Samsung begins own music store
The Koreaanse elektronicagiant Samsung, that self to target has stolen to dominate in 2007 the MP3-playermarket, move for that in Korea with an own music store a first important step for.
The combination of as source the production of MP3-players and an own music store inhand naturally has been modeled on iTunes. The plans for an own downloadservice were revealed yesterday by The Korea Tim.
During a press conference in Seoul let Samsungs manager Choi You-sung self last week slip that the business in conversations has been involved with 'partners' an on iTunes-like service to start.,.
The music service has been intended in first authority for consumers in South-Korea self. Strange is which portfolio the store will lead. Neither is unclear which truce sizes are chosen: MP3 (incredibly because of the being missing from protection), WMA or Apple's audioformaat AAC.
Traditionally the Yepp-players support from house Samsung a choice at open standards, as among many Ogg Vorbis. As long as approach details be missing remains that temporary giswerk. With the world dominance on the territory of MP3-players falls the in the year 2005 yet source with: in the past year Samsung world-wide 1.7 million music players sold - only a fraction of the total sold number music players.
Piquant that is is led is the attack on Apple's hegenomie meanwhile Samsung hofleverancier by the flashmemory in the iPod nano. As long as the plans self limit till South-Korea will senior official Steve Jobs self probably do not wind up; might Samsung the draft world-wide imports, then can that change.
Senior official Choi has released will occupy during the personferentie details about a giantic 36 storeys counting investigation complex outside Seoul, that self excluding with the development of 'digital products', reports the Koreaanse paper.