http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/spotify-heading-to-tv-consoles-and-mobiles-590398
Spotify is set to launch a new toolkit this week, opening up its application programming interface (API) in order to encourage developers to build the service into a range of comms and entertainment devices such as mobiles, consoles and TVs.
Someone who arises?
This woud be AWSOME!
Please, anybody?!
Would love spotify in my mobile!
That would be a fantastic app for the Touch HD. If you check their homepage, they have been advertising for developers with Windows Mobile experience, presumably for exactly this reason.
I can't imagine iPhone users will ever see Spotify - it would kill sales through iTunes!
According to Swedish IDG they will focus on iPhone and phones based on Symbian. So I think it will take some time before we see this for the Windows Mobile platform. And it will also be premium service, which will cost a few bucks.
This is the article translated into English with Google Translate:
http://translate.google.com/transla...ir-en-betaltjanst&sl=sv&tl=en&history_state0=
please somebody develop this
PLEASE - Spotify is one of the best things i've seen in AGES - if someone could make this - I WOULD PAY MONIES!
I'm pretty sure Spotify won't allow any 3rd party applications to connect to their service. At least not if you don't have a premium account.
yep, premium customers are able to connect to spotify with unofficial clients.
I've created a survey for peeps to fill out, I'll then forward it onto the guys at Spotify for them to see the results. Hopefully there is enough interest to persuade them to develop one!!
http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=NOHOF_74413249
I have been working on a Windows Mobile Spotify client called mySpot.
The first alpha version is complete and I have uploaded it to the forum today.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=580208
-Fry
Hi Guys,
If any of you have been using Skyfire your probably getting an error saying that you are unable to get service. Well it seems they are no longer supporting WinMo now they they have moved to Droid an iPhone. The Skyfire Community is very angry.
See this: http://support.skyfire.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5992
Join the petition to remove the product from marketplace: http://social.answers.microsoft.com...e/thread/9a71aa48-d6d3-49ca-ac6d-c47730289f1d
THIS INCLUDES SYMBION DEVICES.
This is an outrage as I have been helping develop the program since Beta and now I feel betrayed. Very ANGERY!
Well, thank god i swited to Opera Mini.
Skyfire lost my respect just to have iPhone users use it. Now it is time for me to go back to Opera mobile and I would not be buying there app on my iPhones either.
That's only natural don't you think? Not saying it's good though but I understand why it happened (I'm a consistent Apple hater... I have tested but I don't use/own/buy any of Apple's hardware/software/services... I find everything Apple made to be overpriced/overrated/hyped) but:
1- WinMo is a discontinued platform with a very small market share.
2- WinP 7 would require a complete rewrite (has a tiny market share and so far analysts don't foresee a big success...)
3- Skyfire would have to be completely rewritten to work in the new platform (due to the moronic "no native code approach")
4- Skyfire was free...
Plus:
1- A lot of ppl out there with iPhones (and the market share seems ever increasing).
2- Most apps so far seem to work in all versions and no major break seems to be in sight
3- Apple's anti-Flash policy (anti-Adobe tantrum) makes for the perfect market niche for Skyfire.
4- The app is paid.
5- The app was an overnight success.
6- Most likely the success of the app overloaded the enterprise servers so one of the immediate solutions was to cut off the unpopular platforms (the free users)...
They simply expanded to the popular platforms and monetized the app bigtime. Sorry but that's how capitalism works... Or did anyone think they did this out of the goodness of their hearts?
PS: I won't move to uZard. I refuse to use a product from a company that blatantly disrespects the law and doesn't show any respect to the open-source community... Why's that? Because "uZard Media Player" (even the naming shows their lack of respect) is an illegally modified version of TCPMP (illegal because no sources were released even after I requested them by email and because the GPL license agreement isn't distributed with the app).
I've contacted Core on this matter and seriously hope something happens... In the meantime the only supportive measure one can take is to boycott uZard.
You would think Microsoft would create this application as a priority. Jesus, even my blackberry has WINDOWS LIVE!
What the hell!
Yes that was quite puzzling.
I would have thought that it would be on there before it launched.
I'll laugh if AOL sticks an AIM client on the marketplace before Microsoft gets an MSN Messenger client up there. It's boneheaded moves like this that have defined Microsoft lately and it's why they went from almost owning the smartphone market to being in a position where they may never be able to catch up.
Did ya'll look on the marketplace??? There is a live messenger there. The company that made isn't microsoft but they got paid by ms to do the app and it's the official messenger app...
Dont really get the confusion
BIG-Stan said:
Did ya'll look on the marketplace??? There is a live messenger there. The company that made isn't microsoft but they got paid by ms to do the app and it's the official messenger app...
Dont really get the confusion
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TRUST ME IF THAT POS APP WAS REMOTELY PRACTICAL I WOULD HAVE USED IT.
Pretty much the "in and out" phone is just keeping me out from using my phone! Seriously this OS has immense potential but the launch was seriously half-assed, I would have been happier if they had delayed the launch window to early next year.
This is going to give a bad impression to many early adopters, let's not forget the issues with supply.
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TRUST ME IF THAT POS APP WAS REMOTELY PRACTICAL I WOULD HAVE USED IT.
Pretty much the "in and out" phone is just keeping me out from using my phone! Seriously this OS has immense potential but the launch was seriously half-assed, I would have been happier if they had delayed the launch window to early next year.
This is going to give a bad impression to many early adopters, let's not forget the issues with supply.
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I don't know...I've played with the phones now quite a bit and really like the polish and features...yes, there are some glaring features missing but they will be added. I was told at an MS kickoff meeting earlier this week that they are going to have a ton of updates starting in January...they kept saying they are betting the farm on this so we'll see...
I would agree on the marketing front however...I don't understand how they can do such a good job with xbox360 marketing and do such a half assed attempt with the wp7 which is arguably more important to them in the long term.
They must be working on a native WLM. They make one for iPhone and Blackberry. They have produced a version for 3 on Android, which a third party coded.
It plugs into Yahoo Messenger too. Plus WLM now talks to Facebook Chat. They are rolling out that feature as we speak. But only a few people have it right now.
Maybe they will release WLM at CES. I can imagine Ballmer and Zuckerberg make an announcment together. Or at Mobile World Congress at the latest.
Maybe they were waiting for Microsoft Lync, which is apparently coming to Windows Phone in 2011. I just hope that, whatever it is, its a native app and ideally integrated into the OS.
Was just doing some reading about Microsoft Lync, sounds perfect...
Add Contacts and Share Presence and Instant Messages Users can add contacts on Windows Live, AOL, Yahoo!, and Google Talk networks to their contact list. With the Communicator “14” client, users can share presence status information and participate in instant messaging with colleagues and customers who use public IM connections.
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http://lync.microsoft.com/en-us/Product/Technologies/Pages/public-im-connectivity.aspx
you can go to live.com and use the web messenger from the menu-> messenger option
peace
The Zune HD Live Messenger only came out last month and had Facebook chat integrated. They're probably working on it.
What on earth are you talking about??? Messenger was available from day one and was one of the first apps I downloaded! its made by another company though. not microsoft. have a proper look or bing it in market place.
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What on earth are you talking about???
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There's no need to be like that when evidently you haven't read all the posts. We know there's a messenger but it's not an official one and as such it doesn't do the job for the OP and others.
But it wont get more official. I read somewhere that the company that made the current wlm was paid by ms to code the app as an official one.
I'm pretty sure though that it will get updated with more features. The current version certainly lacks some features compared to the ios version.
ps: here is the link to the article
http://www.liveside.net/2010/10/14/whos-building-the-official-messenger-app-for-wp7-not-microsoft/
Microsoft has often asked other developers to make app for them like the facebook one on winmo 6.5 but they would always mark it as an official MS app, so if that company is in charge I'm sure it would be a different version without their name on it.
That aside, I can't see Microsoft developing a WLM app for Zune HD and an awesome one for the iPhone and then not make one for their own platform. Doesn't make any sense.
Pretty sure we will see something soon enough that surpasses the cheesy app that is out now.
Why the hell would MS pay somebody to make the messenger and not provide them with the ability to have it run in the background?
I have read the same articles, and it smells rather off to me.
Personally, i cant wait for a better one. (or the existing one to get out of pre-alpha phase, coz that's how bad it is)
what dont you guys get? the official app is the one on the market. microsoft just paid another company to make it.
kiloah said:
what dont you guys get? the official app is the one on the market. microsoft just paid another company to make it.
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"Messenger by Miyowa"? What don't we get? Well, for starters, how you managed to use it to message anyone. That thing is rubbish, I can't imagine Microsoft let anyone put that thing out in their name and, last I checked which was about 45 seconds ago it was the only IM app in the marketplace.
The app doesn't have to run in the background. Beejive and IM+ for iPhone worked quite well before iPhone supported background operation and it worked via push notification. I think they both support background execution now but why bother when push works so well? That's memory freed up to use for something else.
Finally, a really half-assed solution that works is the SMS / IM interface most carriers provide. Some only do AIM but some cover them all. Do a google search for your carrier. AT&T, for example, uses SMS numbers starting with 265000 to log in and so on. If you're really that hard up for IM it's better than nothing, but just barely.
People are funny in this world.
In theory this OS is a platform for the community to build on.
Too bad the community is a mob with pitchforks.
Who in their right mind will develop anything when the populous will undoubtedly attack their creation?
Microsoft can't fix people. Why does anyone need messenger when all they do is hate on everything new?
I read that news about this third party company and I have a strong feeling that it's false. There is no way, that MS which created official messenger app for every other platform would outsource something so native to an unknown third party company for the windows OS!
I have a feeling that was a fake news spread by that third party company.
Let's help our beloved WP7 platform to get some more attention!
Considering the fact that WP7 is relative young we already have a good choice of solid apps, services and games in our marketplace.
But I'm sure most WP7 users are still missing some major players on our platform!
iHeartWP7 created a website an a twitter account devoted to that purpose!
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/iHeartWP7
Website:
http://www.iheartwp7.com/
Let's join our forces and get WP7 recognized! The more developers we convince, the stronger WP7 will get. The 3rd major smart phone OS is already here we just have to show them!
Follow iHeartWP7 on Twitter it's enough to re-tweet the tweets you like!
Quote from iHeartWP7:
I Heart WP7 was created with the goal of convincing developers to design their apps for Windows Phone 7. This website lets you easily contact the developers in masses and request that they bring their app to WP7.
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Yeah, this would be cool
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Really nice initiative, followed them on twitter.
Thanks for your support!
I'm following also. I put in the request for Catch Notes.
So...I've owned my HTC Titan for about a month now, and overall I love it. But we all know that some of the apps that exist on the 'other' OS's, don't exist on Windows Phone.
Heres the idea:
How about an app, that acts as a petition..... It could be designed to simply email the top 20 or so app developers that have popular apps on iPhone and Android, requesting their apps be ported to Windows Phone....
Just an idea I had....and I felt like this was the best place to vent it.
-B
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So...I've owned my HTC Titan for about a month now, and overall I love it. But we all know that some of the apps that exist on the 'other' OS's, don't exist on Windows Phone.
Heres the idea:
How about an app, that acts as a petition..... It could be designed to simply email the top 20 or so app developers that have popular apps on iPhone and Android, requesting their apps be ported to Windows Phone....
Just an idea I had....and I felt like this was the best place to vent it.
-B
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+1 as long as it's not considered spamming!
+1
but, It is not a spaming App if you describe what the app does. ? So each user knows what the app will do.
PS. I would definetly use/install this app.
i would use it
My Vote too +1
It's bad idea. If you are thinking, the developers don't know about WP7, you are mistaken. Second one: most top apps written not by individual developers but companies; only you can get a company's general contact email or tech support email. So you can't really spam the devs (and it's perfectly fine! LOL )
Yeah, that's a double edged sword. It would get ideas out there, but I can just imagine the flooded inboxes.