July 2, 2004
Cell phones heading into iPod territory
Jingles on cell phones are going beyond ring tones, calling up a day when wireless devices might double as mini MP3 players with the potential to replace stand-alone products such as Apple Computer's iPod, reports News.com.
"As cell phone makers edge back into the market, analysts say, they will need to make an aggressive push if they hope to make any headway. But real convergence--the kind where customers might forgo an iPod because they're buying a Motorola phone--is still some ways off, they say.
Someday we'll get to the miracle iPod phone, but that day is not happening in the next 18 months," said Mark Mooradian, senior director for MusicNet, a large digital music service.
Some stumbling blocks are purely technical, having to do with details such as battery life and the storage capacity of phones. In addition, the ambitions of the wireless carriers and record labels to turn mobile phones into a wholly separate music market may also keep the devices apart for some time.
[...] "For people that really want to carry around 5,000 songs, I don't know if cell phones will ever have enough memory, Nokia spokesman Steven Kanuff said. "For people who don't want to carry two devices around, this is a good alternative."
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