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Monday, October 25, 2004
Driver for new phone sales
Another trend speculation:
The next driver for sales will be sampled music (read: MP3 or similar) and quick download of the same (read: EDGE or UMTS).
In the same way, video recording and video telephony will not be major drivers for sales, even though operators want otherwise.
MP3 is of course what users want in terms of sampled music, but oddly that's also what operators specify. The question is how to stop users from uploading MP3 files from a PC or download via "not so very legal" download sites. The industry has to achieve a working security model as well as an attractive consumer pricing model, to stop that from happening.
Singles sales plummet, so this might be its saviour.
The next driver for sales will be sampled music (read: MP3 or similar) and quick download of the same (read: EDGE or UMTS).
In the same way, video recording and video telephony will not be major drivers for sales, even though operators want otherwise.
MP3 is of course what users want in terms of sampled music, but oddly that's also what operators specify. The question is how to stop users from uploading MP3 files from a PC or download via "not so very legal" download sites. The industry has to achieve a working security model as well as an attractive consumer pricing model, to stop that from happening.
Singles sales plummet, so this might be its saviour.
