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Story: Is Apple driving music to mobiles?
Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 20 April 2005, 8:46 PM)
The previous posters are dead on. If anything, they aren't critical enough of the record industry. The record industry seems to be clueless in every phase of this phenomenon. They would rather be yoked to MS (champions of open standards?) They think phones can compete with iPods? (or vice-versa?) They think people want confusing pricing schemes? They think people will buy music in the same volumes as ringtones? They think people will be willing to pay $2 -$3 per tune? They still think people want to "rent" instead of "own?"
They seem to forget that the iPod phenom is really a three headed monster—the iPod, the iTunes software and the iTunes music store. Sure, someone can invent some phone which will play music but that isn't going to do squat compared to Apple and that's just one part of the equation.
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The music industry doesn't get it. People are sic... Anonymous -
Apple is brilliant when it found and serviced... Anonymous -
Left to their own devices, the dinosaurs that run... Jeff Willner
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Nobody is going to use their cellphones to downloa... Sanford Barton
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The previous posters are dead on. If anything, the... Anonymous -
The "mindset" for a Phone will always be to Talk.... OS11
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You're repeating the propaganda... transgeek
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Cell Phone & Music Labels - Idiots. Just like ther... jbelkin
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Oh Gee, Jobs is Intransigent for not wanting to ri... Anonymous
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I have been reading similar articles between... Anonymous
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Don't we, the consumers, have some say in the matt... Jose L. Hales-Garcia
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The cell phone music player idea is nice, but the... studentx
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Seems to me the mobile companies are begginin... Alan
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