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Nokia To Use Microsoft Digital Music Software

Posted by timothy on from the battle-lines dept.

BCMM writes "From an article on Reuters: 'The world's largest mobile phone maker, Nokia, and software giant Microsoft struck a deal on Monday to make it easier for consumers to buy digital music on-line and play it back on their handsets ... Nokia agreed to put Microsoft's music player software into its handsets.'" (The BBC covers the deal as well.) "The articles don't mention what sort of DRM or licensing will be involved." jfanning writes "Two new Series 60 phones were also announced that ship soon and support WMA, the 6680 and 6681. I haven't seen it mentioned clearly yet, but also the Media Transfer Protocol has been licenced, so that could mean the phone will show up as a media device in Windows Media 10." jfanning mentions also that Nokia has licensed the Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync protocol for business phones.

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  1. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    SonyEriccsson reported sales increases of its handsets rose

  2. Yay! WMA on my phone! by Augusto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can unwittingly download the latest spyware!

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    1. Re:Yay! WMA on my phone! by donbrock · · Score: 0, Funny

      Luckily, I have a Samsung.

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    2. Re:Yay! WMA on my phone! by plover · · Score: 3, Funny
      Not in Europe. The EU is likely to force them to ship WiMP-free phones.

      They'll probably be marketed as "Microsoft Reduced Ring-Tone Phones"

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  3. In Other News... by bigtallmofo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Motorola has announced that they have signed a deal with Microsoft to implement the stunningly successful Microsoft Bob into their new line of phones.

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  4. Microsoft? Open Standards? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Microsoft will introduce open standards for digital music compression and piracy protection in its Media Players for personal computers

    HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! (sniff - wipes tears from eyes)
    Microsoft supporting open standards. (snort) Now, that's funny!

  5. Well my other idea was... by Joshua53077 · · Score: 3, Funny

    a huge 80's style boom box/cell phone that the kids could carry on their shoulders and they could blast their newly purchased music or their phone call, so be thankful I only floated the first idea. :-P

  6. Drivers and Drivers by Stanistani · · Score: 4, Funny

    *Press One to Download Drivers*
    Beeep
    *Press Two to sync device with server*
    Meeep
    *Look up to avoid crashing into large truck*
    Yaaaaaaagggh!
    *crunch*

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  7. Spywares by michelcultivo · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I go to download there will be that screen asking me to click on "Yes" to install the application? Yeah, that application signed by Verisign :)

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  8. Duh by dsmitchell1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your car already has streaming audio. It's called radio!

  9. Imagine the Steve Ballmer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ringtone: Developers, Developers, Developers ...

    How are they going to make such a sweaty phone?