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People can choose from estimated four million tracks on the local Nokia Music Store catalogue, comprising a diverse range of major and independent labels carrying both international and local content across genres from jazz to blues, to hip hop, soul, funk, pop, indie, grunge and even kids and soundtracks from movies.

Asian music from artists such as Sing Shi, Huang Jing Lun, Liang Wen Ying, Rainie Yang, Da Mouth, Khalil Fong are available with Comes with Music, among others.

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.

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.

Carphone Warehouse will be the exclusive UK pre-pay channel offering the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic ‘Comes With Music’ edition.

Comes With Music will also feature a tremendous selection of independent music, courtesy of deals with The Orchard (NASD: ORCD), Beggars Group, IODA, the Ministry of Sound, PIAS and Pinnacle. These companies join Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group in supporting Comes With Music. Nokia has also secured music publishing rights from CELAS on behalf of EMI Music Publishing, GEMA on behalf of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, SACEM on behalf of Universal Music Publishing, as well as the MCPS-PRS Alliance.

The United Kingdom will be the first market to offer Comes With Music with sales planned to start on October 16, 2008.

Other categories and manage your music tracks, the software will also make music transfer easier between your mobile devices and PC. You can set up auto-transfer rules and then drag and drop your music to your devices directly. It also has built in CD ripping tools so that you can rip the music without the needs to install other software. Check out the download link and details here

From the palm of their hand, music lovers will be able to access and recommendations, or look for favourite singers. The Nokia Music Store also offers the first on-demand music streaming service focused on local Spanish artists. For a monthly fee consumers can listen to as much music as they want on their PCs. It also has a pre-listening application of 30 seconds which allows the user to sample and identify each theme. Tracks cost EUR 1.50 each (incl. VAT), whilst whole albums are EUR 10 (incl. VAT). The streaming service, based on monthly subscription and which enables the user to listen to any music desired without limit, costs EUR 10. All songs and albums are paid for by credit card.

Carphone Warehouse will be the exclusive UK pre-pay channel offering the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic ‘Comes With Music’ edition. People who buy the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic ‘Comes With Music’ edition will have unprecedented freedom to find and listen to music from a diverse catalog, including international and UK artists.

Tero Ojanperä, Executive Vice President and Head of the Nokia Entertainment and Communities business, said: “We believe that Comes With Music will transform the way people enjoy music. With unlimited music access for a year, you can enjoy your favorite artists or delve into new genres without having to worry about individual track or album purchases.”

Warner Music Group content will also now be available through the Nokia Music Store. The Nokia Music Store is available in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden and the United Kingdom and is expanding to additional countries.

To upgrade to this new version, you can just install the new version over the old version for Windows XP users. For Windows Vista users, you will have to uninstall your old Nokia Music PC client beta version first and run the new installation file.

The supported devices list has also been extended to include the following devices: N76, N78, N81, N82, N91, N95, N95 8GB, N96, 5220, 5310, 5320, 5610, 6210, 6220, E66, E71.

The new version is also a beta version, where Nokia will release another Beta update after 28th July. The Music Store integration might get activated after 28th July.

You can download the software here

http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/musicpcclient

Source [nokia betalabs]

With a single account, music lovers can access the Nokia Music Store via their desktop computer or directly from optimized Nokia devices such as Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N82 and Nokia N81. Browse for new music, get recommendations or search for your favorite artists, songs or albums all from the palm of your hand. 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 10.00 SEK per track and albums from 100.00 SEK. The Nokia Music Store will also offer a monthly subscription for PC streaming for 100.00 SEK. All music on the Nokia Music Store can be purchased through credit cards and pre-paid vouchers. Other highlights include the ability to listen to a 30 second clip from any track on the store. Visit the Nokia Music Store at http://music.nokia.se