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Nokia is gearing toward launching its “phone bundled with music” offering to Asia. At the recently held Mobile Asia Congress in Macau, head of entertainment and communities for Nokia China, T C Pan, said they [Nokia] are working on the implementation details with the labels to bring “Comes With Music” (CWM) to Asia and Greater China.
“I believe country by country CWM will be launched in Asia and Greater China next year and the year after, just like the launches of Nokia Music Store,” he said.
However, Pan admits there are concerns about how mobile music services will work in China due to piracy issues. In addition, the lack of 3G and WLAN networks in public areas as well as the steep data traffic tariffs could also kill the idea. On the current 2G networks in China, it takes tons of time to download an individual track, not to mentioned a whole album. Some synchronization with PC could be a neat idea.
Anyway, Nokia has all four major record companies (EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner) as well as many independent labels on board for their “Comes With Music” scheme. The question is will they accept some kind of compromises to push the service to potentially lucrative Chinese market. We’ll have to wait and see…
[Via: GSMA newsletter]
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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.
