Nokia 'Comes With
Music' puts Music in Your Hands
Nokia
has announced the debut of its Comes with Music digital entertainment
service, which offers consumers a new way to discover and enjoy music.
Customers who buy a Comes With Music device will be able to explore and
enjoy a diverse music catalog of international and local artists with
unlimited access to millions of tracks for a year. They can keep the music
even when the year is over.
Comes
With Music offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music
Store catalogue and customers can keep all the music that they have
downloaded at the end of the year to continue enjoying their music
collection.
Comes
With Music will be available across a range of Nokia devices, including
the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, the Nokia N95 8GB, and Nokia 5310
XpressMusic. With more than 10 million units sold globally since its
introduction last year, according to Nokia, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is
the best selling music phone in the world.
EMI Music
has joined as the latest major label to support Comes With Music.
"With the
launch of Nokia's Comes With Music, fans now have a new avenue to find and
enjoy music from EMI's catalogue, and our artists have a powerful new way
to reach their fans," said Douglas Merrill, president, digital business,
for EMI Music. "By encouraging music discovery in an innovative and
consumer-friendly environment, Comes With Music will continue to push
experimentation in the digital music industry."
Comes
With Music will also feature a selection of independent music, courtesy of
deals with The Orchard (NASD: ORCD), Beggars Group, IODA, the Ministry of
Sound, PIAS and Pinnacle. These companies join Universal Music Group, Sony
BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group in supporting Comes With
Music.
Nokia has
also secured music publishing rights from CELAS on behalf of EMI Music
Publishing, GEMA on behalf of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, SACEM on behalf
of Universal Music Publishing, as well as the MCPS-PRS Alliance.
The
United Kingdom will be the first market to offer Comes With Music with
sales planned to start on October 16, 2008.
The Nokia
5310 XpressMusic Comes With Music edition is expected to cost GBP 129.95
and people can pre-register their orders for Comes With Music devices from
Carphone Warehouse at http://www.carphonewarehouse.com.
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