Finding a favorite artist, album or track is easy thanks to the touchscreen keyboard, allowing users to quickly find the music they want to enjoy. While on the go, users can create playlists, add new tracks to their music library, and even purchase MP3s directly from their device. Existing Rhapsody users have full access to their entire music library, playlists and favorite channels, as well as up-to-date new releases and charts, just as they would on Rhapsody.
We're doing much better than we had expected. But despite his rosy outlook, Phil Leigh, an analyst at Inside Digital Media, thinks it's unlikely to change consumers' perceptions about subscription music. The deal with Verizon won't help Rhapsody that much, he believes, because the iPod is still going strong, and the hot new phone in town — Apple's iPhone — doesn't work with Rhapsody.
JupiterResearch analyst David Card is less grim. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories. Rhapsody remains the only on-demand music streaming subscription-based service on the iPhone in the U.
Users need to be connected via WiFi or 3G to download tunes to the devices, but once that task is completed, they can listen even in the "deepest crevices of the Grand Canyon," said Jon Maples, the product lead for Rhapsody, in an entry on the company's blog Sunday.
Currently, only user-created playlists can be cached on the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad; the company is working on letting customer download individual songs and albums from the service's album pages, Maples said.
Although the updated software runs on Apple's iPad, it's not designed for the tablet. That will also allow people to play Rhapsody music in the background while they're doing other tasks, such as e-mail, gaming, etc. All rights reserved.
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