Samsung’s New Music Hub
Samsung launched its Galaxy 3S smartphone in Europe and supplies in many areas ran out the first day. Some expects say that the handset has a set of features which match those of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and the…
For some reason, the heads of Samsung do not believe that the smartphone’s features will be attractive enough customers on their own. Samsung has launched a service called Music Hub which seems to be a poor competitor to iTunes. The service allows the download of music to five devices and a PC. The inventory of songs will range into the millions.
But, there are already music downloads for smartphones which include Pandora’s (NYSE: P) app product. Pandora already has over 50 million customers who use its services worldwide. Why Samsung won’t join forces with an existing company is probably a poor decision. The move puts it in a position in which it has several competitors, only one of which is Apple.
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