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		<title>Spotify VS Wimp</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tor Henning Ueland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of talk lately of companies leaving Spotify due to bad payments, so i decided to test out Wimp, which is a Norwegian competitor to Spotify. So here is a quick round-up of the good and &#8230; <a href="http://h3x.no/2010/07/24/spotify-vs-wimp">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There has been a lot of talk lately of companies leaving <a href="http://www.spotify.com/">Spotify</a> due to bad payments, so i decided to test out <a href="http:///www.wimp.no">Wimp</a>, which is a Norwegian competitor to Spotify. So here is a quick round-up of the good and bad parts of those two applications:</p>
<p>Note that i only mention the differences between them.</p>
<h2>Spotify</h2>
<h3>Good:</h3>
<ol>
<li>It`s fast to start!</li>
<li>Streaming starts <strong>fast!</strong></li>
<li>You can create lists that will work when offline</li>
<li>Does not have any journalists to pick out nice songs and kinda create a community around that</li>
<li>It`s free &#8211; So you can test it better before paying for it</li>
</ol>
<h3>Bad:</h3>
<ol>
<li>They are starting to loose music due to bad payments to producers etc</li>
<li>Not too much Norwegian music (for those who care <img src='http://h3x.no/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  )</li>
</ol>
<h2>Wimp</h2>
<h3>Good:</h3>
<ol>
<li>You can see others play list easier than in Spotify (at least the most popular)</li>
<li>The design is more white-ish than Spotify</li>
<li>Easy to see the play queue and what have been played</li>
<li>Easier access to songs/albums within a genre</li>
</ol>
<h3>Bad:</h3>
<ol>
<li>No free version, although you get the first 30 days free</li>
<li>No offline ability, d`oh!</li>
<li>I cannot set my own password, why?</li>
<li>Its only in Norwegian for now, and it requires a Norwegian cellphone(?)</li>
<li>When i forget the generated password, i get the same password sent to me..so long for security</li>
<li>It uses a lot more resources (<strong>10 times</strong> the RAM of Spotify&#8230;)</li>
<li>Due to #6, it is very slow on some machines</li>
<li>The &#8220;change password&#8221; link in the program sends me to a page without ability to change password</li>
<li>On one of my computers, i cannot restore the program when sending it to the tray bar..whoops</li>
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<h2>In conclution</h2>
<p>I will keep to Spotify for as long as they have enough music, or until Wimp fixes some of the most annoying things.</p>
<p><strong>Looking for more tests?</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.vg.no/teknologi/artikkel.php?artid=579857">A norwegian test in vg.no</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nettavisen.no/it/article2658209.ece">A norwegian test in nettavisen.no</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rockheim.no/arkiv/wimp-vs-spotify-den-ultimate-lydtesten/">A norwegian test with focus on sound</a></p>
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