A good article...for Tuesday's news
Interesting analysis of the emerging competition in the mobile music market, but seeing as this article has been released almost two days after Apple's new music announcements, it takes surprisingly little notice of how that changes the competitive landscape. As for Verizon's "US penetration", the iPhone price cut certainly sabotages that approach, and the world market will likely experience the iPhone interface through the iPod touch before Nokia has a chance to articulate its new multimedia message clearly enough. As for mobile delivery of downloads, the WiFi iTunes Music Store may do a very effective job of bypassing mobile carrier music delivery altogether, or relegating them to the data pipeline that they are, while surpassing 3G speeds. Open access WiFi may not have the ubiquity of mobile networks now, but the new developments from Apple should further encourage its penetration, once consumers begin to experience the new store themselves. As for Sony's new releases, who are you kidding? They have two hardly differentiated players competing against the new iPod nano at roughly the same price point!
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