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Comments on: Nokia pitches 'free music with old phone' offer

how long... 

Posted Tuesday 2nd September 2008 11:32 GMT

Flame

before somebody cracks the protection that makes it impossible to download from the older phones. One flashed firmware and possible id change later and poof - their business model of getting people to buy a new version every 12 months goes up in smoke!

could it be... 

Posted Tuesday 2nd September 2008 18:25 GMT

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.. that they chose the 5310 for the free music offer because it was specifically designed with music playback in mind? - nokia made and released it to compete with the sony ericsson w880 walkman phone...

Nokia have missed a trick... 

Posted Tuesday 2nd September 2008 19:28 GMT

Jobs Horns

Surely if you're going te resell last year's old tosh at inflated prices, you need to stick a 3G label on it....

Carphone Warehouse 

Posted Tuesday 2nd September 2008 21:41 GMT

"Carphone Warehouse is now accepting pre-orders for the device"

Nice little plug for a shit phone box-shifter.

People would do wise to avoid using Crapphone Shithouse.

(from an ex-customer. And no, I don't work for them.)

Nokia 5310 

Posted Wednesday 3rd September 2008 10:33 GMT

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The Nokia 5310 is easily one of the best music phones on the market with dedicated audio chipset far superior than Sony Ericsson's Walkman line (which does not contain a dedicated audio chipset AFAIK). It isn't surprising that Nokia is using the 5310 to test the market. The phone can be bought for around £70 PAYG.