our users don?". want to have switch between music players, but they do not want to make their selections with them everywhere they go, on a wide range of devices, more simply and affordably, "co-founder, said Daniel Ek."


The move comes less than a month after Spotify announced restrictions on the free version, considerably reducing the amount of time a track can be played and the total amount of music users can listen to.


Founded in 2006, Spotify is one of the world largest streaming sites and is available only in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Great Britain, France, Spain and the Netherlands, due to copyright issues.


The company announced in March, he reached one million paying users in March and it currently has about seven million users of its free version, product of Chief Officer Gustav Soederstroem told the TT news agency.

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