U.S. mobile communication businesses are getting ready to meet the challenge posed by the imminent release of Apple’s iPhone by improving music services via cell phones.
May 17, 2007 (Press Release) --
U.S. mobile communication businesses are getting ready to meet the challenge posed by the imminent release of Apple’s iPhone by improving music services via cell phones. They are worried that Apple could dominate the music phone industry the way it dominates the MP3 player market with its iPod.
Apple is gearing up to release its first mobile phone, the iPhone, next month via top U.S. telecom firm Cingular Wireless. The iPhone caught the eyes of consumers all over the world since Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced plans to release it in January this year. Other than standard phone features, the iPhone includes an MP3 player, video play functions, and a 2-megapixel digital camera. The phone’s innovative touch screen has been described as a new stage in user interface.
But rival firms are most worried about the MP3 player function. The iPod MP3 player is a worldwide bestseller, with over 100 million sold all over the world, and the iPhone is being seen as essentially a product that adds phone functions to the iPod. It includes the standard functions of an iPod, letting users download music and video clips from Apple's digital music store iTunes. The iPhone model with a 4GB memory will cost US$499 (W464,000), and the 8GB model $599.
Apple is gearing up to release its first mobile phone, the iPhone, next month via top U.S. telecom firm Cingular Wireless. The iPhone caught the eyes of consumers all over the world since Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced plans to release it in January this year. Other than standard phone features, the iPhone includes an MP3 player, video play functions, and a 2-megapixel digital camera. The phone’s innovative touch screen has been described as a new stage in user interface.
But rival firms are most worried about the MP3 player function. The iPod MP3 player is a worldwide bestseller, with over 100 million sold all over the world, and the iPhone is being seen as essentially a product that adds phone functions to the iPod. It includes the standard functions of an iPod, letting users download music and video clips from Apple's digital music store iTunes. The iPhone model with a 4GB memory will cost US$499 (W464,000), and the 8GB model $599.
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