Well, we didn’t think it would happen, but clearly it has - Apple has approved RealNetwork’s subscription music service Rhapsody’s application for the iPhone and iPod touch.
This is fairly significant, in part because it follows the widely-publicised approval of Spotify in some key European territories, and partly because it shows Apple’s happy to allow competitors to offer music streaming applications through its devices. In part, this could be to ensure open competition should the company ever decide to move into the subscription-based music space it
