Microsoft demonstrates Spotify for Windows Phone “Mango” [video]

By Tom Warren, on 13th Apr 11 6:13 pm with 3 Comments

Microsoft revealed new features for its next-generation Windows Phone release on Wednesday.

Codenamed “Mango” the release will include a number of new developer related features that third partys can utilize for their applications. Microsoft Spotify for Windows Phone on Wednesday and promised the application will be made available later this year alongside “Mango”.

Spotify is a multi-platform application which provides access to a free and legal barrage of online music. It’s a streaming music player which has a similar feel to iTunes. Through it a user can get links to a large number of albums and tracks. Spotify use a peer-to-peer network along with streaming servers to provide their music. The Windows Phone app is free to download but will require a Spotify Premium account, priced at £9.99 a month.

Spotify is available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, France, Spain and in the UK. Versions are available for Mac users with OS X 10.4 or later, Windows XP users or later and it can also be run using the application Wine if you have a Linux based system such as Ubuntu.

Spotify is only available for selected countries in Europe at the moment but is expected to launch in the U.S. later this year.

  • http://twitter.com/abhi1manyu Abhimanyu Jamwal

    spotify …………well zune is better even though i have used spotify but not zune….but zune feels better as its native and its economical

  • M_Lyons10

    Looks like some really good improvements to the platform…

  • http://thommck.wordpress.com Thom McKiernan

    Nice to see the new UI on the Volume/NowPlaying bar at the top of the phone. Glad that’s getting more real estate. Still needs a “heart/hate” button on it though. Maybe you get that when playing a Zune track?