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Nokia Music Store and Comes With Music
"The digital music player that rings in your pocket is also the library, the
shop and the platform to manage all your music," according to Nokia, and it's
the agenda shared across its latest offerings.
The Nokia Music Store, currently available in 15 markets, lets users browse or
purchase music, get recommendations and search for songs, albums and artists.
With the Nokia Music for PC software, music can be transferred between Nokia
music phones and a PC and streamed, downloaded, or ripped or burned to CD. On
March 11, a Nokia Music Store launched in Mexico,
and others are scheduled in coming months for Portugal,
Norway and South
Africa.
Comes With Music enables users to download unlimited music from the Nokia Music
Store for a year or 18 months, depending on which package they buy-after which,
all purchased music still belongs to the owner and new music can be purchased ??í
la carte. It's currently available in the U.K.
and Singapore,
will launch in Australia
in late March, and will be available in the United
States later in 2009.
Nokia 5730 and 5330 XpressMusic
The 5730 and 5330 both feature dedicated keys for quick access to music. The
5730 is Nokia's first music-optimized device with a full QWERTY keyboard. "The
heart of this music device is the Homescreen for XpressMusic, providing access
and dynamic information on music, people, games, email and calendar," explains
Nokia in a statement, summing things up well.
The Nokia 5330 XpressMusic, intended for movers, shakers and social networkers,
is a top-sliced design with a standard 3.5mm jack for headphones and a battery
that can support 26 hours of playback time.
The 5730 is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2009 and to retail
for approximately $350. The 5330 will be available in the third quarter, for an
estimated retail price of $200.
Nokia 5030
Goodbye transistor radio, hello Nokia 5030. The 5030, intended for emerging
markets, "where people rely on a radio as their main source of entertainment
and news," explains Nokia, offers "up to a day" of listening time and 10 hours
of talk time.
The phone is Nokia's first with an internal FM radio antenna. The 5030 has
one-touch radio and channel selection keys on its side and eliminates the need
for a headset or external speakers. It can simply be placed on its side to
project from its considerable loudspeaker.
The 5030 will ship in the second quarter of 2009, for a retail price in the
neighborhood of $50.
The Nokia ExpressMusic devices for U.S.
markets were recently pulled from shelves, after experiencing issues with 3G
connectivity, and replaced with European counterparts.
