By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Sunrise has relaunched it’s OTA music download service for mobiles, called musicworld. It’s powered by 24-7 Entertainment, and offes dual-download (PC and Mobile) on over 2 million tracks. Full-track singles are 2.50 CHF, and albums 19 CHF. Additionally there is preview and recommendation functionality to enhance the service further.
This has got to be a good thing – at least to some extent – MNOs and the like are thinking about what to offer, how to differentiate, and how to beat the ‘Elephant in the Room’ – which is currently Apple.
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and
infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the
occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience
in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with
regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
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The market is just filling up with music services…everyone wants a piece of the pie, but, few are executing with the precision and ease of use of apple. Look at Nokia for example…their music store has hardly gotten off the ground – -