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Rhapsody officially hits Android Market

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 at 12:19 PM

Get ready to rock and roll on your Nexus One, Droid, or other Android device because Rhapsody has officially hit the Android Market.

The company has been beta testing on Android since January, and the iPhone version has been offering streaming tunes and offline access for months. You can get all-you-can-eat music for $10 a month but there’s also a seven-day free trial period. It’s available in the Android Market as we speak.

I’m a big fat cheapskate, so I still think $10 a month is too much for on-demand music, even if you have a solid catalog like Rhapsody. But, we’re getting close to my miserly price range. If we get to the $5-$7 range, then I’d probably take the plunge. Any readers using a subscription service? Which one’s the best? What’s your price point for jumping in?

[Via Rhapsody, hat tip to Phonescoop, photo]

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Marin Perez

Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. He remembers when 4G was just a screen on PowerPoint presentations and is fascinated with the amount of innovation out there. Marin has spent a lot of time with BlackBerry and Android but he finally broke down a bought an iPhone to see what all the hype's about. He also has too many tablets.

  • Jeff

    I’ve been a Rhapsody subscriber for a few years and I was excited to learn of a Rhapsody app for my two Android phones (my G1, wife Cliq).

    I’ve been paying $15/mo for Rhapsody ToGo Unlimited which has allowed me to download/play anything from their vast music catalog. I have teens so the pricepoint was attractive because for $15/mo, I can load up to 3 mobile players and 3 computers for offline playback. My kids and wife are happy and I only pay $15/mo.

    Running the Rhapsody app on an Android phoen counts as a mobile player but I hear the Android app will be capable of offline playback (i.e. cached music downloads) in the near future.

    I’m happy.

    • Marinperez

      Thanks for the feedback, and $15 a month is good for multiple people. I’m still gonns be a cheapskate for a while but will eventually take the plunge.

  • Nasty

    Rhapsody subscriber for about 5 years now, if not more. I’m a 2go (15/mo) subscriber, have and share with wife the Sansa Rhapsody and Clik. Oops i almost forgot the netgear wifi, which i never use now because the mobile devices are way easier to manage. But if I dropped back to 10/mo i’d probably use it again.

    Anyway love it. As for Android, I enjoy being able to browse, and manage library, and well… show off. I can play almost any song in the time it takes to type the artist name. But I don’t and won’t listen to my phone regularly. The sansas are just better sounding and faster responding once loaded and i dont want to plg my phone into a jack for hours at a time.

    I think they’d be smart to have levels at 1 comp auth/1 mobile device for 7$. Then 2/2 10$, and 3/3 $15. Rather than 3/0 (10$) and 3/3 (15$).

    The mobile devices are really what make the experience, but at the same time it’s hard to justify the extra $15 unless you have someone sharing.