Music streaming service Lala is developing its own iPhone app, according to a first-look piece on TechCrunch (video embedded above). It'll let users stream any song from their Lala library, although there's no firm release date set yet – apparently partly to finish the app, but also to figure out the legal and monetisation aspects.Specifically, it'll be interesting to see how a mobile app fits in with Lala's business model of getting users to pay 10 cents for unlimited streaming rights to songs, and then 80 cents to download them.However, another issue for the company may be the potentially big growth in users driven by an iPhone app – with streaming royalties being what they are, who wants millions of new users suddenly signing up to their service?
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