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Samsung steps in the tracks of Apple and Microsoft, and also with a combination, music player/store/software comes for the day. Temporary there are single downloadstores in the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

The new music service is gentegreerd in the Samsung Media Studio (SMS), a through Samsung developed media player for Samsung-apparatuses. Earlier versions of SMS get an automatic software-update. The service has been developed to work perfectly together with Samsungs digital K3-, K5- and T9-musicplayers. Earlier brought out Samsung PlaysForSure-players, as the Z5, can there however also use from make.

Music service MusicNet furnishes the music and the platform for the Samsung Media Studio (SMS). French and German consumers have entry till more than 2.6 million tracks, and the Britons even till more than three million tracks. The musics is originating of the four largest labels and more than 55,000 independent labels.

Samsung has to make a large inhaalslag. The business is according to market researcher NPD the on four after largest manufacturer of music players in the world, after Apple, SanDisk, Creative Technology and Microsoft.

“In America has the iPod a market share of 70 until 75 per cent”, says Apple-spokesman Steven Van the Eynde desgevraagd. “And in the Benelux 35 until 40 per cent with uitschieters; that changes of week until week.” The market share of the iPods with hard write lies in the Benelux according to Van the Eynde otherwise before around the seventy per cent.

Dominance of iPod and iTunes
With the coming of the new music service, the dominant iPod/iTunes-combination gets at the same time a little more counterbalance. With name record companies, that Apple find a too little flexible partner, will that welcome.

Universal Music isof them. Of the Worldly largest flat label has Wednesday opposite under other MacWorld UK affirmed that it its contract with Apple indeed have not renewed.,. In place of that offers Universal its music from now at when it that zlf want, as source at iTunes as at other stores.

Also for consumers is a larger freemdom of choice naturally always favorable, already lie the prices of iTunes and Samsungs online music store not quite far apart. Apple asks download 99 euro penny per; by Samsung, this costs 1.15 Euros. Customers can take also a subscription fifteen Euros per month, with which they download can in an unrestricted way.

Benelux-introduction”
Interesting question is natural or available becomes, and so yes when, the service in the Benelux. The K3, K5 and T9-players become also here sold and would welcome the owners of it the service probably. According to Blair Schooff, manager Partner and Label Relations by MusicNet, there are to roll however no concrete plans the service from to the Netherlands or Belgi.