Consumers in the U.K. will be the first to try Nokia’s Comes With Music on the 5310 XpressMusic phone.
The phone is expected to ship next month. The service, announced last December, packages mobile phones with a year of unlimited access to tracks in the Nokia Music store and the ability to keep all downloaded tracks even after the year is over, according to Nokia.
It’s no surprise that Nokia is launching Comes With Music with a retailer, and not a carrier, according to Carolina Milanesi , research director at Gartner. “I think this only represents a revenue potential for carriers if users download over the air, other than that there is no real incentive for them. Also if you are offering your own music offering this is in competition from what you already have,” she said.
Yet another variation on the mobile with music syndrome. Dunno. I’m still one of those who uses a cell phone only as a phone.
So THAT’s what I always wanted. Shame I didn’t know it. Silly moi. A phone with music in it. Dang clever. What will they come up with next?
Nothing is new under the sun.
Eideard wrote,
“Dunno. I’m still one of those who uses a cell phone only as a phone.”
How quaint!
Tell me, do these Cell phones with Music, BLOW OUT YOUR EARDRUMS, if you happen to be listening to music with earbuds when an incoming phone call arrives ???
Dag nab it! I’ve been using a paper cup attached to a piece of string as a phone for years now – and it works just fine.
Ok, the download rate is a bit slow, and it keeps switching from 3G to Edge, but how is that any worse than an iPhone?
Keep the music after the subscription after the year is over? I will believe it when I see it.
#6. I dropped my Nokia into a volcanic sulfuric acid fumarole and managed to recover, clean and used it for two more years. Try that with an iPhone.
#8 Dropped my Nokia at the top of concrete steps leading down to an underground station of the Chicago L during rush hour. At least a two story drop of steps. Then kicked and stepped on by a rush hour crowd for 5 minutes over 200 hundred feet of more concrete. A small scratch to the lens.
A friend dropped his Nokia at the top of Goat’s Eye at Sunshine Village. 2000 feet of double black diamond later. Perfect.