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Can a music service actually sell music without any software, media players, or DRM? Well, the newest mobile music service, SongNumbers, thinks it can.
SongNumbers aims to go truly cross-platform by doing away with the platform altogether. The service claims that their “critical mass media utility” will empower artists and record labels by allowing customers to listen to and buy music directly from their mobile phone. The catch is that the customer doesn’t need to install anything on their cellphone. There’s no software, no media player, no DRM – just music on the cellphone.
Through SongNumbers’ patent-pending technology, each music track is assigned a phone number that customers can call to hear a preview of the song. If the song tickles the user’s fancy, a simple press of a number key buys them the track. But, it doesn’t end there, artists and labels can make money on the preview of the song through ads.
Interestingly, the service’s website seems to be for-show at the moment.
[Via: I4U News]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
