14 DAY TRIAL // Nokia's music service, known all around the world as Comes With Music, has transformed into Ovi Music Unlimited recently
, and also became a DRM-free service in the process, it seems, though only on a pay-for-track basis.
The Finnish mobile phone maker started moving to Ovi Music last year, and re-branded the service in existing markets gradually, while launching it re-branded right from the start in new markets.
The process is almost complete, with only a few countries left to have the switch done before the newest flagship handset from the company is launched, the Nokia N8, at least this is what All About Symbian notes in a recent article.
Along with a new name, the music service also got a new face, complemented by a move to the standard Ovi/Nokia account for sign-ins, it seems.
Some of the main features of the service include:
- Download music, from pay-per-track store, in MP3 format (256 kbps bit-rate). - Re-download previously purchased DRM protected music in DRM-free MP3 format. - Ovi Music Unlimited (previously Comes with Music) continues to be DRM protected. - Ovi account for sign in, shares credit cards details with Ovi Store (Ovi Payments platform). - Access, purchase and download using Ovi Music web site, Ovi Player PC client or Ovi Music client on mobile device. - Ovi Music website is now accessible by most browser on most platforms (adds Firefox, Chrome and Mac support).
As one can easily see from the above, Nokia performed a major revamp to its music store, in an attempt to make it more appealing to users, as well as more popular among them.
Some of the previous reports on the matter suggested that Nokia needed to make radical changes with the service is it wanted it to be as competitive as it should have been from day one, and it seems that the company finally made them.
However, it still remains to be seen whether the new formula is a fortunate one, and whether Ovi Music becomes more popular than Comes With Music was.
Currently, the service is available in 35 countries, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates.