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Fake Spotify App Pulled From Marketplace

January 6, 2012 | By Liwen Guo

Microsoft has apparently pulled the fake Spotify app that landed in the Marketplace in late December, somehow slipping through the certification process.

The ‘spotify’ app, with a lower-case ‘s’ in order to distinguish itself from the real ‘Spotify’, was nothing more than a collection of links, for which the developer khanamish even charged money. If not a scam, it was clearly designed to deceive users into thinking that it was the official app and would provide the functionality they were looking for, which wasn’t the case.

Thankfully the app has now been removed, although the dev’s account and other applications are still active. If it indeed were an outright scam, Microsoft should not hesitate to follow Apple’s example and ban his account.

via WPCentral

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Fake Spotify app invades Marketplace–is Marketplace Certification sleeping?

January 2, 2012 | By Surur

It is clearly against Marketplace rules to violate the trademark of other companies, but this is exactly what khanamish did when he posted his “Spotify app”, which appears to be simply a collection of links, and used the company’s official logo to boot.

To add insult to injury he charges $0.99 with no free trial for the pleasure of not being able to access any of the services one would expect from the Spotify app.

At WMPoweruser.com we walk a fine line between appreciating unofficial apps which give us access to services which do not have official apps, like the Pandora, YouTube or Onion apps for example, and of course being outraged when an app merely rips off other companies and users.

We have no hesitation in calling Khanamish’s app a scam, preying on users trying to get Spotify service where there is no official coverage. I would have hoped the Marketplace certification process would protect users from being exploited by this, but what use are those when they are arbitrarily enforced?

With Windows Phone we exchanged freedom for security. Today as a Windows Phone 7 user I feel somewhat less safe downloading apps from Marketplace. Microsoft needs to do better.

Via WPCentral.com

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Spotify For Windows Phone Is Now Live In Marketplace

November 8, 2011 | By Pradeep

Spotify for Windows Phone is now available for download from marketplace. The app is free but requires Spotify premium account to stream music to our devices.

App Description:

-Search, browse and play more than one million tracks.

-Explore and play lists of your friends and your favorite songs.

-Access your songs using the WiFi network or 2.5 / 3 G.

-Lists of offline music, play your songs without having access to the internet.

-Automatic synchronization of all the songs on your mobile phone and your computer at the time.

-New display of novelties.

-Receive music that your friends send you using your Inbox.

-Mark your favorite songs so that they appear in a special list.

-Share your favorite tracks on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook,etc,.

-Access your friends playlist within this app.

Some Windows Phone exclusive things on this app,

With Windows Phone, you can also anchor your favorite Spotify playlists to the home screen so you can hear your music quickly and easily.

Thanks to the multi-tasking, with Windows Phone can listen to your music on Spotify at the same time you are using other apps or services.

You can download this app here from Windows Phone marketplace.

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Spotify Coming To Windows Phone Marketplace Today(Updated)

November 7, 2011 | By Pradeep

spotify Long awaited app for Windows Phone platform Spotify is coming to Windows Phone today. It was announced during the private meeting held at New York City for the bloggers. Spotify allows users to stream millions of music tracks including the ones from major recording labels like Sony, EMI, etc. Music can be browsed by artist, album, record label, genre or playlist as well as by direct searches and streamed directly on the phone.

Will update the marketplace download link once its live.

Update: Check out the app in action in the video above.

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Media Remote 1.2 now in Marketplace with Mango Support (free)

September 13, 2011 | By attowares

I’m happy to announce that Media Remote 1.2 is now available in Marketplace. Media Remote is an application to control Spotify from your Windows Phone 7. The latest update that just got released features support for Windows Phone 7.5 (mango), including instant resume, pin artists/tracks/albums to start screen and sockets for better connection to PC. You can now also share what you listen to on Facebook, Windows Live, and Twitter! Below are the main features:

Feature Highlights:
- Works with ALL types of Spotify accounts!
- Play/Pause and choose tracks in Spotify
- Control the volume
- Search for artists, albums, and tracks to play
- Pin tracks, artists, and albums to your start screen
- Share what you are listening to with your friends via Twitter, Facebook, and Windows Live
- View information about albums

The application is both free and ad-free! Get it here.
You can also read more on my blog.

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Reminder: Spotify coming to Windows Phone 7 with Mango

July 14, 2011 | By Surur

Spotify, the (mostly) free music streaming service is launching in USA today.

Because some readers may be concerned by the lack of a Windows Phone 7 client, I thought it would be helpful to remind people that a Spotify app for Windows Phone 7 has in fact already been shown off some months ago at MIX 11 (video via winrumors.com).

The app, for Mango handsets, will of course address the biggest issue with non-Zune apps – background streaming.

Spotify in US offers:

Spotify Free – the unsurpassed free music service. With an invite, enjoy on-demand, buffer-free access to over 15 million songs on your computer and great social features. Manage your own music files through Spotify, and sync with your cellphone or iPod. Features occasional advertising.
Spotify Unlimited – all the special features of our free service, but with uninterrupted, ad-free access to Spotify on your computer. All for only $4.99 a month.
Spotify Premium – the top-of-the-range Spotify experience. Premium gives you access to all the music, all the time. Listen online or offline, on your computer, your cellphone and a whole heap of other devices. Enjoy enhanced sound quality and access to exclusive content, competitions and special offers. Premium costs just $9.99 a month. (That’s the equivalent of a couple of fancy coffees.)

The free service is currently invite-only, but the anyone can sign up for the pay service now.

Media Remote 1.1 now available, supports Spotify

May 13, 2011 | By Johan

I’m happy to announce that Media Remote 1.1 is now available in Marketplace. Media Remote is an application to control Spotify from your Windows Phone 7. In the latest big update, that just been released, it is possible to search the whole Spotify catalogue and play your favourite music aside from just changing track!

Feature Highlights:

Works with ALL types of Spotify accounts!
Play/Pause Spotify
Control the volume
Play next/previous track
Search for artists, albums, and tracks to play
View information about albums
Easy installation with setup wizard

The application is both free and ad-free! Get it here.

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Great news! Spotify coming to Windows Mobile!

June 22, 2010 | By Surur

Spotify coming to Windows Mobile Well, its not April’s fools day, so I am going to take this bit of news out of Sweden seriously.

According to winMobile.se the popular music streaming service is coming to Windows Mobile, and the software will be pretty fully features.

The software for Windows Mobile 6.5 will obviously support streaming music (including in the background) and also saving files to the storage card for off-line listening and support all major screen resolutions.

According to winMobile.se we can expect the software to drop within a month, which is pretty soon!