Report: Spotify to launch iPhone application

STOCKHOLM — Streaming music service Spotify is launching an application for Apple Inc.’s popular iPhone, Swedish news agency TT reported Monday.

It would be Spotify’s first mobile phone application. The service, which uses a peer-to-peer network to stream music, has previously only been available to computer users.

Citing a statement from the London-headquartered company which maintains a research center in Stockholm, TT said Spotify’s application will be available for download to iPhones within a few weeks.

Spotify officials did not immediately return phone calls or e-mails seeking comment Monday.

According to TT, mobile phone users will be able to save playlists on their handsets also when they are off-line.

The mobile application will only be available to users of Spotify’s pay service, TT said. Spotify also has a free service financed by advertising.