Tue, November 24, 2009
BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Spotify, a Swedish streaming software company, announced that it will launch a music application for the Symbian platform of Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker.
According to a statment of Spotify on Monday, consumers who subscribe to Symbian's paying premium service can download the software application onto their smartphones. It allows music fans to search for new tunes and then stream them directly on their handsets.
Symbian users will have to pay about 16 U.S. dollars per month to access the mobile service, though the mobile application is free to download. Songs can be downloaded on the handset for offline listening when out of network coverage.
Founded in 2008, Spotify is one of the world's largest streaming websites. The Symbian platform is used on almost 50 percent of mobiles worldwide, and also on many Sony-Ericsson and Samsung telephones.
"The launch of Spotify's Symbian app opens up our mobile music service to potentially millions more music fans across Europe," said Gustav Soederstroem, a director of portable solutions for Symbian.
Spotify, which is currently only available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Britain, France and Spain because of copyright issues, launched an application for Apple's iPhone and Google's Android in September.
European owners of various Nokia phones, such as the N97, E72 or XpressMusic, can now download the Spotify application and enjoy music streamed to their phones.
(Agencies)
