RealNetworks reveals Rhapsody app for iPhone
While Spotify’s iPhone app languishes in Apple’s approval process, rival RealNetworks has announced that it’s just submitted its own iPhone app for Rhapsody.
It’s an on-demand streaming application that’s free for existing Rhapsody subscribers – others get a free trial period before having to stump up. It’ll offer an eight million song catalogue, and iPhone isn’t the only platform being targeted. “We are working diligently on an Android app and once we’re done there, we plan to turn our sights on more mobile platform and carrier app stores,” says the blog post announcing the news.
However, the iPhone version is being submitted now – the next question is whether Apple approves it. I’m fairly sure there’s some kind of App Store rule about free apps not being allowed to be ‘trials’ or ‘demos’, in a time-limited sense. So it’ll be interesting to see how that aspect goes.
Tags: iphone, RealNetworks, Rhapsody
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