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Nokia to launch subscription music service in UK first

Carphone Warehouse will initially be exclusive retailer of pre-paid 5310 XpressMusic handsets supporting "Comes With Music."

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Mobile | by Evan Blass | Tue Sep 2, 2008 9:44AM | 0 comments

Nokia has announced that it will launch its highly-touted "Comes With Music" subscription service in the United Kingdom first, partnering with Carphone Warehouse to sell special editions of the 5310 XpressMusic candybar handset. The pre-paid retailer -- which will have exclusive UK rights to the service through the end of the year -- has already begun taking pre-orders on the phone, whose increased cost over the regular 5310 helps subsidize the download-to-own tracks. Nokia's new service is somewhat unique in that subscribers can keep their songs after their contract lapses; however, music will then be stranded on the device unless the user purchases another compatible phone, according to Engadget.

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