Sony Ericsson soon to launch music and gaming portal
By Ben Robinson on Monday, August 25th, 2008 at 11:25 AM PST In Mobile Portals, Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) is shortly going to launch the “PlayNow Arena” portal for mobile music and gaming in Europe. The service will include 1mn tracks from Sony BMG (not a surprise!), Warner, and EMI. The Nordics (again, not a surprise) will be getting first crack at this, followed by the rest of Europe later in the year - and then globally in 2009.
PlayNow has some stiff competition though in the form of iTunes, and also Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s various interweb offerings. One big weapon in the armoury is that the tracks will be DRM-free (yay!). Bring it on I say, the sooner we can get good choons and games on our SE Mobys, the sooner we’ll be truly free (or something like that….)!
[Via: GSMworld.com]
