UK’s 3 to offer HTC Hero deal with Spotify
Finally addressing consumers’ demand for an application for streaming music to be made available, UK’s leading phone operator 3 made breaking news with its recent announcement.
The 3 company said that by November they will offer a mobile phone package through HTC Hero, a leader in smartphones industry. This will mean users and subscribers can now download from Spotify, the relatively new but strong music streaming service.
Such will be allowed through the HTC Hero handset on a two-year contract where subscribers will have to pay £35 monthly, apart from the £99 start-up fee. Apart from the Spotify advantage, other included services are text messages, airtime and free calls via Skype.
3’s director of products and services, Charlotte Blanchard said that their company carefully thought of and devised such a package to include the most in-demand services and applications of smartphones. She added that it does not stop at having Spotify, and instead, a new beginning with the streaming service as they see synced ventures into other mobile broadband products.
For those who will take up the offer for subscription, they automatically enjoy full premium membership with Spotify, and access music streaming through their home PCs and laptops, apart from their mobile devices.
Industry analysts see the move of 3 to work hand-in-hand with Spotify as nothing new. At the turn of 2009, Apple offered a similar app in its iPhone that allows users to stream and store music. This is almost, if not completely, working in the same manner for Spotify hooking up with 3.
For his part, Spotify co-founder Danile Ek said they are seeing the early achievements of what lies ahead. He repeated their intent to expand music service made available for different devices, where users can share and choose their music.
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