Music streamer Spotify was already on-record as hoping to unveil an application for iPhone, amongst other mobile platforms; a concept vid for an iPhone app even leaked out in February. But the first near-complete app it’s showing in public is actually on Android, and here’s the demo video…
Well it would be pretty silly to demo an iPhone app at a Google conference, wouldn't it?
More seriously, why would they launch on iPhone-only? As you say, Spotify is at present confined to Europe, where iPhone's market share is pretty small. For example, while iPhone has sold 1 million units in its first 16 months in the UK, Nokia's N95 sold 7 million in its first six months – and carries on selling strongly.
They must do something about the poor quality of their battery. Absolutely, they won't be successful with their music device with this battery condition.
Well it would be pretty silly to demo an iPhone app at a Google conference, wouldn't it?
More seriously, why would they launch on iPhone-only? As you say, Spotify is at present confined to Europe, where iPhone's market share is pretty small. For example, while iPhone has sold 1 million units in its first 16 months in the UK, Nokia's N95 sold 7 million in its first six months – and carries on selling strongly.
They must do something about the poor quality of their battery. Absolutely, they won't be successful with their music device with this battery condition.