Sony Ericsson prepping "music kiosks" for phones?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Feb 19th 2007 7:35PM
posted Feb 19th 2007 7:35PM
Between its wealth of Walkman-branded phones and its freshly minted M-BUZZ music service, it's no secret that Sony Ericsson's here to stay in the mobile music space. Rumor has it that the joint venture's latest foray involves something mysteriously referred to as a "music kiosk" -- presumably a public, standalone box of some sort that blasts appropriately-equipped phones with tunes for a fee. Of course, the concept is anything but new, so we're not entirely sure what's going to set Sony Ericsson's effort apart; we still prefer the idea of getting our music served hot 'n fresh over the high-speed airwaves, but we suppose we could be swayed if it's cheap enough and compatibility falls beyond the Sony Ericsson domain.
DO THEY EVEN KNOW WHAT SONY CONNECT IS?
SONY ERICSSON IS SONY!!! I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THEM BEING DIFFERENT!!!
THEY USE THE WALKMAN BRAND AND THEY USE MEMORY STICKS!!!
THEY FOR SOME F'ING REASON DO NOT SUPPORT ATRAC3 NOR (MY DRM OF CHOICE) MAGICGATE WHICH IS INCLUDED IN EVERY MEMORY STICK PRO DUO SOLD, WHICH IS THEN USED IN EVERY SONY ERICSSON PHONE!!!
I AM SICK OF SONY ERICSSON NOT SUPPORTING SONY'S OWN MUSIC STORE, CONNECT!!!
easy on the caps buddy
I apologize, I'm just very upset @ Sony Ericsson for not supporting Sony's own online music venture, CONNECT.
I have numerous (CD Player, PSP, 2 Network Walkmans) Sony products which support MagicGate/OpenMG and have like 130 purchases from Sony CONNECT in 132kbps and ATRAC3 I can't use, IF I ever obtianed a Sony Ericsson phone.
When my contract is up in November, I'd like a Walkman phone, but not if I can't playback my Sony CONNECT purchases.
They should try to make push email and durable phones first so they have something to sell!