Comments on: Japanese mobile phones as iPod replacements? http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/01/japanese-mobile-phones-as-ipod-replacements.html A research blog tracking copyright related policy & technology developments in Japan. By Andreas Bovens. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:59:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andreas http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/01/japanese-mobile-phones-as-ipod-replacements.html/comment-page-1#comment-304 Andreas Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:48:23 +0000 http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/01/japanese-mobile-phones-as-ipod-replacements.html#comment-304 <p>Another addition: the recently <a href="http://www.techjapan.com/Article933.html">announced W31S</a> seems like a crossover of Chaku Uta Full phones and DoCoMo's Music Porter (as far as music playback/DRM goes).</p> Another addition: the recently announced W31S seems like a crossover of Chaku Uta Full phones and DoCoMo’s Music Porter (as far as music playback/DRM goes).

]]> By: Andreas http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/01/japanese-mobile-phones-as-ipod-replacements.html/comment-page-1#comment-303 Andreas Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:42:18 +0000 http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/01/japanese-mobile-phones-as-ipod-replacements.html#comment-303 Very interesting. Thanks, Scott! Very interesting. Thanks, Scott!

]]> By: Scott http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/01/japanese-mobile-phones-as-ipod-replacements.html/comment-page-1#comment-302 Scott Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:36:27 +0000 http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/01/japanese-mobile-phones-as-ipod-replacements.html#comment-302 You forgot to mention Fujitsu's F901iC. It offers compatibility with iTunes itself and, as a result, is the most open of the lot (somewhat ironically)! The compatibility with iTunes means you can use your music on other devices (PC, iPod) and the transfer process to the phone is a simple drag-and-drop to the SD memory card. The phone even connects to the PC using a standard USB cable (instead of one of those over-priced FOMA cables)! While it would be better if there were no DRM at all, implimentations such as this that offer a good user experience make the pill a bit easier to swallow. <a href="http://www.fmworld.net/product/phone/f901ic/index.html"> F901iC product page</a> You forgot to mention Fujitsu’s F901iC. It offers compatibility with iTunes itself and, as a result, is the most open of the lot (somewhat ironically)! The compatibility with iTunes means you can use your music on other devices (PC, iPod) and the transfer process to the phone is a simple drag-and-drop to the SD memory card. The phone even connects to the PC using a standard USB cable (instead of one of those over-priced FOMA cables)! While it would be better if there were no DRM at all, implimentations such as this that offer a good user experience make the pill a bit easier to swallow.

F901iC product page

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