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Rdio Ends Beta Testing, Becomes Available for Monthly Fee

by Caleb Johnson on August 3, 2010 at 04:10 PM

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After about two months of invite-only beta testing, the music-streaming service Rdio has cast aside its invite-only status and opened up to paying music fans (and a 3-day free trial). Users that sign up and pay the $9.99 monthly subscription feel get Rdio access on the Web and mobile devices -- including iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. There's also a cheaper option, at $4.99 per month, that gives users Web-only access to the service -- a good choice for the scant few who don't own one of the aforementioned phones.

As we've previously reported, the subscription cost gives you access to about 7 million songs from major labels like Warner Music and indie-label distributors like EMI. Rdio also lets users store songs on their phones and play them while offline, and comes with the requisite list of social networking features, like playlist sharing, song suggestions and Facebook and Twitter integration. With MOG, Rhapsody and now Rdio introducing mobile offline listening, Spotify will definitely have some competition when it finally launches later this year in the U.S. [From: Rdio Blog, via: Tech Land]

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