HTTP:: 3UK Bundles Spotify with HTC Hero
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Spotify has been doing well drawing in new users but it has to expand its revenue streams if it wants to actually become profitable at some point. Ad revenue can only get you so far and users have been reluctant to move up to the paid premium subscription but the mobile area looks a lot more promising. The service already offers dedicated apps for the iPhone, Android and S60 devices but now it's announcing a new mobile option with a twist, albeit a rather predictable one, as it's partnering with 3UK to offer the service bundled with their HTC Hero handset with a two-year contract. Users will pay £99 ($161) for the phone, the first Android-powered device offered by the network, and £35 ($57) per month for two years and will get all the Spotify they can handle, on their phone but also on their PC, with the unlimited premium subscription. The contract includes 750 mobile minutes, unlimited texting and data and Skype-to-Skype calls. Spotify's premium service comes in at £9!
.99 in the UK so the users are getting a pretty good deal. The deal is actually completely unsurprising considering the ties between the mobile operator and Spotify. 3UK is owned by the Hutchison Whampoa corporation, which is in turn controlled by Li Ka-shing, one of the wealthiest men in the world and one of Spotify's private inves...
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