Spotify is truly an incredible piece of software and the ability to now be able to access it remotely is truly exciting.
The app is accessible on a number of platforms including Andorid, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Phone and Palm. A BlackBerry compatible Spotify app is still currently under construction.
However, through the app, on which ever so platform you download it on, you can search for and play any music from the online streaming service’s catalogue as well as the playlists from your ‘available offline,’ playlists from your desktop version of Spotify.
Spotify: Mobile and Desktop Versions
It does not stop there either. You can edit and create playlists as well as sync back to the desktop and save music to your phone to listen to offline. It’s quick, fast and intuitive.
Yet before we go further there is a slight price to pay for mobile access to all of Spotify’s features. The cost is £9.99 a month and even though it may not be stated upon download the app itself is free but it does require subscription.
The app can be used on more than one phone but will not run on more than one device at a time. For instance, you cannot use the same Spotify account on say your computer and your phone at the same time. If you do you will notice the music will cut out, pause and change track depending on whose playing what.
Syncing music over Wi-Fi is fast and effortless yet over 3G it is a lot longer and tiresome. However, online or offline the app works very well and Spotify will resume the track exactly where you last left it off. This is particularly needed when listening to a longer piece of music. The entire app is straightforward and easy to use and really should not be able to confuse anyone.
Yet, from the point of view of an iPodder the interface of the Spotify app is very upside-down and wrong-way round. For instance, the track progress bar located at the top of the screen in the iPod is at the bottom of the Spotify app.
Overall, the app is intuitive, easy to use and a great over all app. Nonetheless, there are a few small problems. The first being that the playlists are simply a long list of the music you’ve stored there is no way of quickly searching through it or finding the track that you wish to play. However, there is a search ability that will quickly help you find the son g you are after and a what’s new page showing you the latest, greatest and most favourable songs out there at the moment