“This launch delivers a truly mass market music offering from China’s most loved mobile brand. Our broad range of Comes With Music enabled devices and the high quality, DRM-free catalogue form the perfect legal download recipe for the world’s biggest market for mobile phones,” says Liz Schimel, Global Head of Music, Nokia. “Globally, we have expanded the reach of our music service to 30 markets in just 18 months. We are excited to see consumers building collections of the music they love through our service, and we are firmly on the path to delivering legal digital music to all parts of the world. It’s fantastic to have so many local and global labels partner with us to deliver this service in China. The industry came together to support us in innovating the mobile music business model in this unique market.”

The service will include catalogues from the major global labels Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI Music, and a host of local independent labels, including Huayi Brothers Media Group and Taihe Rye.

According to Nokia UK & Ireland’s Head of Communication, Anna Shipley, Nokia’s Music Store is now known as Ovi Music. The upgrade to Ovi Music will take place over the first half of 2010, essentially upgrading countries that are currently using Nokia Music Store as their digital storefront. There isn’t any specific timing for any particular countries, but Nokia has confirmed that the change will be automatic, so users shouldn’t have to do anything to make it happen.

This isn’t that big of a surprise, as the Ovi moniker has become a staple to the company. Rebranding other products, like Maps, took place earlier in the year (it also ushered in the usage of free Ovi Maps for life). So, it looks like Nokia will continue to use Comes With Music for their device launches, but the change is coming solely in the name change of the music store itself. Hopefully this doesn’t upset your entire weekend.

[via Pocket-Lint]

Featuring a 32GB internal memory, the Nokia X6 is a full touch screen phone powered by a 3.2-inch wide display in 16:9 ratio (360 x 640 pixels) and 16 million colors. The touch screen phone also comes with a 5 megapixel camera module. It does not have a Xenon flash but assisted by 2 flash LED for low light photography. With direct access to Ovi Store, the Nokia X6 is a hive of activity that brings 20 friends and virtual communities, like Facebook, to your homescreen. Other than a range of the Nokia Ovi services, the phone retail package will also package with Spore by EA, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour by Gameloft games.

The Nokia X6 will initially be available in Europe, Eurasia and Middle-East and Africa. It is also possible to order the device from the Nokia Online Store: http://europe.nokia.com/buy-online

Featuring a 32GB internal memory, the Nokia X6 is a full touch screen phone powered by a 3.2-inch wide display in 16:9 ratio (360 x 640 pixels) and 16 million colors. The touch screen phone also comes with a 5 megapixel camera module. It does not have a Xenon flash but assisted by 2 flash LED for low light photography. With direct access to Ovi Store, the Nokia X6 is a hive of activity that brings 20 friends and virtual communities, like Facebook, to your homescreen. Other than a range of the Nokia Ovi services, the phone retail package will also package with Spore by EA, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour by Gameloft games.

Nokia X6 Specifications:

• Network: WCDMA 850/1900/2100+QB GSM (LTA, NA). WCDMA 900/1900/2100 +QB GSM
• Symbian OS, S60 5th edition 5.0
• Size: 111 x 51 x 13.8 mm
• Display: 3.2″ 16:9 nHD
• 32 GB internal memory
• Talk time: up to 8h (GSM) /5 h (3G)
• Stand-by time: up to 406h (GSM) /400 h (3G)
• Music playback time: up to 35h
• Video playback time: up to 4 hours (30 fps)
• Processor 433.9MHz
• 5 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• A-GPS
• WLAN

The new Nokia X3 also joins Nokia’s music portfolio. The Nokia X3 is designed for music lovers and is the first Series 40 Ovi Store-enabled device. The Nokia X3 is a sleek and compact music device that comes with stereo speakers, built-in FM radio, and a 3.2 megapixel camera.

Nokia X3 Specifications:

• Network: GSM Quadband 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz Series 40 PR 9.1
• Size: 96 x 49.3 x 14.1 mm
• Display: 2.2” QVGA, 262K colors, Active TFT, 240×320 pixel, transmissive
• 46MB internal memory
• microSD card slot
• Talk time: Up to 7.5h GSM
• Stand by time: Up to 380h GSM
• Music playtime: Up to 26h
• Bluetooth
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• FM Radio

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]]> http://www.slashphone.com/nokia-announces-new-xseries-music-phones-with-x6-and-x3-026676/feed 8 http://www.slashphone.com/orange-uk-launches-comes-with-music-service-with-nokia-5800-135685 http://www.slashphone.com/orange-uk-launches-comes-with-music-service-with-nokia-5800-135685#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 09:43:59 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=5685 Orange and Nokia today announced they will launch Nokia’s ‘Comes With Music’ service exclusively for Orange customers on the Nokia 5800. Offering access to the Nokia Music Store with over 6 million tracks, Comes With Music will be available from Orange on the device across a selection of Orange pay monthly price plans and upgrades from Friday 29th May 2009. In addition, the Nokia 5800 Comes With Music will be available exclusively to Orange customers in black / silver.

Speaking on the announcement, Francois Mahieu, Director of Devices for Orange UK, said: “We’re extremely excited about being the exclusive UK operator to offer Comes With Music on the Nokia 5800. We are always looking for ways to remove the barriers that stand between our customers and the things they love and believe that by offering this service, we are able to do just that.”

Nokia Comes with Music devices comes with one year subscriptions of using Nokia Music Store. You can download unlimited number of free songs from the music store, and keep the songs in your phone or computer after the subscription is ended. Nokia Comes With Music is already live in the United Kingdom and on the Nokia N96, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic and will be available on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic later this year.

Once a track captures your attention, you can add it to your wishlist to buy later or purchase it immediately for download to your device without having to download the same song again on your computer. You can also transfer purchased songs via your PC to compatible Nokia devices.

Individual tracks will cost 1.00 EUR per track and 10.00 EUR per album in Austria, and 1.50 CHF per track and 15.00 CHF per album in Switzerland. All music on the Nokia Music Store can be purchased through a variety of payment options, including credit cards and pre-paid vouchers.

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[via slashgear]

Putting people first, the Nokia 5630 XpressMusic homescreen gets individuals closer to the people and media that are most important to them. The Contacts Bar allows direct access to up to 20 closest friends or business contacts straight from the homescreen and provides a full communication history with these contacts including recent emails, messages, phone logs and photos shared. A shortcuts bar at the bottom of the homescreen gives quick access to the most frequently used applications including music, radio, Web, N-Gage and photos.

Other than supporting HSDPA wireless data connection, the  5630 XpressMusic also supports HSUPA, allowing an upload speed of 2mbps with supported network.

The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic will be available in select markets beginning in the second quarter of 2009 with an estimated retail price of 199 EUR exclusive of subsidies and taxes.

[via engadgetmobile]

The United Kingdom was the first market to offer Comes With Music in October 2008 and Singapore and Australia are expected to launch later this quarter. Comes With Music offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue and customers can keep all the music that they have downloaded at the end of the year to continue enjoying their music collection.