Steve Jobs is calling on the recording industry to unlock music and set consumers free. Why now? Could it have something to do with the iPhone?

3GSM phone expo is to be held next week.The conference “Mobile Music: The Apple Factor,” has been intent to talk about the iPhone’s effect on music phones and will count a Nokia marketing chief among its guests.

“It’s difficult to discount the carry-through success that Apple could have in the mobile area,” PC world reported.

Many companies fear that the iPod’s success could easily translate to strong iPhone sales and lose their own marketshares.
 
Steve Jobs has written an open letter to the world, suggesting that it’s time to do away with the Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology.DRM locks up downloaded music from being played on competing digital music players, such as Apple’s iPod, Microsoft’s Zune and a bevy of others.

With the release of iPod and iTunes Music Store, Apple is already the kingpin of digital music players and digital music downloads. Besides, the iTunes Music Store has by far the widest selection of music available for download. So, is there any relationship to do with the iPhone?(click for explanation)

Posted on February 8th, 2007 by admin
Filed under: iPhone News