Telemóveis vão tomar o lugar do iPod?

«"The technology is completely ready, and the change in consumers' habits has started. The best evidence is our sales number. We are selling huge amounts," Tommi Mustonen, director at Nokia's multimedia unit told Reuters in an interview. Mustonen said the company aimed to sell 80 million music devices this year, up from 46.5 million in 2005. Nokia is not alone. The world's fourth-largest handset maker Sony Ericsson has benefited in recent quarters from strong sales of a line-up of Walkman music-playing handsets, of which it sold 15 million in its first year. By contrast, Apple sold 8.7 million iPods in the July to September quarter, making it the world's most popular music player, but the volume still lagged far behind music phones. Mustonen said two out of three consumers whose phones can play digital tracks already use it for that purpose. Nokia does not see Apple, with its iPods and iTunes service, as a competitor, at least not before the U.S. firm's expected iPhone hits the shelves, Mustonen said. "The comparison with iPod is wrong; it is a single purpose device, and it is not connected," Mustonen said, adding that Apple was moving in the same direction with the possible launch of an iPhone, according to media and financial analysts. "Then you can compare us," Mustonen said.»

fonte: USA Today, «Nokia claims ground in digital music battle», 30/10/06