Puretracks to bring DRM-free mobile music store to BlackBerry
By Dusan Belic on Sunday, March 16th, 2008 at 4:27 AM PST In Announcements, Content, RIM (Research in Motion)
Toronto-based digital music provider Puretracks along with handset development partner Magnet Mobile Media have developed a new DRM-free mobile music store and service for select RIM’s devices, including the popular Curve, Pearl and 8800 series smartphones. A sneak peek of the Puretracks Mobile Edition music service for BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) was unveiled on March 12 at the South By Southwest event in Austin, Texas and the official launch is set to coincide with the upcoming CTIA Wireless event on April 1st.
Initially, the new mobile music store will debut in the United States with future roll-out plans slated for Canada and other markets. Users can expect a broad selection of songs from top mainstream and independent artists. Future additions to the Puretracks Mobile Edition music service will include support for Wi-Fi capable handsets, enabling BlackBerry smartphone users to download MP3 files (actually that’s AAC/AAC+) over the air… Full release is available from here.
