Japan Continues To Lead In Mobile Music

KDDI has partnered with digital music company Gracenote and BREW developer Media Socket to introduce “the first subscription-based digital music download services enabling subscribers to identify and purchase music instantly on the handset”, reports Moco News.

"Music recognition services on mobile phones are not new, but this particular implementation of it goes further than anything before. For starters, the application is preloaded onto the phone (current handsets include two from Toshiba and a Sanyo) — all the user has to do is press a 'search' button and the phone does the rest.

It's not message based either, it goes over KDDI's 3G network. Also, the ability to buy physical goods such as CDs is a nice touch.

emily | 9:44 AM | News, Buzz |
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