Mobile Music Business Sluggish?

According to a new Jupiter research report reckons, only five percent of U.S. mobile subscribers side load tunes from their computer while less than half of that, two percent, download tracks over the air, despite the emergence of online stores from Nokia, Jamba and MusicStation. InternetCommunications reports.

According toJupiter Research, about 66 percent of respondents to a recent survey said nothing would motivate them to listen to music on a mobile. That's a bit of a shock given the success of theiPhone ( News - Alert), a device some have speculated will replace the iPod itself.

About 14 percent of users said they wanted over-the-air tunes. About 16 percent of respondents say they assign ringtones to phone book contacts, says Robert Andrews, mocoNews.net writer.

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