Originally published February 23 2005
Mobile phone makers branching into multimedia applications
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
After the runaway success of the iPod, mobile players are chasing the portable music player market by building high quality players in their handset. One of the unique handsets include Nokia’s version that allows music to be downloaded from phone networks to the computers. Mobile phone companies are forced to produce new functions like these and other wireless applications because of the heated up competition for telephony options by internet telephony services.
With a covetous eye on the success of portable music players, mobile phone Latest News about mobile phones makers are going after would-be iPod buyers by building high-quality players into their handsets.
Sony Ericsson announced yesterday it would soon market music-player mobiles under its parent's Walkman brand, drawing on the music catalog of a sister company, Sony BMG, the world's No. 2 record company.
And Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Latest News about Nokia, the world's leading phone maker, announced an alliance with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Latest News about Microsoft to allow mobile subscribers to load music from a PC onto their phones -- much the way that a digital music player works.
Unlike owners of dedicated MP3 Latest News about MP3 players, Nokia users will also be able to download tracks directly onto their handsets through the wireless phone network and transfer them to computer for storage or burning onto a CD.
At a news conference on the first day of the 3GSM World Congress, a major mobile industry gathering on the French Riviera, Nokia also unveiled a new 3G Latest News about 3G phone with an integrated music player and high-quality stereo output.
Mobile phone makers and networks are looking for ways to boost their revenue given difficulties finding new customers in saturated industrialized markets and even in some developing countries.
Such calls could soon be possible with mobiles: Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Latest News about Motorola and Internet phone company Skype Technologies have just teamed up to explore that possibility.
With high-speed 3G networks now widespread, companies like Nokia hope demand for pricier, more sophisticated phones and airtime will be spurred by new features from wireless gaming and instant messaging Latest News about instant messaging to pay-TV and remote banking services.
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