Microsoft looks to mobile music with device partnerships.(Business)

RCR Wireless News, October, 2004

Byline: SAM OMATSEYE Music at home, on the go and on the cheap sum up the goal of a new partnership program Microsoft Corp. penned with a slew of device vendors. "Windows Media Player 10 Mobile enables interesting new scenarios for the wireless industry benefiting carriers, phone manufacturers, chip makers and consumers, extending the rich media experience on Windows XP-based PCs to new Windows Mobile-based devices,'' said Microsoft.

Carrier AT&T Wireless Services Inc. already is working with Audiovox Communications Corp. using the platform on the SMTT5600 smart phone. "This coincided with the launch of the AT&T mMode music service in early October,'' explained Microsoft. Smart-phone and Pocket PC users can now for the first time...

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