Facing the Music in Italy

Last week I spent a few days in Italy catching up with friends and visiting relatives. As you’d expect, I ate and drank well. When I wasn’t at the dinner table, I walked into a few high-street retailers and checked out the mobile phone section.

I noticed that the Nokia 5800 is available in Italy with [...]

Posted By Paolo Pescatore On April 27th, 2009

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Nokia Turns Up the Volume on Comes With Music

Recent media reports have suggested Nokia is planning to spend a further £10 million advertising Comes With Music in the UK. This coincides with a promotion at the Nokia flagship store in London, offering the 5310 XpressMusic phone and a Comes With Music bundle for £99 (shown on the right).

I firmly believe the 5310 Comes [...]

Posted By Ben Wood On November 24th, 2008

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Another Week, Another Music Deal: Best Buy Snaps Up Napster

I was on holiday in Italy last week, trying out the sat nav on my mobile phone (and avoiding a €140 bill to rent a navigation device from the car hire company, but that’s a tale for another blog posting). While I was away, I missed the news that US electronics retailer Best Buy had [...]

Posted By Paolo Pescatore On September 24th, 2008

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Prepaid Market Set to Be the Fourth Quarter’s Battleground

Watching market developments over recent weeks I can’t help thinking that the prepaid segment will be the one that makes or breaks the fortunes of mobile device manufacturers and network operators in Western Europe in 2008.

We saw a similar turn of events last year, with the prepaid market seeing renewed impetus as growth in the [...]

Posted By Geoff Blaber On September 11th, 2008

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Nokia Challenges Operators with Prepaid Deal for Comes With Music

On 2 September Nokia announced it will launch its first Comes With Music phone in the UK. Carphone Warehouse has secured an exclusive deal to offer the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone on a prepaid tariff some time in the fourth quarter.
If I’m honest, I was disappointed when I read Nokia’s press release this morning. Comes [...]

Posted By Paolo Pescatore On September 2nd, 2008

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