Jon Westfall
11-28-2006, 06:37 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.twoinchview.com/111-music-lovers-take-note-mercora-m-delivers-the-tunes' target='_blank'>http://www.twoinchview.com/111-musi...ivers-the-tunes</a><br /><br /></div><i>"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 début, 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."</i><br /><br /><img src=http://www.twoinchview.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/mercora-desktop-client1.png><br /><br />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.