With both Apple and Amazon leading the mainstream charge away from Digital Rights Management for downloadable music it makes perfect sense to offer a new downloadable music service that offers open files that can be moved freely between devices. Which is why Microsoft’s new MSN Mobile Music service, er, does the opposite.
MSN Mobile Music can be reached through Microsoft’s MSN Mobile portal and offers full track downloads for £1.50/track. Videos cost £2 each and Realtones £3. Around 130 handsets are supported, including Symbian and Windows Mobile handsets – though not the iPhone, which is locked to (the much cheaper) iTunes store.
Music is in a proprietary DRM-locked format and is playable only on the handset on which it was purchased, as the site explains:
“When you purchase the music, you get unlimited plays for the content whilst it remains on the device. At this stage, you cannot transfer your music to another device or PC.”
Sounds great!
Available now | £1.50/track | MSN Mobile Music (needs mobile browser)
