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Sony Ericsson and other manufacturers will on Thursday launch a challenge to Apple’s iPhone, by unveiling a low-cost, flat-rate music service that can be accessed on most handsets in Europe and Asia.
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The MusicStation service has backing from the handset manufacturers Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Samsung and 30 mobile phone operators and all four music majors – Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI Music and Warner Music International – as well as several independent labels.The service launches just ahead of Apple’s iPhone debut in the US on June 29. The iPhone will give users easy access to Apple’s iTunes online music store, building on the success of the company’s popular iPod portable music player.Telenor, the Scandinavian operator, will be the first to launch the service in Sweden, but it is expected to be rolled out throughout Europe, Asia and Africa over the next few months."
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Posted: 2007-06-14 13:26:49
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What the world needs, another (lousy subscription-based) digital music service
What the world needs, another late-in-the-game attempt by Sony to win a lost market with an undesirable proprietary format
And let me guess, this will only work on the miserable
app, right?
Sorry folks, Apple's iTunes is still the winner. (1) One-time music purchasing beats constant monthly payments hands-down. (2) More and more of the iTunes catalog is sold
DRM-free.
There better be more to today's anticipated
announcement than this!
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Posted: 2007-06-14 15:41:30
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On 2007-06-14 15:41:30, Hlcn Twst wrote:
And let me guess, this will only work on the miserable
app, right?
Yeah that's why Nokia, Motorola and Samsung also back it....
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Posted: 2007-06-14 15:43:57
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@HlcnTwst
....Backed by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Samsung and 30 mobile phone operators and all four music majors – Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI Music and Warner Music International – as well as several independent labels.
I'm not sure these will be drm'd.
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[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2007-06-14 14:50 ]
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Posted: 2007-06-14 15:45:48
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The demo is on a K800i, the application looks like a Java app.....
Not saying it won't be DRM'd(we live in hope), but it is vastly better than existing network solutions for music downloading....
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Posted: 2007-06-14 15:46:33
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@Aware
I think operators are going to have this as an icon on the main menu. Like Playnow.
I really think this is a good idea.
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Posted: 2007-06-14 15:49:03
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Watch the demo, the app's definitely in the 'Applications' folder....
....and what's to say it won't be pre-installed by the manufacturers, rather than operators??
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Posted: 2007-06-14 15:54:11
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Hi all,
Sorry but I am not a fan of these types of apps at all, I would much rather just buy my music on CD to start with which will be much better quality. As then it will play in my car CD and then i can convert it the format and quality i want and get it cheaper at the same time. Music for the lazy and with nothing better to do with their cash, If you like it great but it doesn't excite me in the slightest and i couldn't care less who supports or endorses it.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2007-06-14 14:56 ]
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Posted: 2007-06-14 15:55:45
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On 2007-06-14 15:49:03, goldenface wrote:
@Aware
I think operators are going to have this as an icon on the main menu. Like Playnow.
I really think this is a good idea.
i played around with the beta service (didn't had much content by than)
but i realy enjoyed the service.
sometimes the menu's and information is a bit ... crowded (don't know right english word) which made it hard to view the right options.
i could be mistaking, but i believe the intentions were a drm which allowed you to transfer the file 3 more times, before it comes locked.
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Posted: 2007-06-14 15:57:00
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Now will you look at that beautiful SILVER K800i they've used to advertise this service!
God I love my silver K800i hehe!
Does anyone know if this service is available in NZ, on Vodafone?
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Posted: 2007-06-14 16:03:45
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