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Sprint set to unveil mobile music service |
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Written by Kristin
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Monday, 31 October 2005 |
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Sprint is expected to announce today it will offer over-the-air music downloads when it launches its high-speed EV-DO 3G wireless network. Sprint's EV-DO upgrade to its CDMA network has been signalled for some time - the carrier began to implement the technology in July this year. EV-DO is part of
the CDMA2000 3G specification.
However, details of EV-DO evaluation handsets provided by Sprint ahead of today's announcement reveal the presence of an on-screen menu icon for the Sprint Music Store, the Associated Press news agency reports. The service offers downloads for $2.50 a song, which can also be transferred to a computer. Last year, AT&T Wireless launched an online music store, mMode, but the platform was intended to allow users to buy songs that would later be downloaded direct to a PC. The carrier pitched the service as a way of bringing on-the-move impulse purchasing to the digital download market.
The Cingular network began offering Motorola's iTunes-equipped Rokr handset in September this year, though that handset can only play songs that have already been downloaded onto a computer from the Apple music store. Nokia has partnered with US digital music distributor Loudeye to offer music services to carriers, and, more recently, Ericsson has done a similar deal with Napster to bring branded download stores first to European and later US mobile phone network |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 October 2006 )
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