14 DAY TRIAL // The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia has announced today that its Nokia Comes With Music service will be launched in the UK exclusively with the wireless carrier Orange on the company's flagship Nokia 5800 XpressMusic mobile phone. The service offers mobile phone users access to the Nokia Music Store, which includes more than 6 million tracks, and will become available for Orange subscribers starting with Friday, May 29, 2009. The Nokia 5800 Comes With Music comes to the operator's users exclusively in black / silver.
Speaking on the announcement, Francois Mahieu, director of devices for Orange UK, said, “We're extremely excited about being the exclusive UK operator to offer Comes With Music on the Nokia 5800. We are always looking for ways to remove the barriers that stand between our customers and the things they love and believe that by offering this service, we are able to do just that.”
As many of you might already know, Comes With Music offers mobile phone users the possibility to download unlimited tracks from the Nokia Music Store on their personal computer, from where the songs can be transferred on the Orange Nokia 5800 'Comes With Music' handset. At the same time, users will be able to download the tracks directly on their mobile phone at standard mobile data prices. The music downloads are unlimited over the length of a two-year contract, and users will also be able to keep the songs after the period is over.
Comes With Music will be available exclusively on Orange's network in the UK, and the carrier announced that users would not receive only the Nokia 5800 Comes With Music handset and access to unlimited music downloads; the plan they will choose will also include calls and texts on a 24-month contract. The plans start at 25 GBP per month and go up to 45 GBP per month. More information on the offer can be found either at Orange retail and P4U stores, as well as online and via telesales.
Mark Loughran, managing director, Nokia UK, said, “Mobile music is key to both Orange and Nokia, so we're delighted to have them as our exclusive operator for Comes With Music on our best-seller - the Nokia 5800. The ability to download all the music you love, free and legally from the Nokia Music Store on a great choice of Orange price plans will change music forever.”