Music Phones

Music Phones

Summary: You sometimes see cell phone manufacturers talk about music phones. What is it then? A music phone is a phone optimized for playing music. The idea with music phones, smartphones and camera phones is that one would have only one device instead of many. A music phone combines a cell phone and a portable music player. Every major cell phone manufacturer has them.

Sony Ericsson introduced the Walkman phones, Motorola launched the ROKR iTunes and Nokia delivers music phones un...

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Article Body: You sometimes see cell phone manufacturers talk about music phones. What is it then? A music phone is a phone optimized for playing music. The idea with music phones, smartphones and camera phones is that one would have only one device instead of many. A music phone combines a cell phone and a portable music player. Every major cell phone manufacturer has them.

Sony Ericsson introduced the Walkman phones, Motorola launched the ROKR iTunes and Nokia delivers music phones under the XpressMusic phone brand.

More than million music phones were sold in and that is more than double the number of portable MP players and some percent of cell phones sold in were music phones.

Music Phone Characteristics

Here is some typical characteristics of a music phone. When comparing music phones look at these key features.

- Large memory (hard disk) - Support for poular audio formats (MP, AAC...) - Good sound quality - Support for the standard headphones .mm jack - Dedicated music keys - Good music software (for PC and Phone) - Easy to upload music to phone (via bluetooth or USB) - Easy access to OTA (over-the-air) downloads - Extended battery time - FM radio

Music Phones

Here is a couple of examples of music phones released in .

Nokia

This phone has dedicated music keys and can store up to GB (Gigabyte) of music and offers hours of music play. You can transfer music with the Nokia Audio Manager. The music player supports standard audio file formats such as MP, WMA, MA and AAC. It has a FM radio. Retail price of EUR before subsidies or taxes.

Sony Ericsson Wi

Sony Ericsson Wi is a G phone and you can download, transfer, manage and play music from over-the-air (OTA) music download services. Transferring audio files from a PC to the phone is done with the DiscPhone PC software supplied with the phone.

The Wi's internal MB memory provides space for between and songs. You can increase the storage capacity with a bigger memory stick (available up to GB). This phone supports music files like MP, AAC, AAC+, MIDI, WAV and XMF. It has a .mm headphone jack.