Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Nokia shuts down Ovi Music Unlimited service in most markets, cites lack of traction]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/17/nokia-shuts-down-ovi-music-unlimited-service-in-most-markets-ci/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/17/nokia-shuts-down-ovi-music-unlimited-service-in-most-markets-ci/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/17/nokia-shuts-down-ovi-music-unlimited-service-in-most-markets-ci/#comments Whether you knew it as Comes With Music or Ovi Music Unlimited, the sad fact is that pretty soon you won't know it all -- Nokia's subscription music service is being shut down almost universally, with the exception of a few select markets like China, Brazil and South Africa. Reuters reports that the use of DRM to lock down content to less-than-cutting-edge devices was a major stumbling block in the rollout of what was originally supposed to be a major iTunes competitor. Those who are already signed up will continue to have access to their music libraries indefinitely, but won't be able to access new tracks once their current subscription expires. From then on, you'll only have the DRM-free Ovi Music store to keep you warm during those long Finnish nights.

Nokia shuts down Ovi Music Unlimited service in most markets, cites lack of traction originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bundlecomes with musicComesWithMusicdrmfreefree musicFreeMusicmusicnokiaoviovi musicovi music unlimitedOviMusicOviMusicUnlimitedsubscriptionMon, 17 Jan 2011 07:06:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia now Comes With Music morphing into Ovi Music Unlimited everywhere]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/nokia-now-comes-with-music-morphing-into-ovi-music-unlimited-eve/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/nokia-now-comes-with-music-morphing-into-ovi-music-unlimited-eve/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/nokia-now-comes-with-music-morphing-into-ovi-music-unlimited-eve/#comments It already kicked off this process in India a while back, but it looks like Nokia is finally ready to bring its faltering Comes with Music brand and service under the reign of the Ovi mothership on a more global scale -- or in markets where Comes with Music has launched, anyhow -- now that UK customers have started getting the news. There doesn't seem to be word yet on exactly how this is going to work, but it would make sense to see Nokia structure this the same way Microsoft does with Zune -- Ovi Music for a la carte purchases, Ovi Music Unlimited if you want to pony up a monthly fee (or, if they keep the original Comes with Music model, you pay more for the phone upfront). Seeing how the service still hasn't launched in the US, this would be a good opportunity, it seems -- particularly with the N8 launch around the corner.

Nokia now Comes With Music morphing into Ovi Music Unlimited everywhere originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>comes with musicComesWithMusicmobilenokiaoviovi musicovi music unlimitedOviMusicOviMusicUnlimitedMon, 16 Aug 2010 18:41:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia's all you can download Comes with Music service is finally DRM free... in China (updated)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/nokias-all-you-can-download-comes-with-music-service-is-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/nokias-all-you-can-download-comes-with-music-service-is-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/nokias-all-you-can-download-comes-with-music-service-is-finally/#comments We've been browbeating Nokia for using DRM to "protect" its Comes with Music offering ever since the service launched back in December of 2007 -- a time when the industry was just beginning to shed its DRM shackles. Now get this, the idle talk is over, Nokia just launched its all-you-can-eat (for 12, 18, or 24 months, typically) Comes with Music service in China without any DRM at all. India is on deck as Nokia looks to hook more emerging markets on the (kind of) free music drug. That means you no longer have to strip the DRM illegally to play your downloaded content on devices other than your main PC and Nokia Comes with Music handset. And yes, you can keep the tracks for life after your CWM subscription expires.

At launch, Chinese consumers will have a choice of eight (ok, seven really) CWM handsets (X6 32GB and X6 16GB, 5230, 5330, 5800w, 6700s, E52 and E72i) with prices starting at a local equivalent of €140 (the CWM service fee is baked in to the cost, mind you) excluding taxes and subsidies. Suspiciously, Nokia's not making the usual boast about the millions of tracks available in the CWM catalog. It is, however, reassuringly supported by all the Big 4 music labels in addition to some Chinese indies, as you'd expect. Sorry, no word on when they'll strip the DRM from its European CWM stores and we're still not clear when CWM will finally see a US launch. Hopefully soon as a service like this could go over very, very well Stateside -- a market that Nokia is desperate to crack. Get on to the other side of the break for the full press release.

Update: We met with Jyrki Rosenberg, Director of Music at Nokia, who shed a bit more light on the offering. Unfortunately, while DRM-free music aligns with Nokia's global vision, he had nothing to announce for the US or Europe today. And as you might expect, the onus to go DRM-free in China was in part driven by rampant, local piracy concerns -- recovery of any revenue was better than nothing at all in the eyes of the Big Four. Jyrki also told us that Chinese CWM subscriptions will be 1 year in length but the terms of renewal are still being hammered out. We also know that the music catalog numbers in the "hundreds of thousands" at launch (comparable to competing services in the region, according to Jyrki) and is growing every day. Privacy advocates will be happy to hear that the 256kbps MP3 files are "clean" -- in other words, no user data is embedded in the files unlike the practices of Apple and Walmart, among others.

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Nokia's all you can download Comes with Music service is finally DRM free... in China (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>5230533058006700chinacomes with musicComesWithMusiccwmdrmdrm freedrm-freeDrmFreee52e72fair useFairUseindiaJyrki RosenbergJyrkiRosenbergnokiax6Yue Sui XiangYueSuiXiangThu, 08 Apr 2010 02:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia phones will still Come with Music, only stores see rebranding]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/27/nokia-phones-will-still-come-with-music-only-stores-see-rebrand/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/27/nokia-phones-will-still-come-with-music-only-stores-see-rebrand/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/27/nokia-phones-will-still-come-with-music-only-stores-see-rebrand/#comments If you live in India, our story was correct -- your mobile subscription music service will be called "Ovi," and no longer carry the weight of the cumbersome Comes with Music branding -- but we're hearing that in other Nokia territories, including the UK, that's not quite the case. Nokia UK told Pocket-lint that while the company's online music store will indeed be renamed "Ovi Music" across all 22 territories this year, the Comes with Music service is here (and there) to stay. To tell you the truth, though, we're not that interested in the fate of a brand name. We'd prefer if Nokia made a more ballsy move -- like discontinuing their service's most controversial feature, Comes with DRM.

Nokia phones will still Come with Music, only stores see rebranding originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>brandingcomes with musicComesWithMusicdownloaddrmindiamusicmusic servicemusic storeMusicServiceMusicStorenokiaoviovi musicovi music unlimitedOviMusicOviMusicUnlimitedrebrandingsubscriptionukSat, 27 Mar 2010 09:59:00 EST<![CDATA[Ovi Music Unlimited replacing Nokia Comes with Music branding]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/ovi-music-unlimited-replacing-nokia-comes-with-music-branding/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/ovi-music-unlimited-replacing-nokia-comes-with-music-branding/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/ovi-music-unlimited-replacing-nokia-comes-with-music-branding/#comments We can't say that we'll miss the awkwardly named Comes with Music service branding from Nokia. Of course, we're making the assumption that India's recently christened Ovi Music Unlimited store will be making its way global as Nokia continues to tighten up its service offerings in the race to compete in the era of modern smartphones. It's certainly consistent with the new Ovi Music naming convention so why not. Otherwise, it looks like nothing else about the all you can eat (for a year) music offering has changed -- particularly the DRM that locks "your" music to your PC or CWM OMU handsets for life-ish.

Ovi Music Unlimited replacing Nokia Comes with Music branding originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>comes with musicComesWithMusiccwmdrmfair useFairUsenokiaomuoviovi musicovi music unlimitedOviMusicOviMusicUnlimitedunlimitedFri, 26 Mar 2010 04:50:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia Ovi Music store slowly shedding its DRM shackles globally]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/nokia-ovi-music-store-slowly-shedding-its-drm-shackles-globally/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/nokia-ovi-music-store-slowly-shedding-its-drm-shackles-globally/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/nokia-ovi-music-store-slowly-shedding-its-drm-shackles-globally/#comments While not widely touted, Nokia's Ovi Music store is on track to make Nokia's music catalog DRM-free globally. This was first mentioned in December at Nokia's Capital Market Days event. Keep in mind that we're talking about Nokia's a la carte music download service, not its all you can eat Comes with Music offering that lets you keep all the tracks you can download in the first year but locks them to a single Nokia handset and PC for life. Russia's Ovi Music store was the first to go DRM-free back in November while adding single sign-on with other Ovi services during the revamp process. Now we're hearing that India has quietly joined suit with its Nokia Music store becoming the DRM-free Ovi Music incarnation. Nokia is apparently focusing on growth markets first on its way to more western markets but it's a good sign that its fair use debilitating DRM is on the way out -- a good thing for consumers and a change, like free Ovi Maps, that makes Nokia handsets just a bit more attractive.

Nokia Ovi Music store slowly shedding its DRM shackles globally originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>comes with musicComesWithMusicdownloaddrmdrm freedrm-freeDrmFreeemerging marketsEmergingMarketsfair useFairUsegrowth marketsGrowthMarketsindiamusicnokiaovi musicOviMusicrussiaTue, 02 Mar 2010 02:03:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia 5235 Comes With Music and a low price in Q1 2010]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/11/nokia-5235-comes-with-music-and-a-low-price-in-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/11/nokia-5235-comes-with-music-and-a-low-price-in-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/11/nokia-5235-comes-with-music-and-a-low-price-in-q1-2010/#comments The 5230 has only recently made its way out to stores, but that hasn't stopped Nokia from fashioning a KIRFy sort of successor for it. Meet the Nokia 5235, a spec for spec copy of its elder brother, including the same 3.2-inch touchscreen, 2 megapixel camera, and Symbian S60 5th edition. We thought we could spot a tiny difference in the materials being used, but otherwise you really are looking at the exact same handset. Your wallet would tell the difference, though, as the 5235 has a pre-tax and pre-subsidy price of €145 ($214), which is more than €100 cheaper than the previously noted 5230 CWM variant -- in other words, Nokia is renaming its CWM model and chopping the price nicely. Why, we don't know, but when is the first quarter of 2010.

Nokia 5235 Comes With Music and a low price in Q1 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>5235candybarcomes with musicComesWithMusicfeaturephonenokianokia 5235Nokia5235s60symbiansymbian s60SymbianS60touchscreenFri, 11 Dec 2009 07:26:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia X6 Comes with Music and capacitive touchscreen: shipping now]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/26/nokia-x6-comes-with-music-and-capacitive-touchscreen-shipping-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/26/nokia-x6-comes-with-music-and-capacitive-touchscreen-shipping-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/26/nokia-x6-comes-with-music-and-capacitive-touchscreen-shipping-n/#comments What are you thankful for today? If you live in Finland or the UK and pre-ordered a X6 then you might be obliged to Nokia for having just set your new handset free. That's right pilgrims, Nokia's new flagship Comes with Music handset is now shipping. The X6 you'll recall, introduces S60 5th to a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen riding 32GB of storage, a 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, TV-out, and tweaked homescreen with a media/social-centric layout. The X6 lists for €450 (pre-tax and pre-carrier subsidies) -- a price that ultimately includes the cost of Nokia's struggling "all-you-can-eat" music service. Perhaps this is the device that finally gives the service legs? Maybe, but we'd start by following through on plans to strip the DRM.

Nokia X6 Comes with Music and capacitive touchscreen: shipping now originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>capacitivecapacitive touchscreenCapacitiveTouchscreencomes with musicComesWithMusicfinlandnokias60 5ths60 5th editionS605thS605thEditionshippingukx6Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:05:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia X6 coming to Finland and the UK this Friday, other countries soon]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokia-x6-coming-to-finland-and-the-uk-this-friday-other-countri/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokia-x6-coming-to-finland-and-the-uk-this-friday-other-countri/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/nokia-x6-coming-to-finland-and-the-uk-this-friday-other-countri/#comments Nokia's just confirmed on its official blog that the X6 will hit shelves in Finland and the UK starting next week, with other countries to follow soon after. After hearing a while back that the touchscreen, Comes With Music-lover would be shipping around November 12th -- well, we didn't want to falsely get anyone's hopes up again. But now that the word is official, we can all sit back and behold the beauty that is the X6 -- with its 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, and 32GB of onboard memory. The S60 (that's the 5th edition) device will be available in Nokia stores this Friday, retailing for £449 (about $742) free of contract.

Nokia X6 coming to Finland and the UK this Friday, other countries soon originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>comes with musicComesWithMusicnokianokia x6NokiaX6S60S605thEditionX6Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:50:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia grants service extension to early UK Comes With Music buyers]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/nokia-grants-service-extension-to-early-uk-comes-with-music-buye/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/nokia-grants-service-extension-to-early-uk-comes-with-music-buye/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/nokia-grants-service-extension-to-early-uk-comes-with-music-buye/#comments Being a serial early adopter can be a rough existence -- you pay more, you deal with more bugs, you stand in long lines (disproportionately in the cold, it feels like), and you deal with less-experienced customer service staff. Every once in a while, though, cosmic balance swings in the other direction and rewards you for all of your trials and tribulations. Take Nokia's Comes With Music service, for example, which is celebrating its one-year anniversary of British service by extending the original one-year agreement by an additional 90 days for those who were "among the first" to sign up. They're not specifying what the cutoff is here, but subscribers are being told to keep an eye on their email -- so get ready to enjoy another 90 days of unlimited download bliss.

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We'd be tempted to use the word "featurephone" on the X6 (pictured) if it wasn't Nokia behind the handset, pumping the relatively chubby 0.55-inch thick form factor with 32GB of storage, a 5 megapixel camera, a dual LED flash, TV-out, and a 3.2-inch touchscreen. The phone is also a Comes with Music only handset, so don't expect to get all boring and old with this phone in your pocket -- or to pay for a voice plan that doesn't include the service. Otherwise, the phone seems to be a slightly slimmed down Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, sporting the same OS, A-GPS (with Ovi Maps), and we suppose a similar resistive touchscreen. Nokia was kind enough to include a free copy of Spore along with the Ovi Store, and plans to ship the handset in Q4 2009 for 459 Euros (about $652 US) before subsidy.

The X3 is a much tamer affair than the X6, offering a 2.2 non-touchscreen, a slide-out keypad, and Series 40 for an OS. There's a 3.2 megapixel camera, but you'll have to spring for a microSD card if you need significant onboard storage. What's new is that the X3 is the first Series 40 handset to include the Ovi Store, which should help it edge out the competition when it comes to functionality. The price isn't bad either, at 115 Euros (about $163 US) before subsidy. It'll be out in Q4 as well.

Update: We've added a brief video after the break.

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Nokia's X6 follows the 5800's footsteps, while the X3 brings Ovi Store to Series 40 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We'd be tempted to use the word "featurephone" on the X6 (pictured) if it wasn't Nokia behind the handset, pumping the relatively chubby 0.55-inch thick form factor with 32GB of storage, a 5 megapixel camera, a dual LED flash, TV-out, and a 3.2-inch touchscreen. The phone is also a Comes with Music only handset, so don't expect to get all boring and old with this phone in your pocket -- or to pay for a voice plan that doesn't include the service. Otherwise, the phone seems to be a slightly slimmed down Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, sporting the same OS, A-GPS (with Ovi Maps), and we suppose a similar resistive touchscreen. Nokia was kind enough to include a free copy of Spore along with the Ovi Store, and plans to ship the handset in Q4 2009 for 459 Euros (about $652 US) before subsidy.

The X3 is a much tamer affair than the X6, offering a 2.2 non-touchscreen, a slide-out keypad, and Series 40 for an OS. There's a 3.2 megapixel camera, but you'll have to spring for a microSD card if you need significant onboard storage. What's new is that the X3 is the first Series 40 handset to include the Ovi Store, which should help it edge out the competition when it comes to functionality. The price isn't bad either, at 115 Euros (about $163 US) before subsidy. It'll be out in Q4 as well.

Update: We've added a brief video after the break.

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Gallery: Nokia X6

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Nokia Comes with Music US launch smartly pushed back to 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2010americacomes with musicComesWithMusiccwmdelaydrmlaunchmobilemusicmusic storeMusicStorenokiausTue, 01 Sep 2009 04:58:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia Comes with Music US launch smartly pushed back to 2010]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/nokia-comes-with-music-us-launch-smartly-pushed-back-to-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/nokia-comes-with-music-us-launch-smartly-pushed-back-to-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/nokia-comes-with-music-us-launch-smartly-pushed-back-to-2010/#comments Not that most Americans could care, but Nokia is pushing back the US launch of its DRM-laden Comes with Music service into 2010. CWM, you'll recall, is Nokia's "free" all-you-can-eat music service that bundles the 12-18 month music subscription cost into the inflated handset price -- although like any DRM music scheme, solutions already exist to break the CWM shackles. The delay is probably a wise move considering the weak state of Nokia's US partnerships required to offset consumer costs, lukewarm response to its latest handsets, and the fact that most US consumers share a broad distaste for DRM music. We'd rather see Nokia launch late but with a compelling proposition than launch now in blind adherence to a timeline.

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Note to Nokia: you really should review your marketing videos more carefully unless the severe lag / unresponsiveness seen when scrolling at 36 seconds is a feature.

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Video: Nokia 5230 touchscreen seen lagging the competition originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>5230comes with musicComesWithMusicgsmhsdpamobilenokias60s60 5th editionS605thEditionslatesymbiantouchscreenvideoTue, 25 Aug 2009 04:47:00 EST<![CDATA[Video: Nokia 5230 touchscreen seen lagging the competition]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/video-nokia-5230-touchscreen-seen-lagging-the-competition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/video-nokia-5230-touchscreen-seen-lagging-the-competition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/video-nokia-5230-touchscreen-seen-lagging-the-competition/#comments Ok S60 5th edition fans, here you go: another touchscreen Nokia slate to admire before it could be leaked by Eldar Murtazin. The new 5230 brings a 3.2-inch touchscreen riding HSDPA data, A-GPS, 2 megapixel camera, microSD expansion, and Bluetooth 2.0 with the promise of 33 hours of music pumped over its 3.5-mm audio jack. It will launch in two flavors in Q4: a €149 model and €259 Comes with Music version. Backside pic and video demonstrating the importance of long pink finger nails for navigating its resistive touchscreen after the break.

Note to Nokia: you really should review your marketing videos more carefully unless the severe lag / unresponsiveness seen when scrolling at 36 seconds is a feature.

Continue reading Video: Nokia 5230 touchscreen seen lagging the competition

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Orange bringing Comes With Music-equipped Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to UK originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 May 2009 05:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After hearing initial reports that Nokia's Comes With Music subscription service was doing "okay," word on the streets is now... even less good. According to estimates released by Music Ally at an Association of Independent Music conference in London, Nokia's gotten about 23,000 subscribers to the service since it launched last October. That's not a great number, if it's anywhere near accurate... though Nokia has "refused to confirm" whether or not it is. Tim Grimsditch, head of Nokia's product marketing division added that it's "a very new business model, we're live in five markets and the numbers only mention one. We're going to continue to develop the model and fine tune how we market it." That said, the report can't be terribly heartening either way you slice it, and is rather reminiscent of N-Gage's niche market status if you ask us.

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Report: Nokia's Comes With Music not selling very well in the UK originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After hearing initial reports that Nokia's Comes With Music subscription service was doing "okay," word on the streets is now... even less good. According to estimates released by Music Ally at an Association of Independent Music conference in London, Nokia's gotten about 23,000 subscribers to the service since it launched last October. That's not a great number, if it's anywhere near accurate... though Nokia has "refused to confirm" whether or not it is. Tim Grimsditch, head of Nokia's product marketing division added that it's "a very new business model, we're live in five markets and the numbers only mention one. We're going to continue to develop the model and fine tune how we market it." That said, the report can't be terribly heartening either way you slice it, and is rather reminiscent of N-Gage's niche market status if you ask us.

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Report: Nokia's Comes With Music not selling very well in the UK originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Make no mistake -- there's no need to wait for Nokia and its partner studios to implement a DRM-free version of Comes With Music to enjoy your subscription tracks on any device you want, but at least the handset maker -- along with those in control of the jams -- are working towards a legal way to strip your downloads of that pesky rights management stuff. According to an article on the matter from Singapore today, Adam Mirabella, director of Global Digital Music Retail at Nokia, had this to say: "We have dialogs going with all of our partners and Digital Rights Management-free (DRM-free) is also on the roadmap for the future integration of Comes With Music." No further details were spilled, but we'd say that's clear cut enough to get one's hopes up. Just don't bank on this going down anytime soon -- you should know there's lots of red tape to cut before those CmW tunes are freed of their shackles.

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Make no mistake -- there's no need to wait for Nokia and its partner studios to implement a DRM-free version of Comes With Music to enjoy your subscription tracks on any device you want, but at least the handset maker -- along with those in control of the jams -- are working towards a legal way to strip your downloads of that pesky rights management stuff. According to an article on the matter from Singapore today, Adam Mirabella, director of Global Digital Music Retail at Nokia, had this to say: "We have dialogs going with all of our partners and Digital Rights Management-free (DRM-free) is also on the roadmap for the future integration of Comes With Music." No further details were spilled, but we'd say that's clear cut enough to get one's hopes up. Just don't bank on this going down anytime soon -- you should know there's lots of red tape to cut before those CmW tunes are freed of their shackles.

[Thanks, Masa]

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Nokia aiming for DRM-free implementation of Comes With Music originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Slowly but surely, Nokia's Comes With Music is checking off locales on its tour around the world. Next up is Singapore, and rather than sticking to the same selection of CwM-equipped handsets as we've seen thus far, it'll be tossing in the lower-end 5320 XpressMusic and 5220 XpressMusic alongside the 5800, N96, N95 and N79. When the service and handsets launch in "the coming weeks," it'll mark the first nation in Asia to take part in Nokia's fun little all-you-can-digest music initiative. For those keeping score, this will make Singapore the first country on the planet to have access to a CwM 5800, though there's no word on how costly any of the previously mentioned mobiles will be. Patience, friends -- it's all we can count on these days.

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Nokia drags more Comes With Music handsets out for Singapore launch originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia's Comes With Music goes on European tour, Asia next, Americas deemed too boring originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia's all-you-can-eat Comes With Music service has been humming along quite nicely across the pond, but until now, we've been left in the dark about its plans for world domination. No more, as a recent Reuters report has it that the unlimited music service should be headed to Australia, Asia and Singapore later this quarter and Latin America / USA sometime this year. We're also told that more corners of Europe should get served in the future, though no window of time was handed out there. It should be interesting to see if any carriers jump in to subsidize these, but our gut feeling says they'll be sold for a premium unlocked at your nearest Nokia flagship.

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Nokia's Comes With Music service plans world tour originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia's all-you-can-eat Comes With Music service has been humming along quite nicely across the pond, but until now, we've been left in the dark about its plans for world domination. No more, as a recent Reuters report has it that the unlimited music service should be headed to Australia, Asia and Singapore later this quarter and Latin America / USA sometime this year. We're also told that more corners of Europe should get served in the future, though no window of time was handed out there. It should be interesting to see if any carriers jump in to subsidize these, but our gut feeling says they'll be sold for a premium unlocked at your nearest Nokia flagship.

[Via UnwiredView]

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Well, hello there 5730 XpressMusic, so nice to finally meet you! This admittedly odd looking Nokia has been brought to our attention courtesy of Russia's own Mobile-Review, and while we're still trying to decide whether or not the QWERTY slide-out keyboard is a turn off or totally awesome (with its dot matrix-styled font), we figured it prudent to pass along the information, anyway. Said mobile sports a 2-inch QVGA screen, backlit keys, a 1,000mAh battery good for 4.5 hours of yappin', EDGE data, inbuilt GPS, 128MB of RAM, a microSD card slot, USB / Bluetooth and Symbian S60 running the show. We're told to expect it out in European markets this April for €220 ($289), though worldwide availability remains a mystery. Have a look in the read link for eleventy billion more images and a poorly translated preview.

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Nokia 5730 XpressMusic gets exhaustively previewed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, hello there 5730 XpressMusic, so nice to finally meet you! This admittedly odd looking Nokia has been brought to our attention courtesy of Russia's own Mobile-Review, and while we're still trying to decide whether or not the QWERTY slide-out keyboard is a turn off or totally awesome (with its dot matrix-styled font), we figured it prudent to pass along the information, anyway. Said mobile sports a 2-inch QVGA screen, backlit keys, a 1,000mAh battery good for 4.5 hours of yappin', EDGE data, inbuilt GPS, 128MB of RAM, a microSD card slot, USB / Bluetooth and Symbian S60 running the show. We're told to expect it out in European markets this April for €220 ($289), though worldwide availability remains a mystery. Have a look in the read link for eleventy billion more images and a poorly translated preview.

[Thanks, momchil]

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It's a tough time to be selling mobile phones, let alone mobile phone add-ons, and that's evidenced by a recent report that Nokia's Comes With Music service is simply doing so-so. A Financial Times piece on Nokia's ability to survive the current economy briefly mentions the CwM service, quoting an unnamed source as saying that "initial sales had been okay, but not earth shattering." Not surprisingly, it was presumed that many budget-strapped consumers were shying away given that most of their favorite tunes could be acquired gratis via the intarwebz. Still, we can imagine this gaining way more traction than its foray into handset gaming, but the refusal of the major UK carriers to stock CwM-equipped handset sure isn't helping matters.

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Nokia's Comes With Music service said to be selling "okay" originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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First came the 5310 XpressMusic, then came word of a CWM-equipped N95. Now, we're feasting our eyes on a Comes With Music N96, freshly for sale on Nokia's UK website. The device seems unchanged outside of its newfound support for Nokia's all-you-can-devour music service, and the 16GB of internal memory should keep the sine waves flowin' for a good while. £540 ($799) gets you the handset, a stereo headset (wired), a few chargers and one year of free access to upwards of two million songs which are yours to keep forever after downloading. Expect shipments to begin in January 2009.

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Nokia's N96 Comes With Music edition up for pre-order originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not that you'd be interested, because DRM isn't a clumsy or expensive solution to a problem that exists largely (or even solely) in the heads of the film and music industries, but a new version of Tunebite is out, and among its many features is the ability to make unprotected dupes of tracks downloaded from Nokia's Comes With Music service. This isn't the "crack" everyone's talking about -- there's nothing new about software that records protected audio off the sound card -- but this package does so at speeds of up to 54x. Not bad, eh? But please, don't use it. Kanye needs our money if he's going to keep scarfing up all those awesome gadgets.

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Tunebite lets you enjoy Nokia's Comes with Music service, DRM-free originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not that you'd be interested, because DRM isn't a clumsy or expensive solution to a problem that exists largely (or even solely) in the heads of the film and music industries, but a new version of Tunebite is out, and among its many features is the ability to make unprotected dupes of tracks downloaded from Nokia's Comes With Music service. This isn't the "crack" everyone's talking about -- there's nothing new about software that records protected audio off the sound card -- but this package does so at speeds of up to 54x. Not bad, eh? But please, don't use it. Kanye needs our money if he's going to keep scarfing up all those awesome gadgets.

[Via Electricpig]

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It's gonna be a good long while yet before we know whether Comes With Music is the rousing (and profitable) success Nokia hopes it is, but it seems Espoo might already be looking into what other sorts of media can be all-you-can-eat-ified for the benefit of its handsets. They're generally being coy about what the future holds for unlimited media, but company exec Tom Erskine noted that they're being "open minded" about the natural fit that games and movies would have with the Comes With model. Seriously, who wouldn't be down with an entertainment-focused Nseries that bundled a year of gaming? EA's European marketing director added that his company -- which just happens to make a crapload of mobile games -- is "supportive" of any creative ideas handset manufacturers dream up, which certainly sounds to us like code for "we'd totally be down for Comes With Games." Nokia, we eagerly await this initiative you've yet to announce.

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Games, movies next for Nokia's "Comes With" franchise? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you're not in the UK, chances are that you haven't really paid attention to the teeny, tiny fact that Nokia's long-awaited Comes With Music download service launched today. Regardless of your ignorance to the facts, the all-you-can-eat music service has been activated for users across the pond who forked over the poundage for a CwM-equipped 5310 XpressMusic. Early impressions are actually pretty great, with critics finding themselves pleasantly surprised with just how intuitive the navigation was. MusicAlly did point out that these "free" tunes weren't transferable to blank CDs -- when they tried, they got a message notifying them of epic failure. At any rate, the reviews are sure looking good for Nokia right out of the gate, though only time will tell if people will take notice and buy into yet another music service.

[Via CNET]

Read - MusicAlly impressions
Read - NetworkWorld impressions

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Nokia's Comes With Music gets scrutinized, sounds good so far originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you're not in the UK, chances are that you haven't really paid attention to the teeny, tiny fact that Nokia's long-awaited Comes With Music download service launched today. Regardless of your ignorance to the facts, the all-you-can-eat music service has been activated for users across the pond who forked over the poundage for a CwM-equipped 5310 XpressMusic. Early impressions are actually pretty great, with critics finding themselves pleasantly surprised with just how intuitive the navigation was. MusicAlly did point out that these "free" tunes weren't transferable to blank CDs -- when they tried, they got a message notifying them of epic failure. At any rate, the reviews are sure looking good for Nokia right out of the gate, though only time will tell if people will take notice and buy into yet another music service.

[Via CNET]

Read - MusicAlly impressions
Read - NetworkWorld impressions

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Nokia's Comes With Music gets scrutinized, sounds good so far originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While the 5310 XpressMusic candybar has first rights to the Comes With Music party, Nokia's old faithful won't be far behind. Mobile operator 3 UK is gearing up to launch a CwM-edition N95 soon, which will give Nokia fanatics that have somehow managed to avoid the heralded handset this long a chance to redeem themselves. Details beyond that are scant, but we are told that the contract-toting N95 will be available from 3 "next month" for an undisclosed amount.

[Via mocoNews]

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Nokia's N95 to see Comes With Music on 3 UK originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The 5800 XpressMusic is stealing the lion's share of the spotlight today, but the first S60 5th Edition handset out there actually isn't the first to get hooked up with Nokia's all-you-can-eat Comes With Music service. That honor will instead go to the lowly 5310 XpressMusic candybar, which will get access to about 2 million track downloads when it hits Carphone Warehouse in the UK in prepaid form for £130 (about $228) on October 16, a day earlier than rumored. Other models will have to wait, though Comes With Music versions of the N95 8GB and 5800 are both planned.

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Nokia Comes With Music officially launches October 16, 5310 XpressMusic eats first originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The 5800 XpressMusic is stealing the lion's share of the spotlight today, but the first S60 5th Edition handset out there actually isn't the first to get hooked up with Nokia's all-you-can-eat Comes With Music service. That honor will instead go to the lowly 5310 XpressMusic candybar, which will get access to about 2 million track downloads when it hits Carphone Warehouse in the UK in prepaid form for £130 (about $228) on October 16, a day earlier than rumored. Other models will have to wait, though Comes With Music versions of the N95 8GB and 5800 are both planned.

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Nokia Comes With Music officially launches October 16, 5310 XpressMusic eats first originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>53105310 xpressmusic5310Xpressmusicbreaking newsBreakingNewscomes with musicComesWithMusicmobilemultimediamusicnokiaThu, 02 Oct 2008 12:37:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia's XpressMusic 5800 Tube launching October 2nd?]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/nokias-xpressmusic-5800-tube-launching-october-2nd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/nokias-xpressmusic-5800-tube-launching-october-2nd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/nokias-xpressmusic-5800-tube-launching-october-2nd/#commentsOkay, so first we heard that Nokia's Comes with Music service would be good and ready by October 2nd. Then we heard October 17th. Now, a certain "anonymous industry source" has revealed that the long-awaited XpressMusic 5800 (or the Tube, as it were) will be launching on the 2nd of next month. With so much conflicting evidence out and about, we're firmly in "wait and see" mode at this point, and considering that "launch" gives no indication of a ship date, we reckon you're better off doing the same.

[Thanks, Mikkel]

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Nokia's XpressMusic 5800 Tube launching October 2nd? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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