Home › News ›

Nokia Confirms 'Comes With Music' Headed to U.S. in 2009

Feb 27, 2009, 10:40 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Nokia confirmed for Ars Technica that its Comes With Music service will be launched in the U.S. before the end of 2009. It was previously believed to be on a launch schedule for early 2009. Comes With Music is a music subscription service whereby users buy a phone and receive a year of unlimited access to Nokia's music store, which has some 4 million tracks available. Users are allowed to keep all the songs downloaded after the yearly subscription lapses. The only way to renew the subscription is to buy another Comes With Music phone. The cost of the service is built into the sale price of the phone. Nokia did not say if it has a deal in place with a U.S. network operator, but did say that talks are in progress.

Related

TCL Launches 20 Series in US

Jun 28, 2021
TCL today revealed the US launch details for its new 20 series of phones: the TCL 20 Pro 5G, 20S, and 20 SE. The 20 Pro 5G is an affordable flagship phone with 5G for $500.

Nokia Phones Coming to New US Carriers in 2022

Jan 5, 2022
HMD Global is teasing its lineup of Nokia phones for the US for first half of 2022. The five new phones will bring the company's presence to two new US carriers, representing "its largest U.S.

Apple Makes Major App Store Concession on Media Subscriptions

Sep 1, 2021
Starting early next year, Apple will allow media player apps like Spotify and Netflix to direct new users to subscribe via their own web sites and third-party payment systems. Previously, Apple required such apps to use Apple's payment system, where Apples takes a cut of up to 30%.

Verizon, AT&T Moving Forward with C-Band 5G Launch This Week Over FAA Objection

Jan 2, 2022
Verizon and AT&T this morning refused a request by federal transportation officials to delay this week's planned launch of 5G service in the critical new C Band. [Update: By evening, the two companies agreed to a two-week delay.] The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) insists that the service could potentially interfere with radio altimeters that planes use to measure distance to the ground in poor weather.

Foldable Google Pixel Confirmed by FCC

May 1, 2023
A new device approval appearing on the FCC's web site appears to confirm the rumor that Google has its own foldable phone coming out soon. Among the information available are diagrams showing "open" and "closed" configurations.

Comments

This forum is closed.

This forum is closed.

bluecoyote

Feb 27, 2009, 7:18 PM

What idiots are running Nokia? Has it dawned on them they're getting their butts handed to them?

Have these guys heard of 'iTunes?' Or Limewire? Or any of the other 8 million sites people go to to get 'free' music? Have these guys missed the memo that Apple controls the digital pay-for-music scene singlehandedly and nobody in this country gives a rats ass about a crappy proprietary service that is tied to a (not-an-iPhone) cell phone that is only good for a year?

This service is stupid on so many levels I don't know where to begin. No way in hell is anyone going to pay more money upfront for a Nokia because it comes with a 'subscription' service that replicates what someone can do for free.

thizmobile

Call me an "idiot" but not everyone wants to pay 99c for itunes or download from a site that can get you a virus when they could potentially download them for free with their new nokia phone.

...

tkboxer

When Express Music store is added to the Nokia Ovi portal it then makes sense. Nokia Ovi is what itunes is to Apple. Ovi allows for the Nokia user to sync contacts, maps, music, photos/video, gaming, calendar, and file storage directly from their phon...
(continues)

brschoppe

Feb 27, 2009, 11:31 AM

Not such a "Green" idea.

I find it ironic that the only way that you can renew your subscription is to buy a new phone after your 1 year subscription runs out. This is especially ironic considering that most phone plans in the US lock people in for 2 years (that should make it easier for them to get picked up by a user carrier;) ). I find that Finnish are usually more "green", and this seems anything but...unless you are talking green cash money.

NokiaGoth

green has nothing to do with this. its a great idea. a year of unlimited downloads music wise would definitly add value to a phone i may other wise have not looked at. Nokia never mentio9ned these were cheap phones or throw awayphones. and since Nokia...
(continues)

Page 1 of 1