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Tuesday, 15 February 2005 |
Sony Ericsson preps Walkman phone
Register - London,England,UK
Sony Ericsson is to target Motorola's upcoming iTunes-compatible mobile phone
and other handsets developed to cash in on the digital music phenomenon by
leveraging Sony's Walkman brand.
The handset, due to be formally launched next month, will sport sufficient
storage for six to ten CDs' worth of songs encoded in MP3 or AAC format, company
president Miles Flint said yesterday.
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"We intend to bring to market a complete consumer music option," he said.
Tracks will be copy-protected using the Open Mobile Alliance's DRM 2.0
specification.
Interestingly, Sony's digital music service, Connect, will offer songs to owners
of the new handset. Connect currently supports only the company's own ATRAC
format, developed for MiniDisc. Flint did not suggest the new handset would
support ATRAC, so it seems likely that Connect will support alternative formats
- something it may well be doing anyway to support the PlayStation Portable.
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