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Nokia Takes On Apple With Touch and Tunes

By Judy Mottl
October 2, 2008

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Nokia took a few swings at Apple's iPhone and iTunes service today, with a one-two punch consisting of its new touchscreen-based, music-centric smartphone and a free music download service.

During the unveiling of both the new 5800 XpressMusic phone and the "Comes With Music" service today at a London launch event, the world's largest phone maker also seized the opportunity to highlight the operating system underlying its newest device.

The 5800 XpressMusic is built on the latest version of Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) S60 Symbian platform, and serves as a indication of some of the advanced features the company expects to deliver through the OS.

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    The usual DRM
    My blog rant: http://tinyurl.com/4m2tjt - Comes With Music is the usual DRM-infested subscription rubbish. This is something the labels have tried to sell to the consumer for the last ten years and failed; it's not clear why wishful thinking would ma...more

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