Adding Music Players To Cellphones Won’t Be IPod Killer Some Think

The Wall Street Journal has run an article claiming the iPod will be able to fend off the threat from MP3-capable mobile phones…the first such story I’ve seen in the main press in a while, if at all. It cites brand and ease-of-use as being in Apple’s favor…”Moreover, while the mechanics of transferring songs from a computer running Apple’s iTunes to an iPod are straightforward, questions abound about how it would work with a cellphone. Could you transfer music to a PC? Back it up on a CD-ROM? Restore it if the phone is lost? Reclaim it if you get a new phone?…Then there’s that pesky business model. A hot new feature only helps wireless carriers if it makes money.”
And of course, the most pertinent fact when comparing future mobiles to current iPods: “Finally, there’s the fact that too many tech boxing matches get handicapped as if the leader is content to sit on its lead — something you don’t do if you want to survive in the Internet biz. There’s no way Apple will hold still as cellphone makers take aim at it — not after digital music allowed the company to muscle its way back into the home-computing mix.” (via Ringtonia)
Related stories:
Mobile Phones Accused Of Planning iPod Death
Gates Sees Mobile Phones Overtaking iPods
Will Music Enabled Cell Phones Replace MP3 Players?
Is The iPod/Mobile Debate Irrelevant?

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