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Apple iPhone 3G officially released!

Written by Meraj Chhaya on June 9, 2008 – 10:22 pm

Apple just released their much-hyped iPhone 3G at the WWDC, after a 75min long keynote. Here is the press release, but before a quote from Steve Jobs. Full specifications will follow in a post.

“Just one year after launching the iPhone, we’re launching the new iPhone 3G that is twice as fast at half the price,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “ iPhone 3G supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right out of the box, runs the incredible third party apps created with the iPhone SDK, and will be available in more than 70 countries around the world this year.”

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Nokia tackles the music market with one more Music Store

Written by Meraj Chhaya on April 3, 2008 – 2:08 pm

Offering local based online shop is a good initiative, when you consider that you can download any local and international track on the move, and Nokia is making use of that at it fullest, with the launch of the new Nokia Music Store of Ireland.

Nokia is providing over 2,5 million tracks from both Irish and International artists, but the prices seem quite strange, and maybe exaggerated: 1 Euro for each individual track, and 10 Euros for a monthly subscription fee for music streaming to PC. With these kinds of prices, more people will opt for illegal P2P downloads or the Apple iTunes music store.

I hope this also helps the "Comes with Music" campaign, and that it provides more choice of download to those lucky ones who are offered one year of free music downloads.

"As the world’s largest manufacturer of digital music players, millions of consumers from around the world can enjoy our music experiences," said Mr Alan O’Hara, General Manager of Nokia Ireland. "We’re dedicated to delivering the best music experience, based on products and services that offer consumers choice, relevance, and ease of use. We also want to be more locally relevant than any other digital music store in Ireland. "

Nokia is celebrating the launch by giving away 24,000 free music vouchers for the store at NokiaFreeMusic.ie - each worth from EUR 1 to EUR 10. Everyone who claims a voucher at NokiaFreeMusic.ie is also entered to win a Nokia N95 8GB device, Bluetooth speakers, plus one year of unlimited streaming music from the Nokia Music Store. Nokia Music Store will also offer a free track of the week every week.

Source: Nokia