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  • Nokia's Comes With Music gets scrutinized, sounds good so far

    Filed under: Handsets , Multimedia , Nokia , GSM , EDGE If you're not in the UK, chances are that you haven't really paid attention to the teeny, tiny fact that Nokia's long-awaited Comes With Music download service launched today . Regardless of your ignorance to the facts, the all-you-can-eat music service has been activated for users across the pond who forked over the poundage for a CwM-equipped 5310 XpressMusic . Early impressions are actually pretty great, with critics finding themselves pleasantly surprised with just how intuitive the navigation was. MusicAlly did point out that these "free" tunes weren't transferable to blank CDs -- when they tried, they got a message notifying them of epic failure. At any rate, the reviews are sure looking good for Nokia right out of the gate, though only time will tell if people will take notice and buy into yet another music service. [Via CNET ] Read - MusicAlly impressions Read - NetworkWorld impressions Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Nokia's N95 to see Comes With Music on 3 UK

    Filed under: Handsets , Multimedia , Nokia , Symbian , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA While the 5310 XpressMusic candybar has first rights to the Comes With Music party, Nokia's old faithful won't be far behind. Mobile operator 3 UK is gearing up to launch a CwM-edition N95 soon, which will give Nokia fanatics that have somehow managed to avoid the heralded handset this long a chance to redeem themselves. Details beyond that are scant, but we are told that the contract-toting N95 will be available from 3 "next month" for an undisclosed amount. [Via mocoNews ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Nokia's first Comes with Music handset on sale 10/17 in UK

    Filed under: Handsets , Multimedia , Nokia A recent Reuters article doesn't mention a specific model (although we have our hunches ), but one thing's for sure: some kind of Comes with Music handset is launching on October 17th. We had previously assumed that October 2nd would be the go-live date for the intriguing music bundle, but retailer Carphone Warehouse has now made clear that Britain won't be able to buy in until a few weeks later. As predicted, a Nokia spokesman declined to comment, so we'd go ahead and pencil (key word: pencil) this one into your increasingly crowded datebook. [Via MobileBurn ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Nokia's Comes With Music premium in the $150 range?

    Filed under: Handsets , Multimedia , Nokia We put "free" in quotes for a reason, and now it seems the dark, nasty truth could be upon us. While pre-order prices on a retailer's website should be taken as pure speculation and nothing more, a couple of notable examples reveal £70 to £85 premiums on the Comes with Music version of two phones. For instance, Expansys offers up Nokia's N95 8GB for £394.99, but the CwM edition is a stiff £479.99. It's hard to say if the prices are jacked up by Nokia's directive, but again, we aren't getting too riled up until these things launch for real. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Nokia's Comes with Music service launches next month -- UK first

    Filed under: Handsets , Multimedia , Nokia Nokia's "free," all-you-can-eat, music subscription service is set to world premier in the UK next month before hitting continental Europe and Asia in 2009. Nokia already has Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music on board and plans to have EMI signed before launch -- in total, Nokia expects to offer some 2.1 million tracks at launch. While touted as free, the service costs will be baked into the price of Nokia's pre-pay 5310 XpressMusic Comes With Music Edition handset (currently priced between £70-£80 for the pay-as-you-go, non-CwM handset) when purchased though the UK's Carphone Warehouse. You must then purchase another CwM-compatible device at the end of the year in order to continue downloading tracks. For those not wishing to re-up with Nokia, your 5310 CwM edition phone will continue to make / receive calls and text messages and, like your computer, continue to playback all those DRM-wrapped WMA tracks -- they will not play anywhere else. While the approach is interesting, the DRM-enabled time-bomb and device lock-in makes the entire model sound fatally flawed to us -- though we're sure that'll be hacked away soon enough . Come on Amazon, now is the time to take your MP3 store global and show these fools how it's done. Update : Expect the service to launch at, or shortly after, a Nokia Comes With Music press event scheduled for October 2nd. [Via mocoNews ] Read -- FT Read -- Guardian Read -- Nokia press release Permalink | Email this | Comments

  • Nokia's "Comes with Music" free subscription service -- cancel, keep the music

    Filed under: Handsets , Multimedia , Nokia So here's the deal. Nokia just launched a "Comes with Music" program. No, not software, but a deal which allows you to buy a Nokia device with a year of unlimited, subscription access to "millions of tracks." Once the year is complete however, customers can keep all their downloaded music -- it doesn't disappear just because the subscription is over. What's the catch? Don't know yet. We know it's limited to Universal Music Group tracks for the time being but there's no mention of any fees, DRM, or other restrictions. We'll update you as soon as we get more. Update : It's free for one year! All the Universal Music tracks you can download for 12 months can be yours. The offer doesn't begin until mid 2008, just as long as the deal doesn't fall apart by then. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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