Nokia confirms no OTA downloads for Comes With Music 5310
Earlier this week, Nokia announced its launch plans for Comes With Music, with the 5310 XpressMusic handset due to go on sale through Carphone Warehouse in the UK next month. The fact that the phone was on a pay-as-you-go contract, with users responsible for all data charges, made us wonder what this would mean for over-the-air downloads.
Well, there’s a simple answer for that: users won’t be able to do them. Nokia has confirmed to Music Ally that the 5310 WON’T support OTA downloads for Comes With Music – meaning users will have to download and sync tracks via their PCs instead. Therefore, Nokia will be pitching the service as a PC-based one, at least in this first iteration, until more handsets are available.
Simon Ainslie, MD of Nokia UK, tells us that the company has “agreed ways of working with most of the operators, and contracts [are] in place”, although he’s not saying who just yet. But he’s bullish. “This is not a test, it’s the full launch. We’re going to be very loud and very big about it as we head into the Christmas period.”
The full article is in this week’s issue of the Music Ally Report, where we get an operator’s take on Comes With Music, and investigate whether it can compete with Apple’s iPhone in the hype wars.
Tags: 5310, Comes With Music, nokia
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:45 pm
[...] os downloads para os seus computadores e só depois transferi-los para o terminal, de acordo com a Music Ally. Não sei quanto a vocês, mas não estou a ver muita gente a dar-se a tanta trabalheira só para [...]
December 30th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I have an original 5310 but I want to be able to get all the music.
How can I get it just like the ComesWithMusic Handsets?