After predicting that more than $8.2 billion in music will be delivered via digital platforms in Western Europe and North American (almost 30% of total sales) Strategy Analytics went on to say that mobile phones would beat the iPod.
“Its lack of a subscription payment model as well as the fact that it is currently limited to iPod music players, will increasingly put Apple at a disadvantage to services such as V Cast Music. The speed with which sales of music player enabled mobile phones will overtake dedicated music players will accelerate this trend,” said Senior Analyst, Martin Olausson.
“Philip Taylor, Director of the Strategy Analytics Wireless Internet Applications service, states, “We believe that Apple’s experience with Motorola rules out any quick launch of an iPod with built in cellular radio, and that Apple will continue to build resources towards bringing a wireless enabled product to market in 24 to 36 months…As a result, Microsoft will gain strength as the most viable immediate alternative for manufacturers and service providers seeking to gain share for themselves.”
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–iPhone Ponderings
–Confirmed: V-Cast Music Disables MP3s, Denied: It’s Microsoft
–iPod Vs Mobile Rhetoric Heating Up
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