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Spotify, the music streaming service that’s gaining customers by the minute in the European countries where it’s live, has set its sights on the iPhone. Due to launch in the US before the end of the year, the company has submitted an application to the iPhone, and is waiting to hear whether Apple will accept it.

That could be an interesting decision. With its large library, ease of use, and free service (with ads), it’s be hailed as an iTunes killer, putting it in direct competition with one of Apple’s most cherished services.

VoIP leader Skype is looking to get off traditional computers (and kinda oddball dedicated handsets) and into smartphones: the company is expected to launch a Skype application for the Apple iPhone tomorrow, and bring a Skype application to RIM’s popular BlackBerry devices in May.

Skype currently boasts a base of over 400 million users, many of whom were attracted to the service through the promise of free computer-to-computer calling to anyone in the world (with broadband, anyway) and inexpensive international calling—estimates have Skype handling some eight percent of all international calls. Expanding the service to iPhone and BlackBerry owners should increase the service’s appeal—particularly to mobile users who place international calls but don’t want to pay for the under traditional voice plans. With a Skype mobile application, users can place those calls via the Internet if they can get mobile broadband or Wi-Fi connectivity.