After weeks of speculation, Apple approved Spotify's iPhone application last night – and unusually, it announced that news to journalists. Although it's not available on the App Store at the time of writing, Apple says it's coming “very soon”.It's obviously very good news for Spotify, which took a calculated risk in releasing a video demo of the app and giving journalists hands-on previews several weeks ago, when it still didn't know if the app would be approved.The app is its first move into mobile, and will be an important weapon in its battle to persuade more of its free users to upgrade to the premium version of the service, which costs
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