Amazon and Barnes & Noble aren’t the sole companies touting some high-profile apps for his or her Android-based tablets. Kobo has now also announced a partnership with Rdio , so that they can see the latter company’s app (and access to a catalog of greater than 12 million tracks) come pre-loaded at the new Kobo Vox tablet. After all, the Rdio app is already available for other Android devices, but it really is certainly at the very least a small boon for Kobo, which does not offer Android Market access at the Vox tablet.
Consumers now have access to Rdio’s full catalogue of 12+ million tracks at the new Kobo Vox
SAN FRANCISCO and TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Rdio (www.rdio.com) the digital music service created by the founders of Skype, and Kobo, an international leader in eReading with over five million users worldwide, today announced that Rdio will come pre-loaded at the new Android-powered Kobo Vox. Together, Kobo and Rdio are making it even easier for users to enjoy enhanced, end-to-end entertainment that includes a social reading experience and music from the ease of the recent Kobo Vox.
“By adding Rdio to the Kobo Vox, our subscribers can now easily extend their Rdio listening experience into their reading life, and it gives them another platform to access our service,” said Drew Larner, CEO of Rdio. “For Kobo customers, we bring a brand new and unique social strategy to music discovery. Reading and taking note of music have always been preferred leisure activities and now customers can enjoy them together, seamlessly.”
Given Rdio’s inherently social features, it was deemed the easiest fit for the Kobo Vox eReader, the industry’s first social eReader. By allowing users to find music through friends and influencers, it takes the training session of deciding what to play next.
“The Kobo Vox was designed for today’s connected consumers,” said Michael Serbinis CEO of Kobo. “Finding new books and new music is better done through trusted sources and friends. With Kobo Vox and Rdio, our customers can’t only discover new books by connecting with other readers, but in addition new music from the ease of 1 device.”
Key features include:
* Play anything you will want. Instantly search and play music from a listing of 12+ million songs directly from the Kobo Vox device.
* Discover new music and re-discover old favorites. Follow friends, individuals with similar taste in music, and influencers (reminiscent of recording artists and music bloggers) to find new music.
* Listen offline. Sync music out of your collection on your Kobo Vox and listen even if you are not connected.
* Hear all of the latest music the instant it comes out. Take heed to new albums and songs instantly the day they’re released.
* Create and hear playlists. Access and update existing playlists and hear playlists created by other users.
* Let Rdio decide what to play next. Also available at the Rdio App for Android, users can discover music from an artist and others like them through artist radio.
Inside the U.s., the Kobo Vox eReader comes in Fry’s stores, and available online from U.S. retailers including Best Buy (www.bestbuy.com), Fry’s (www.frys.com), and Kobo.com for $199.99 . Subscribe to Rdio Free Access by visiting Rdio.com. Users may additionally sign up for Rdio unlimited for $9.99 a month for unlimited access on all devices including the Kobo Vox.
Rdio is currently available within the US, Canada, and Brazil.
About Rdio
Rdio is the floor-breaking digital music service that may be reinventing the manner people discover, hearken to, and share music. With on-demand access to over 12 million songs, Rdio connects individuals with music and makes it easy to go looking for and instantly play any song, album, artist or playlist without ever hearing a single ad. Discover what friends, those with similar tastes, recording artists and more are being attentive to in real-time and share across Twitter and Facebook. Build a digital music collection that’s available everywhere – on the net, in-home or in-car, on an iPad or smartphone, or even offline.
Launched in August 2010, Rdio is headquartered in San Francisco and was founded by Janus Friis, among the many creators of Skype. Currently available within the US, Canada and Brazil, Rdio is funded by Atomico, Janus Friis through his investment entities, Skype and Mangrove Capital Partners. For more info and to enroll, visit www.rdio.com.
In regards to the Kobo Vox eReader
Kobo Vox™ is an eReader and more! Some of the world’s largest bookstores expands as Kobo adds a wide array of stunning color books for every age including interactive Read Along children’s books with a view to ignite young imaginations at the brilliant 7″ FFS+ multi-touch, multi-media screen. Kobo Vox opens a brand new world of social reading, featuring Kobo’s Reading Life™ experience, now with Kobo Pulse™. Share ideas on passages with other readers in the pages of a book and share your Reading Life™ with friends on Facebook® and Twitter®. Built for connected life, Kobo Vox comes pre-loaded with great apps able to go and provides access to Wi Fi, Web browsing, Facebook®, email, games, plus a shop with over 15,000 apps for Android™!
About Kobo Inc.
Kobo is a worldwide eReading service with greater than 2.5 million eBooks, magazines and newspapers – probably the most largest eReading catalogues on the planet. Read Freely – Kobo believes consumers must have the liberty to read any book on any device and has attracted millions of readers from over 100 countries around the globe. Kobo has top ranked eReading applications for iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows and MacOS, and is the eReading application of choice for leading tablet OEMs. Kobo eReaders, including the Kobo Touch and the newly launched Kobo Vox are available in at leading retailers, including Indigo, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Future Shop, WHSmith, FNAC, Collins Booksellers and Whitcoull’s. Kobo’s innovative Reading Life is an industry-first comprehensive social eReading experience – Kobo users can earn awards simply for time spent reading and inspiring others. Kobo is backed by majority shareholder Indigo Books & Music Inc., Cheung Kong Holdings, and institutional investors.
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