To catch-up with its rival – KDDI, NTT DoCoMo is launching a new offering to permit its i-mode customers to download an unlimited number of full-length songs for a fixed monthly fee of around 2,000 yen ($16.77) a month. Contrary to DoCoMo’s all-you-can-eat plan, KDDI sells full-length songs on per download basis via its popular Chaku Uta service.
The new flat-rate service will be available for new DoCoMo handsets installed with special software that go on sale from May. I guess some the carrier will release some software update for existing handsets. (via: MobileEntertainment)
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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.
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