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Following Ireland and Netherlands, Nokia is bringing its music store to Australia and France. Again, users can download music from major record companies as well as independent labels and the top local artists.
In Australia, the Finish giant partnered with rock legend Jimmy Barnes, who will be the first local music recommender, suggesting his top playlist to store visitors. In addition, Nokia Music Store in Australia features an exclusive track from Pete Murray and Kate Miller-Heidke. The free track of the week will be from Stone Parade, winners of the Nokia Be Heard competition in 2007. Individual tracks cost AU$1.70 and albums from AU$17.00, while the streaming subscription for PC users costs AU$10.00 per month.
On the other hand, Nokia will have to invest more time to get local artists to sign up. Apparently, more than 60% of songs on the “Hit Parade” hits list are by local artists. Nokia Music Store in France sells individual tracks for 1.00 EUR, albums start from 10.00 EUR and the monthly streaming subscription costs 10 EUR.
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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. 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.
