INQ working on Spotify-branded phone, possibly running Android?

While the Spotify music service continues to tease us US-bound folks from afar, there's word of a Spotify handset now to make us even more jealous. The phone is apparently being built for Swedish provider Telia (Spotify already accounts for 35 percent of digital music sales in Sweden), and according to TechCrunch, INQ is building the phone. Interestingly, the last thing we heard from INQ about future plans was a forthcoming Android handset, and we also have a source that says that Spotify probably wouldn't be placed onto a regular BREW-powered INQ handset, so the optimist in us would like to believe that this Spotify phone could be INQ's big Android play -- there is already an official Spotify Android app to make that whole process seem even more doable. Either way, Telia's Spotify handset should be on the market in a "couple of months."

[Via Pocket-lint]

[TikiTeko Posted Oct 9th 2009 11:56AM]

Good for them to include a more expandable OS.

P.S.: Thanks Sweden for VOLVOS !!!

[Jakob Posted Oct 9th 2009 12:21PM]

And crisp bread I guess?

[pcwolff Posted Oct 9th 2009 12:11PM]

Those are some slick looking phones.

[kris120890 Posted Oct 9th 2009 12:24PM]

Even the free spotify service is 9/10. I use it and can't really fault it.

[kris120890 Posted Oct 9th 2009 12:26PM]

They're also supposed to be making a 1 Euro Million a month so it has to show some popularity.

[Aaronage Posted Oct 9th 2009 1:03PM]

Sounds good! Hope this phone comes to the UK, INQ make great hardware and i love Spotify!

I was subscribed to premium for the Android app, it worked flawlessly! Only unsubscribed because of the G1, the battery life sucks and the USB to 3.5mm adapters keep breaking :)

INQ, bring me an Android phone with decent specs and a beefy battery and you have a deal!

[Beamo Posted Oct 9th 2009 5:29PM]

well lets see.. hutch own Inq.. and hutch own 3. So lets have a guess as to which network we think it's coming to.. maybe before Christmas - who knows..

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 9th 2009 3:30PM]

It's 2009!
Get with the times
This looks like some 2001 cell phone model

hideous,

[Quixote Posted Oct 9th 2009 8:29PM]

Let's do this, shall we:

the phone on the left, with Android (not BREW), WIFI and an awesome battery,
and everybody will be lining up for one. An OLED screen as well and of course a nice price premium could be charged! :)

[mknielsen Posted Oct 10th 2009 9:13AM]

It would be fun and kind of crazy, if Telia is the first Swedish provider to get INQ. Hutchison Whampoa owns 100% of INQ, 60% 3 Scandinavia (Hi3G Access AB) and 35% af Spotify. It would make more sense if 3 was the first provider to sell INQ with Spotify.

[koud Posted Oct 10th 2009 11:49AM]

not to mention that 3 is a bigger pusher of android then Telia in sweden