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news of 2005-02-15

Nokia goes to bed with the enemy...

... and partners with Microsoft for mobile music. So Apple has Motorola as a partner. Apart from the fact that Motorola isn't exactly the leader in mobile phones (Nokia is at about 30 percent market share - and SonyEricsson, LG and Samsung look like better second choices than Motorola from a worldwide market view), it seems to me that Apple shouldn't have chosen one player in the first place. They should've offered access to the iTMS to any mobile phone maker out there. Or at least all the big ones. Nokia first, of course. Because after all: If online music on the mobile phone ever takes off big-time, neither Apple or Microsoft are going to be leader. Nokia is going to be. Simply because it provides the world with the most handsets.
So what's the reason for Apple? Do they feel the need to 'help' Motorola? Or do they intend to 'slowly try' the market with Motorola? I hope not, because once the deals are made, it's going to be much harder to convince any of the players to switch.

[ written by fryke™ on 2005-02-15 at 10:52 CET ]
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