No, no, no, not a quantity of 3 handsets, but rather some of the range of upcoming handsets from Operator “3” in the UK!
New Media Age has confirmed that Spotify has done the deal to enable it’s streaming music service to go on selected devices from 3 – which is it’s first mobile operator partnership.
The service will go on the HTC Hero, and that’s apparently due before Christmas – after that, there is (again, apparently) going to be a further set of devices that will come bundled with the service – of those, I’d bet on the INQ devices being at least one of them!
Interestingly, this means that Spotify and Nokias ‘Comes with Music’ will go head to head, in a battle of the music services – however, whilst the CWM business model is well known (the device subsidises the music subscription), the Spotify tariffs are not yet known.
In terms of direct-to-customer Apps, Spotify already has an App for the iPhone and Android devices, weighing in at £9.99/month – so it should be fascinating to see if the 3 deal betters this.
[Via: New Media Age]