Nokia Music Store in Australia opens today

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Featuring exclusive live album from The John Butler Trio
Sydney, Australia / Nokia, Espoo - Nokia Australia opened the doors
of its Nokia Music Store today, delivering millions of tracks from
global hits to local artists and giving consumers the real freedom to
enjoy music at their fingertips, 24/7.  
 
Nokia is celebrating the launch of the Nokia Music Store in Australia
with an exclusive live album from leading independent and ARIA
awarding winning group, The John Butler Trio.  Recently recorded in
March 2008, the live performance provides a unique insight into this
popular local act.  The live recording is available only from the
Nokia Music Store music.nokia.com.au
 
Rock legend, Jimmy Barnes will be the first local music recommender,
suggesting his top playlist to store visitors.
 
We will have an exclusive track from Pete Murray and Kate
Miller-Heidke also. The free track of the week will be from Stone
Parade, winners of the Nokia Be Heard competition in 2007.
 
"It is now access all Areas for Australia music lovers," said Shaun
Colligan, General Manager, Nokia Australia.
 
"Not only we do we have millions of tracks available for consumers,
but we have something for everyone, whatever their music tastes.
Australian consumers can be confident that the Nokia Music Store will
have a broad range of genres including popular and non-mainstream
genres and independent artists.
 
"We want to be the most locally relvent music story and will feature
artists such as The John Butler Trio, The Presets, Pete Murray, Kate
Miller Heidke, Powderfinger, Silverchair, Lior, Cut Copy, Kisschasey,
Kasey Chambers and many more!"
 
With a single account, Australian music lovers can access the Nokia
Music Store via their personal computer or directly from their
optimised Nokia devices including the Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N81 8GB
and the N82. 
 
In addition, the ability to sync from a PC is available on a wider
range of Nokia models including the latest Xpress Music handets,
Nokia 5610 and Nokia 5310.
 
The PC store's intuitive user-interface makes streaming full-length
tracks easy and offers options to create customised playlists and to
add tracks on a wishlist that you can decide to buy later. Tracks
purchased can also be transferred via your PC to compatible Nokia
devices.  The music collection can then simply be synchronised
between the PC and a mobile using Windows Media Player 11. 
 
All music on the Nokia Music Store can be purchased through a variety
of payment options, including credit cards and pre-paid vouchers.
 
Individual tracks will cost 1.70 Australian dollars per track and
albums from 17.00 Australian dollars. The Nokia Music Store will also
offer a monthly subscription for PC users to stream an unlimited
number of full length tracks for 10.00 Australian dollars per month.
 
Check out Nokia Music Store 

http://music.nokia.com.au
About Nokia Music Store
Nokia Music Store is a service where you can browse and buy music in
order to download on your PC and compatible Nokia mobile device.
Music downloaded from Nokia Music Store can be conveniently moved
between your PC and compatible Nokia device, as well as copied to CD
and moved on to compatible digital music players. Nokia Music Store
also offers a monthly subscription service that allows you to stream
unlimited music from the Store catalogue direct to your
internet-connected PC. The Nokia Music Store is available in the
United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands,
and Australia and will expand to more countries throughout the year.
www.nokia.com/music
 
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We
make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that
enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television,
imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing
our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise
solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide
equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through
Nokia Siemens Networks.
 
 
Media Enquiries:
 
Kate Harper or Povel Torudd
Hausmann Communications
[phone]
[e-mail]
 
Nokia
Communications
Tel. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
 
www.nokia.com
 


 
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