At 11:49 04/01/23 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>I thought, you might be interested in this article:
>http://www.rns-usa.com/chaku_melody_uta.htm
>It is a detailed review and comparison of chaku-melo and chaku-uta.
>Care to comment?
>
>Respectfully,
>Alexei
chaku-uta is one of the most interesting services to watch in japan for
many reasons. One reason is that it will probably cause music companies to
replace karaoke companies as the main source of ringing tones in Japan.
Another reason is that chaku-uta's success suggests that many people are
interested in playing music on their phones. While the world's music
industry is largely focused on i-Tunes, Moore's Law will probably make the
phone the device of choice in the next few years to play music (whether it
is downloaded via wireless or wireline is another question). the chaku
melody article claims that a 15-30 second chaku uta file is 45-90 KB
suggesting that a phone with an external 128-MB memory device can save
about 250 songs, which is probably sufficient for many people. According to
a Forbes article http://www.forbes.com/2004/01/23/cx_ah_0123tentech.html ,
a 128 MB memory device now retails for $70 and of course this price will
decline quite rapidly over the next few years. In summary, i-tunes may have
a fairly short life.
Cheers,
Jeff Funk
Hitotsubashi University
Received on Mon Jan 26 06:09:35 2004