Nokia's 'Comes With Music' Service Launched

The long awaited cell phone music service from Nokia, Comes With Music, has finally been penciled in for launch in October. Nokia will initially launch its 'all-you-can-eat' service in the UK before a global rollout to other countries. The success of the iPhone in particular is seen by Nokia as a challenge in the very lucrative digital music download market. The ace up Nokia's sleeve though is that their service will be unlimited rather than the pay-per-download model that Apple use for its iTunes Store.

Purchasers of the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic device will be able to access the music service for a year and download an unlimited amount of media; an added bonus is that consumers will get to keep their downloads even after their subscription ends. The Comes With Music service also offers a social networking element where users can connect and share their music.

The executive vice president of Nokia, Tero Ojanperä, said, "Sharing music becomes legal, and you can start to build the offering into a social network."

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