RealNetworks goes Nokia
p2pnet.net News:- With Napster II’s desperate launch of an mp3s-to-go rental service still generating ink and bytes, RealNetworks says its RealPlayer will soon be available on some Nokia phones.
The cell phone giant’s decision to include Real formats in many of its new mobiles is an important one for Real which, like Napster II, took a shot at Apple.
It launched Harmony in a bid to tempt punters away from iTunes. Napster II is trying to do the same by offering mp3s on the move– but only as long as users cough up every month.
Nokia has also joined Real’s ‘Helix Community,’ it says.
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See:-
Nokia phones – Nokia and RealNetworks Extend Collaboration, PRNewswire, February 9, 2005
still generating – Napster vs iPod, p2pnet, February 8, 2005
took a shot – Apple and Real hack it out, July 31, 2004
February 9th, 2005 at 5:06 pm
Very misleading article, Napster to Go works with current mobile phones and you don’t have to pay for each and every song. Audiovox SMT5600.
February 10th, 2005 at 6:40 am
Actually it’s WORST.
You have to pay to KEEP the song.
The key here is getting you to churn up money every month forever.
Even if you don’t have the time to listen to something new or if they don’t have what you want to listen to.