Rhapsody Goes Solo, Plays Sweet Android Music

Rhapsody made a few pretty huge announcements today, one of them being that their Android Application is now available on Android Market! You can download it for free and since Rhapsody offers a free 7-day trial, you can get at least one full week of testing out their streaming music service. If you decide to continue on it’ll cost you $10 bucks a month.

A snippet from their press release and blog post:

On Tuesday, Rhapsody is also releasing a Rhapsody mobile app for
the Android platform. It is available for free through the Android
Market.

Now, people with Android-powered handsets (like the Motorola
Droid or HTC’s Nexus One and EVO 4G) can explore and stream Rhapsody’s
entire library of over 9.5 million songs from pretty much anywhere.

The app, which has been in beta since January, offers the same
features as the Rhapsody iPhone app released last fall — with one
important difference: Android allows Rhapsody (or any app) to play in
the background while you do other things on the phone.

Using the app requires a Rhapsody subscription — but anyone can
try it for free for seven days.

Actually  Mr. Rhapsody sir, that whole “Now” thing along with the “EVO 4G” is a little bit inaccurate… but how we wish it were true. In due time… in due time. Good thing we can ALL say bravo to the whole “background” thing!

Rhapsody also made official their spin off as they are now a singular entity focused entirely on music – rock on! They also took a few moments to expand on that:

Rhapsody has finished the process of formally separating from
RealNetworks and Viacom/MTV Networks. This process took the better
part of a year.

It is now a standalone company, focused solely on music.
Rhapsody will remain headquartered in Seattle, with offices in San
Francisco and New York City.

The news brings Rhapsody full circle, from startup (2001-2003),
to division of a public company (2003-2007), to joint venture with
Viacom (2007-2010), and back to startup — albeit a resource-rich one.

Rhapsody’s 150-person team is relocating to its own offices.
Last week, the company moved into a new downtown Seattle HQ; the San
Francisco and NYC offices will move in the coming months.

Yet another option for streaming music on your Android device – is Rhapsody your long awaited favorite?

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