Kent Pribbernow
11-12-2004, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/Cell+phones+take+iPod+challenge/2100-1039_3-5449095.html?tag=nefd.lede' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/Cell+phones+take+iPod+challenge/2100-1039_3-5449095.html?tag=nefd.lede</a><br /><br /></div><i>"When Gilles Babinet looks at a cell phone, he sees a music store, an iPod and even a nascent platform for a tiny-screened MTV. The curly-haired Parisian is the chairman and founder of Musiwave, the company that powers Vodafone's new mobile phone music download service, which launched across Europe this week. He's sure that huge numbers of people will eventually find it natural to buy and listen to music on cell phones--but in some countries more than others." </i><br /><br />I can see this service gaining popularity in Europe and Asia where Cell Phones are more advanced and prolific, but here in the US it would never fly. The US wireless market is a joke compared to more developed networks abroad, especially Japan where digital audio and streaming video on mobile phones is common fare.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/1110motphone377x650.jpg" />