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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Napster claims a first with DRM downloads to Windows smartphone

In the US, Napster To Go, the innovative $15-a-month music subscription service, is using Windows Media 10 digital rights management (Janus) for downloads direct to Audiovox SMT5600 handsets. (This is an HTC device also known as the Orange SPV-C500, the i-Mate Smartphone 3, the Qtek 8020 and the Dopod 565.)

"The Audiovox SMT5600 comes with 28.5MB of internal flash memory which can hold up to 6 songs. Consumers can purchase miniSD memory chips for additional song storage in either 128MB or 256MB varities, which can hold approximately two and four hours of songs respectively. MiniSD chips are currently widely available for under $25 each," says the press release.

However, I'd expect most people to download music files to a PC then copy them to a storage card or a phone later.

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