The first hands-on impressions of Spotify's iPhone app have been published, and they're extremely positive.
US tech blog Epicenter has been testing the app, and the writer is so impressed, they say that "you'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead iPhone before I'll delete it."
Meanwhile, UK site Music Ally has also been playing with it, and reports that "it does everything it promised" and "should provide the most convincing reason yet for users to upgrade to a premium subscription".
TechCrunch has been shown the application, meanwhile, and praises it for being "extremely easy to use and the sound is magically good".
Clearly, the key selling point is the app's ability to cache users' playlists on the iPhone, enabling them to be listened to even when the network connection is weak or non-existent (on a tube or plane, for example).
Up to 3,333 songs can be cached on the device, stored in an unlimited number of playlists. Users can sync playlists from the desktop version of Spotify, or create new playlists on the iPhone itself.
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The question now is whether Apple will approve the application for distribution in its App Store. TechCrunch says Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek is confident, stressing the company's "great relationship with Apple", and saying that its team has "stuck to Apple's developer guidelines point by point."
