Lala working on an iPhone app
It’s been a busy week for US streaming music service Lala, following news that it’s working with Google on a new music search service, and with Facebook on music gifting.
Now Wired’s Epicenter blog is reporting that Lala is also working on its own iPhone application, which will tie in with its website. That means users who’ve paid 10 cents for unlimited streaming rights to a song will be able to stream it on iPhone too for no extra cost.
The app will also provide access to users’ own libraries of music. It’s expected to be available by the end of the year – IF Apple approves it. Will it? Recent approvals of apps from Spotify and Rhapsody imply that Apple is fairly relaxed about letting streaming music apps onto the App Store – even from competitors.
However, if Lala wants to let iPhone users pay for streaming rights from within the app, it could face problems. Currently, the minimum in-app payment that’s possible on iPhone is $0.99.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pm
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October 27th, 2009 at 8:58 am
[...] Music Ally made a good point that “currently the minimum in-app payment that’s possible on iPhone is $0.99” but perhaps that can be bypassed by Lala’s own system of the “pre-paid wallet” for song credits. Even if the iPhone rejects the app to preserve its own a-la-carte service, Wired also reported plans for Android, Palm Pre and Blackberry apps. Now, there has been ‘news’ of the iPhone app since this time last year (and there isn’t news if they have already submitted it, or any other apps) but hopefully they’ve prepared for the wider smartphone market and already gotten started on the other devices as well. [...]
November 5th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
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November 15th, 2009 at 8:43 am
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