Nokia keeps opening its music stores around the world. After Ireland, Netherlands, Australia, France, and Singapore - Sweden comes next. As usual, buyers can grab millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels, and up-and-coming Swedish acts. Prior to buying any particular song, users can listen to a 30 second clip and determine whether they [...]

Few days ago, Nokia announced that it has a new partner for its clever "Comes With Music" scheme - Sony BMG Music Entertainment. And while we still wait to see the first devices that will "come with the music" to be released, it's nice to know the Finish bosses prepare us quite a catalog of [...]

Nokia has recently announced the launch of its digital music stores in Ireland and Netherlands. The Firefox-unfriendly stores (I'm wondering when they'll fix that), sport millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels and local bands. Individual tracks cost 1 EUR, albums start from 10 EUR, while the monthly subscription PC streaming service is priced [...]

In order the grab a piece of the music downloads market currently dominated by Apple’s iTunes, Nokia is launching an innovative “Comes with Music” program. The idea is bundle handsets with a year of unlimited access to “millions of tracks” from (at least initially) Universal Music Group International. And while it’s hard to find any good words about Nokia’s “partner in crime,” we salute the Finish giant for taking initiative and trying to push the music industry one step forward towards adopting the new ways of doing business. Yap, the DRM will be included, but what the hack — I guess that will still be the way how RIAA’s doing business. Back to Nokia. They’ve managed to pull such deal from Universal to allow its customers to keep the music even when they cancel the service. And speaking of the service, you’ll probably want to know the launch date - it’s “mid 2008,” no exact date is provided. ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Napster's OTA music subscription service now available on DoCoMoCarphone Warehouse may offer Omniphone's Music Station service on handheldsMusic Porter X launched by NTT DoCoMoAlltel launches Jump MusicVodafone working on an unlimited music download service