Spotify. What is it!

Let’s start off with the most basic question. What in the world is Spotify? Well, Spotify is a very popular music streaming service in Europe and has had quite a buzz around it recently. It has finally come to the U.S. To compare it to a product on the market already, it is very similar to Rhapsody. It has unlimited streaming of the songs you want to hear: You choose and it plays. 

Spotify is very nice, and in the short amount of time I've had to use it, I love it. It currently has 3 tiers of accounts: free, unlimited, and premium. Free is, at the time, invitation only, so you may have to wait for one. Unlimited is very similar to the free version, but you don’t have to wait for an invite, and no ads. At this time it is $4.99 a month. Premium is everything Spotify has to offer, which includes full access from smart phones and is currently $9.99. 

The major question going around is, "Will this be an iTunes killer?" and to that, my answer is yes, and, well, no. Like all things it depends on what you want in a music service. If you really want to do anything you want with your music than this may not be for you. But if you get your music on the go and don’t care whether or not you actually "own" the music then you may be interested. In my case, I stopped using my iPod primarily since my cell phone could do it just as well and sometimes better. I mean, who wants to carry more than one device when one can do what both do? 

So, for me, Spotify is great. If you think you'd like it, visit spotify.com and see what plan fits you best. And if you don't think you'll like it, you can still sign up for an invite and use the free version to see if it grows on you.


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