One of the biggest problems the other carriers have with an iTunes phone would be the lack of support for downloads over the air. Instead, the downloads would come from iTunes on the Internet, whereas the phone would simply be just able to play them. The other major carriers would much prefer over-the-air download support, which would force users to use a possibly expensive GPRS option to purchase music.
This is good now for the UK music industry however as the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) has said that over 10 million downloads were sold in the UK so far this year which is nearly double the entire amount in 2004. Mobile phones are inevitably set to become not just phones, but entertainment devices like the iPod. While a lot of people have iPods, almost everybody has a mobile phone these days.
Source:
The Register
Written by: James Delahunty @ 11 Jul 2005 17:41
