Ricky told you yesterday about Spotify’s new application for Symbian which you can get by pointing your phone’s browser to m.spotify.com. Unlike the computer based Spotify service, you can’t access the service on your mobile unless you have a Premium account, which is roughly a 10$/month price. In case you’re wondering whether it’s worth it or not, here is an overview of the Spotify application for Symbian.
After entering your login and password credentials, Spotify will be activated if you have a Premium account. From then on, upon first launching it, the first question you get asked is whether or not you want the application to work Online or Offline. Online mode allows you to search for new songs and stream them, whether Offline mode will only allow you to listen to the songs that you have already downloaded to your device. The main view of Spotify gives you access to Playlists, Search, Home, and More (which includes Settings, About, Tips…).
From this main screen, you can access the Options menu that lets you easily jump to the Now Playing screen, minimize Spotify which sends it the background and lets you work on other applications on your device, as well as Exit it. The Home section simply gives you a quick access to the latest releases on Spotify, so you can track new music as it becomes available.
The Playlists section lists your created Spotify playlists, lets you browse them, mark a playlist as Collaborative, and most importantly edit which playlists are available for you to listen to offline.
The Search section lets you simply type a song title, album or artist name. You can go left and right through the 3 different tabs to browse your search results.
Upon clicking on an artist’s or album’s name, you get a nice pop-up menu with information about it. The Album information shows the different tracks and artists, the Artist information gives you their top hits, and overview of their albums as well as their full biography.
When clicking on a song, it simply starts streaming and playing. The Now Playing screen has a sweet huge album art view, and displays the song’s name and artist as well as the time elapsed. Clicking on the center button on the d-pad pauses the song, clicking left and right lets you fast forward and rewind. The Options menu lets you add the current song to a playlist, view more information regarding it, as well as activate the Shuffle and Repeat functions.
The More section helps you access Spotify’s setting, letting you force an Offline mode, and asking you whether or not you’d like the offline playlists to sync over 3G and WiFi. It also helps you access the About page as well as some Tips.
Here is a short video demonstration of Spotify running on the Nokia E52 and showcasing how the application reacts to your commands.
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Personally, I’m head over heels in love with Spotify for Symbian. I already loved the service on my Macbook, but bringing the application to your mobile is a great step, especially when it’s so painfully beautiful and sleek. It has animations and transparency, it looks gorgeous, and it reacts instantly to your commands, and even though the screenshots above were taken on an E52, it looks even more beautiful on Symbian^1 devices with their big touchscreens. Basically, Spotify sets a bar for how mobile applications and services should look and work, in my opinion, and I would highly recommend susbscribing for one month to Spotify Premium, at least to get a chance to play with Spotify for Symbian.
