Omnifone’s MusicStation music download store – which is pre-loaded on all HP laptops – is also getting an Android launch if you’re looking for another way to download music on your Android phone. [Business Wire]
Subscription music services have struggled to take off in Australia. Nokia’s offering is PC only, while Sanity’s attempt is so ludicrously overpriced and restrictive that you may as well be smoking hundred dollar notes. But – from the details outlined in the press release at least – Vodafone’s MusicStation (a collaboration with Omnifone) offering actually looks like it’s not only usable, but downright value for money.
For just $2.75 per week (or $11.95 per month), you get unlimited tracks downloaded to your mobile phone. There are no data charges for the downloads, and the downloads happen in the background, so you can queue up 1000 songs and it will just download while you walk around.
All four music labels are on board, as well as most of the local independents, for a total of over a million tracks at launch. It will be available on nine handsets at launch, but Vodafone plan on adding to that figure quickly. To start with, the MusicStation Service will be offered on the LG KU990 Viewty, Nokia 6121 classic, Nokia E65, Nokia N73, Nokia N95 8GB, Sony Ericsson C902, Sony Ericsson W880i, Sony Ericsson W890i, and the Nokia 6210 Navigator.
