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Transistor kills the radio star?

Há cada vez mais telemóveis a dar música...

«"Individually, cellphones and music players have been among the most favored Christmas gifts for years. For many holiday shoppers, this may be the season that they merge."Wireless carriers are offering a huge array of gadgets that combine both functions, with a variety of shapes and sizes and growing music libraries. The new dual-function handsets are often low-priced, and sometimes free, with a two-year service contract. (...)

"Cellphones that double as music players are already posting strong sales around the world. Sony Ericsson... says that it has sold 15.5 million Walkman music phones in a 14-month period ended in September. Motorola Inc. said in its third quarter earnings call that it shipped 15 million high-quality music phones in the past year. Nokia Corp., the world's largest handset maker, says that it is aiming to sell 80 million music phones in 2006, making the company the world's largest manufacturer of digital music-players.

"The new devices target phone users who want to make impulsive music purchases when on the move and will offer some services that iPods don't provide, such as wireless downloading...»

fonte: «New options make this the season for mobile music phones», WSJ (subscrição), via RAIN, 1/12/06

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