“The demo (application) is currently under evaluation … so there is no specific launch date for it yet,” Spotify’s Annina Svensson told AFP.<\/p>\n
“We are very confident. We have top level contacts at Apple directly and we are still talking to them,” she added.<\/p>\n
If Spotify does become available on the iPhone, users will be able to save up to 3,000 songs to their handsets.<\/p>\n
Music fans would then be able to listen to their favourite tunes even in areas with poor mobile Internet reception.<\/p>\n
In a statement on its website, the company said its iPhone application “should be available in a few weeks.”<\/p>\n
“It would be fantastic for our users to have a real on-demand service on the iPhone that is easy to use, economic and very fast,” Svensson said.<\/p>\n
The service, which first launched last year, is seen as a potential rival to iTunes because of its huge, free library of millions of songs.<\/p>\n
Spotify is currently only available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Britain, France and Spain.<\/p>\n
Music fans can sign up for the company’s ad-supported free service or a premium service with no commercials that costs 9.99 euros a month.<\/p>\n
Svensson said the planned iPhone application would only be available to Spotify’s premium customers if approved.<\/p>\n