I dont get your point. i-tunes is a music download and
management service. Nothing to do with the piece of HW
(i-pod or keitai) you download the music on. i-tunes could
be a very well branded chaku-uta download service in
Japan.
Arjen
104.com
--- "Jeffrey L. Funk" <funk@iir.hit-u.ac.jp> からのメッ
セージ：
>
>
> 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
>
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