Rhapsody's music app just got approved, signalling that Apple is loosening its iPhone App Store policing. (Source: Engadget)
Apple appears to be opening up the app store
Earlier this week Apple approved
Spotify, a European music store application, for its iPhone.
Previously Apple had banned apps from the iPhone that competed with
its own products, except for third-party
browsers using the Webkit rendering engine. Under federal
scrutiny following Apple and AT&T's rejection of Google
Voice, Apple is looking to at least appear a bit more open.
Now
another music store app, this one from Real Networks' Rhapsody, has
gone
live. The free app can be used with the service for a week
on a trial Rhapsody-to-Go subscription, but after that it will cost
$15 per month.
A subscription buys you access to 8 million
tracks from the MTV and RealNetwork tie-up. The upside is that
you can stream these tracks over 3G or WiFi. The downside is
that they're streamed at extremely low quality -- 64 kbps.
If
mobile music, regardless of the quality, is your cup of tea and you
have an iPhone, the new Rhapsody app is welcome news. At the
very least, its a sign that Apple is taking a more relaxed stance
with its App Store policing -- and that's good news for everyone.
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