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Nokia 5800 Comes With Music exclusively with América Móvil to hit the
Mexican market on May 1st
Telcel's users will be able to download their favorite tracks to the
phone for a full year
Well-known independent record labels, editors and other music agents
have joined the project
Mexico, D.F. - Nokia and América Móvil, through its Telcel
subsidiary, today announced they will be offering the breakthrough
5800 Comes With Music concept to the Mexican market. The 5800 Comes
With Music is the industry's most comprehensive, powerful and
exciting digital music offer, combining the Comes With Music service
and the highly innovative Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia's first
touch-screen device.
5800 Comes With Music will be commercially available on May 1st
through Telcel, the leading wireless services provider in México.
Consumers getting the solution either through Telcel's Authorized
Customer Centers or through its Authorized Distributors, will be able
to take advantage of the largest voice and data network coverage in
the country, plus best prices and value added services in the
market. It will also be available at Nokia's flagship store located
at the Antara Shopping Mall and Nokia's Online Store
www.nokia.com.mx/shop.
The 5800 Comes With Music service offers consumers a new way of
discovering and enjoying music from the mobile device or PC.
Consumers accessing Comes with Music through their Nokia 5800
XpressMusic device will be able to navigate and enjoy a wide-ranging
music catalog of tracks from local and international artists for a
year without worrying about track cost and without experiencing
access restrictions to millions of tracks available from Nokia Music
Store, the new digital music store in Mexico. In addition, they will
be able to keep their music on the mobile device or PC once the
subscription is over. This service revolutionizes the digital music
experience known thus far.
"The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has already sold 3 million devices
worldwide, now Mexican consumers will be able to get hold of the 5800
Comes With Music," said Francisco Lorenzo, Nokia Mexico Director.
"Users can simply find and discover all the music they want, without
worrying about the price of each album or track. Simplicity and
freedom of use are two of the leading features of this service, but
most revolutionary of all is that users get to keep all their
favorite music in their PC or Nokia device without worrying about the
cost of each track," he said.
This breakthrough concept succeeded in uniting all known music
labels, including EMI, Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music
Entertainment, Warner Music Group, among others, in addition to
independent music companies and other music agents.
"Today's needs for communication are greater, that's why Telcel is
always looking at offering the best devices like the Nokia 5800
XpressMusic, a phone that will provide our users with a new way of
experiencing the music in a mobile phone", said Patricia Hevia,
Operations Director of Telcel's Region 9. "The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
takes advantage of Telcel's 3G network, which today covers 149 cities
and thousands of villages", she continued.
Telcel, aiming to foster the use of mobile Internet, and with the
introduction of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to the Mexican market,
offers competitive rates, appropriate to its users. This way, it
promotes and facilitates the mobile experience, while users can rely
on access to affordable prices and services, and benefit to the max
from 3G technology applications through Telcel's Unlimited Data Plan
backing up the great features that 5800 XpressMusic offers to
consumers.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
On music-focused devices, consumers demand a high-quality music
experience, more memory, powerful speakers, simple synchronization,
and mobile functionality with direct access to key content and
contacts. The new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic provides all these features,
plus simple access to content, regardless of user location.
The new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic features a touch-screen technology
introducing the "Multimedia Bar," a simple pop-up menu providing
direct access to music and entertainment, including songs, videos and
pictures. The "Multimedia Bar" also provides a direct link to the
Web, as well as to various online information-sharing applications.
With the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supporting flash content, users
will be able to navigate across the Web. Additionally, the new Nokia
5800 XpressMusic delivers basic music essentials, including a graphic
equalizer, 8 GB of memory for up to 6,000 tracks, support for all
digital music formats and a 3.5 mm jack. The built-in stereo
speakers' surround-sound experience makes them the most powerful in
the market.
With the new "Contacts Bar," users are able to highlight four of
their favorite contacts on the home screen. And with a single touch,
they can track a recent history of text messages, e-mail, call log,
pictures and blog updates.
Pictures of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic are available at:
http://www.nokia.com/press.
About América Móvil (AMX)
AMX is the leading provider of wireless services in Latin America. As
of February, 2009, it had over 186.6 million wireless subscribers.
About Telcel
Telcel (Radiomóvil Dipsa) operating since 1989, is the leading mobile
telephony company in Mexico with more than 56.4 million customers,
with the largest service and coverage nation-wide, covering more than
200 thousand locations in the 9 regions of the country, which
represent more than 90% of the populated areas in Mexico. Always
ahead, it offers the fastest wireless connectivity nation-wide on
data and voice in GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA technologies.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world's number one manufacturer of mobile devices by
market share and a leader in the converging Internet and
communications industries. We make a wide range of devices for all
major consumer segments and offer Internet services that enable
people to experience music, maps, media, messaging and games. We also
provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ and
equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through
Nokia Siemens Networks.
Media Enquiries:
Laura Larrondo
Larrondo DICE
Tel. (52) 55 57 81 13 43
Mobile: (52 1) 55 54 38 98 48
E-mail: larrondl@prodigy.net.mx
www.nokia.com
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