Spotbook? Face-ify?
Spotify was said to be working on a phone with INQ last year based on a shared investor, Li Ka-Shing. It turns out Li Ka-Shing is also a sizeable investor in Facebook. So an INQ/Facebook partnership on a phone certainly wouldn’t be a surprise.
A Facebook phone doesn’t really seem that exciting on its own, but this article did remind me of the link between Facebook and Spotify.
People talk about how Facebook needs to do something for music - a partnership with Spotify would be something indeed. Seems like a partnership would be a win-win situation.
All your friends + 10 million tracks. Free.
If I was the company that had just launched Ping I’d be nervous…