The social music discovery service Rdio has gotten an iPhone facelift; the company’s app has a bunch of new features in version 1.0 (released today), including a key improvement for users who sync their music from Rdio down to their phones for offline access.
Much like Apple’s Ping social layer for iTunes, Rdio gives music recommendations and listings based on what your friends like to listen to — but it also gives you direct access to the music, letting you play it on the company’s website or on your mobile device.
Beyond the UI improvements in the new build (including a handy springboard for quick access to all the sections, and a persistent player at the bottom of the screen), the app now lets you select whether or not to sync music offline when on 3G connectivity, or only on WiFi. Pulling down multimegabytes of music tracks could easily crush a low-end data plan, so this will be a big help to some users.
The Rdio service was launched by two Skype founders (Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis) and is currently available only in the US and Canada. After a seven-day free trial period, the web-only service (which won’t let you play music offline using the app) is $4.99 monthly; the premium mobile-enabled service is $9.99 a month.
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