Mobiles ‘not media players yet’

Mobile handsets are not yet able to cope with the technological requirements for multimedia content that are beginning to be demanded of them, according to a couple of reports. The main issues are battery life and memory. “Mobile phone music services must not be positioned to compete with the PC music experience as the handsets are not yet ready,” said Thomas Husson, mobile analyst at Jupiter research. “Mobile music services should be new and different, and enable operators to differentiate their brands and support third generation network launches.”

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