Remember the tussle between Quicktime, WinPlayer and RealPlayer to be the default video player? then the fight to become the default search engine won by Google, who is also now trying to become the default browser. well steps were taken today by Spotify to try and become the default music player on your computer, not MP3 player but music player. By integrating it with mobile, it is trying to be the only Music player interface you will need.
Spotify will now be going “social” - you can now see and subscribe to what your Facebook friends are listening to and also recommend music to them.
But as well as streaming music from the cloud, it lets you play the existing MP3s on your hard drive through it and create playlists which then get synced to your phone. Also a clever move to own all the music playing touch points.
Here is a demo video:
It has e-commerce built into it, now if it could develop a recommendation engine as strong as Last.FM or Pandora, it could be the only music player you would need. One to also watch out for is mflow (http://www.mflow.com/)
Will be interesting to see the tussle to be the default video player. is Boxee (www.boxee.com) in the driving seat? the Spotify changes almost make this like Boxee for music.
One factor which could upset the dynamic and bring in a whole new set of competitors will be internet enabled TVs and IPTV. put your seat belts on everybody, its going to get very interesting.
[Via http://indysaha.posterous.com/spotify-make-a-play-to-be-the-only-player-you Accessed 27 April 2010]
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