Company unveils rival to iPhone, iTunes
British Firm Unveils Rival to Apple’s iPhone ; Omnifone to Charge $3.88 Per Week
By Matt Moore Omnifone, a British mobile music company, is unveiling a new music service Monday aimed at cell phone users who crave music while on the go, in the first of what is expected to be many challenges against Apple Inc.’s upcoming iPhone and its ubiquitous iTunes Store.
Digital music service aims to pip iPhone
Music companies and mobile phone operators are hoping that a new digital music service with iPod-like characteristics will steal the thunder from the lauded Apple iPhone that is still more than six months away from hitting the shelves in the UK.
FEATURE: Mobile phones to play music – competition for iPhone
Barcelona – Some 80 per cent of all mobile phones sold today are capable of playing music, but people prefer to use their MP3 players. So far, all attempts to challenge Apple’s dominating combination of iPod and iTunes software has failed.
Symbian sees no threat from iPhone
Apple’s forthcoming iPhone poses no immediate threat to Symbian’s dominance of the cellular phone world, according to the company’s CEO who spoke at a press conference during the 3GSM expo today in Barcelona. Speaking to journalists gathered at the event, Symbian chief Nigel Clifford was optimistic about Apple’s device as a potential catalyst for t…