11-28-2006, 06:37 PM
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Mercora: Stream Music To Your Windows Mobile Device
"If you look at the history of portable recorded music, you can see a clear trend: first we had cassette tapes, then CDs. The pre-recorded music gave way to custom-burned CDs with the music the person wanted on it. Then came portable digital media players. The allure of digital audio players was simple: being able to carry more a lot of music in a single device. Since the first digital audio players made their d�but, we�ve seen a steady march toward higher and higher capacity storage. Today, the largest devices have a staggering 100+ GB worth of storage. Most people don�t have that much music to fill the player, but throwing more storage at the problem can only work for so long - and ultimately you�re still limited to the music that�s on the player. What if you eliminate the local storage factor, and instead stream the music to a wireless device? Suddenly having a lot of space for your music no longer matters. What if you allow the portable device to access a huge variety of music? That�s a game-changing idea, and it�s exactly what Mercora is looking to deliver."
The Two Inch View has a nice write-up about Mercora, a new way to stream music to your device and thus free up users from requiring large amounts of storage space just to have a good music selection on their Windows Mobile Devices. While it may be slightly ahead of it's time, it's still a pretty neat idea.
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11-28-2006, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Seems there's a typo in the web link to mercora - it should be http://www.mercora.com, which takes you here http://search.mercora.com/v6/_front/web.jsp
Looks interesting. When I eventually get my VGA PocketPC phone, and have a decent fast internet access via 3G or whatever then this could be a great thing. Not sure I really care to replace my iPod unless it dies completely though ;-)
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