DISQUS

Zylam Marex · 1 year ago

but you have to say that nokia have grown rapidly, your right Innovation is required and you got some great ideas there, it would be like your unlimited storage mp3 player and adding songs would never be a problem but nokia are zooming past rivals companies i mean every other day they got some interesting site like the mapsters or the ngage site or the hands free video thing and that open at your own risk thing and the open to anything....and you said your self that when nokia do something they do it pretty big (like the air lift crane thing for the wimax N810)

Zach · 1 year ago

Thanks for the comment Zylam. I think the main focus here, and the
central point of Olly's (which fostered my) argument is that Nokia's
music offering is seemingly intended to be a focal point of its
product line. Tons of time and tons of money are going into this
offering. If we step back for a moment, it seems insane that a product
of this size would be assembled and launched without any sort of real
innovation...

Yes, there is some business innovation in terms of getting major
labels on board with a year of unlimited downloads - but where is the
technology to compliment this feat? Why would I continue to use the
product once my free download period has come to an end? Why would I
even start downloading free music when I know that it will be
unavailable to me a year later when I ditch it due to lack of a new,
appealing and useful feature set?

Therein lies the problem.

Zylam Marex · 1 year ago

i agree that in every licensing product the owner should have the right and freedom to use that same subscription in any way he/she like as long as they are still bound in the deal weather it be the purchase code for a n-gage game or a years subscription to the music store if they buy a new handset they should be able to transfer the cide over to their new phone or like you said access their songs from even a comp and i'm sure that after the whole n-gage scene nokia created for no reason and the major negative feedback they got i'm sure they have learned this bigtime.....

Yea innovation brings about attraction and hype but what if the new concepts nokia implement in the music store actually inturn cause a down fall and as you said that alot of money is being pushed into this project maybe nokia just wanna get into the game first and become known to the people so their going with what people are used too, which is something like itunes i'd say thats a pretty safe move and once they are settled than they could start to add the new innovated features, nokia to me seem like they would take a blow to themselfs to try and provide more to the uers...i mean the N78 is more expensive than the N82? surely both the phones are effecting each others sales and look at symbian, nokia did take a plung when they decided to make smartphones and now look how far they have brought symbian...i'd say really far and i think their gonna take the whole thing over too

Zach · 1 year ago

"...maybe nokia just wanna get into the game first and become known to
the people so their going with what people are used too, which is
something like itunes i'd say thats a pretty safe move and once they
are settled than they could start to add the new innovated
features..."

Unfortunately this concept is impossible. Firstly, first impressions
mean everything. If people are welcomed to the service and greeted by
the same old music store, that will be their impression. Those who
leave are unlikely to be wooed back in the future when there are so
many other solid options out there. Second, the technology and work
behind creating something like this is massive. There's is no way that
they could introduce something and then completely revamp its core.

This is one of those "only time will tell" situations but like we
said, nothing that we've seen to this point is evidence of any kind of
differentiating technology that might make this service a threat.