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Everyone wants a piece of the digital music market, currently dominated by Apple’s iTunes. Nokia recently acquired Loudeye and I believe we can expect to see Nokia’s fingers entering this (very) lucrative market. Also, by being one of the major labels company, Sony is certainly an important “player” in this market. They’ve already had some failed attempts to create an online music store.
Sony Ericsson announced that they plan to further to develop its PlayNow service, currently used for downloading ringtones and games.
Apparently, Ericsson already provides the backend technology that lets carriers power their own download music services, and the joint venture with Sony was so far successful.
The brand (Walkman) is there, the infrastructure, a major label company (Sony BMG)… smells like a great opportunity. All we can do is sit and watch the digital music wars.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
