Will Mobile handsets kill off MP3 players?
By ShockExcite Media Sdn Bhd
Dear All,
Happy chinese new year to all and hope you all have been great!
Another year..another battle..what can I say? I hope this year we will fight together for the better or worse..anyways!
These days, anything about Mobile MP3 is a HOT topic...mobile operators, telcos, IT companies and labels have been playing with ideas best ways to deliver music to music fans.
Everyday, somewhere out there over the rainbow ...(sorry I couldn't resist...)there are new companies with "patent-pending" or "killer ideas" to delivery music..many "napsters like P2P" are emerging, and seems that labels are spreading its wings way far to the extend almost any company are allowed to be online resellers. Thinking how about actually CD re-sellers?
Anyways, back to what I'm here for..will mobile phones kill MP3 players?
If there's one gadget that appears to have complete control of its market, it's the Apple iPod. Other vendors continue to release Multimedia / music players, but so far no company has managed to release a model that surpasses the iPod in three important areas: size, user-friendliness, and style.
So why even consider marketing mobile phones boasting built-in digital music players and/or offering a downloadable mobile music service when the market is so dominated by iPod? Because many experts believe that mobile phones with integrated music players will be the iPod's most compelling competitor, directing a broad new profit stream directly to wireless carriers.
Quoting Reuters that breaking into what has now become Apple's space with a standard MP3 player will be very difficult,but mobile phones offer other functions that the iPod doesn't—voice, obviously, digital cameras, and Internet connectivity, therefore it is a real market here in appealing to people who want an all-in-one device—people who don't want to be to carrying an iPod, and a phone or a PDA around.
New handsets have also morphed into an entertainment device to challenge not only Apple's dominance in the MP3 player market but also any portable/mobile media devices (MPEG4 players for example).
Personally, I think the market seems ripe for an iPod killer, and if any device can do it it'll be mobile phones, what you think?
Samsung's new SPH-V5400 handset, released in September 2004, is the first mobile phone with a built-in hard drive. The SPH-V5400's 1.5GB drive is large enough to store about a hundred full-length digital songs, with enough room left over for other important data. The phone's built-in MP3 player pipes music through its dual speaker system, providing CD-quality sound. It also features an FM radio transmitter and a digital camera. How cool is that? Cant wait to get my hands on this baby!
Motorola's E398 handset features stereo surround sound thanks to dual speakers situated on either side of the handset. Users can set the phone to vibrate and flash lights in sync with music played on the phone's built-in MP3 player. Songs are stored on a removable memory card. Whacky-DO!
Demand for mobile phones with built-in MP3 players is projected to hit 350 million units worldwide by 2008, up from the 40 million estimated for this year, according to the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center, a Taiwan-based business analysis consultancy.
To complement the new MP3-player mobile phones some telecom providers are offering mobile music services. Other providers are planning to roll out their music services soon. And very sure, Malaysia Mobile operators will be in it quite soon...
Motorola recently announced that it will partner with Apple to bundle its popular iTunes software with Motorola phones. Apple will create a custom version of iTunes for Motorola handsets, allowing users to easily transfer songs from the iTunes jukebox on their PCs to their mobile handsets via a USB or Bluetooth connection.
European mobile telecom service provider Orange Plc offers a service called Music Player that allows subscribers to download song files directly to their mobile phones. Available tracks include recent, rare, and classic tunes from many musical genres. T-Mobile also offers downloadable tunes via its Mobile Jukebox service. Both companies offer other services for music enthusiasts, including news about subscribers' favorite bands and the opportunity to buy discounted or presale concert tickets.
And honestly, I have no doubt expecting to see our mobile operator boys have a trial of this quite soon...
So what's your say? Share this with us! email ky@shockexcite.com share la your ideas!
Dear All,
Happy chinese new year to all and hope you all have been great!
Another year..another battle..what can I say? I hope this year we will fight together for the better or worse..anyways!
These days, anything about Mobile MP3 is a HOT topic...mobile operators, telcos, IT companies and labels have been playing with ideas best ways to deliver music to music fans.
Everyday, somewhere out there over the rainbow ...(sorry I couldn't resist...)there are new companies with "patent-pending" or "killer ideas" to delivery music..many "napsters like P2P" are emerging, and seems that labels are spreading its wings way far to the extend almost any company are allowed to be online resellers. Thinking how about actually CD re-sellers?
Anyways, back to what I'm here for..will mobile phones kill MP3 players?
If there's one gadget that appears to have complete control of its market, it's the Apple iPod. Other vendors continue to release Multimedia / music players, but so far no company has managed to release a model that surpasses the iPod in three important areas: size, user-friendliness, and style.
So why even consider marketing mobile phones boasting built-in digital music players and/or offering a downloadable mobile music service when the market is so dominated by iPod? Because many experts believe that mobile phones with integrated music players will be the iPod's most compelling competitor, directing a broad new profit stream directly to wireless carriers.
Quoting Reuters that breaking into what has now become Apple's space with a standard MP3 player will be very difficult,but mobile phones offer other functions that the iPod doesn't—voice, obviously, digital cameras, and Internet connectivity, therefore it is a real market here in appealing to people who want an all-in-one device—people who don't want to be to carrying an iPod, and a phone or a PDA around.
New handsets have also morphed into an entertainment device to challenge not only Apple's dominance in the MP3 player market but also any portable/mobile media devices (MPEG4 players for example).
Personally, I think the market seems ripe for an iPod killer, and if any device can do it it'll be mobile phones, what you think?
Samsung's new SPH-V5400 handset, released in September 2004, is the first mobile phone with a built-in hard drive. The SPH-V5400's 1.5GB drive is large enough to store about a hundred full-length digital songs, with enough room left over for other important data. The phone's built-in MP3 player pipes music through its dual speaker system, providing CD-quality sound. It also features an FM radio transmitter and a digital camera. How cool is that? Cant wait to get my hands on this baby!
Motorola's E398 handset features stereo surround sound thanks to dual speakers situated on either side of the handset. Users can set the phone to vibrate and flash lights in sync with music played on the phone's built-in MP3 player. Songs are stored on a removable memory card. Whacky-DO!
Demand for mobile phones with built-in MP3 players is projected to hit 350 million units worldwide by 2008, up from the 40 million estimated for this year, according to the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center, a Taiwan-based business analysis consultancy.
To complement the new MP3-player mobile phones some telecom providers are offering mobile music services. Other providers are planning to roll out their music services soon. And very sure, Malaysia Mobile operators will be in it quite soon...
Motorola recently announced that it will partner with Apple to bundle its popular iTunes software with Motorola phones. Apple will create a custom version of iTunes for Motorola handsets, allowing users to easily transfer songs from the iTunes jukebox on their PCs to their mobile handsets via a USB or Bluetooth connection.
European mobile telecom service provider Orange Plc offers a service called Music Player that allows subscribers to download song files directly to their mobile phones. Available tracks include recent, rare, and classic tunes from many musical genres. T-Mobile also offers downloadable tunes via its Mobile Jukebox service. Both companies offer other services for music enthusiasts, including news about subscribers' favorite bands and the opportunity to buy discounted or presale concert tickets.
And honestly, I have no doubt expecting to see our mobile operator boys have a trial of this quite soon...
So what's your say? Share this with us! email ky@shockexcite.com share la your ideas!
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