Malaysia Explorer

By Edwin Yapp

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Mobile music coming to M'sia

Posted in Malaysia Explorer by Oon Yeoh on Tuesday, March 27 2007 03:52 PM

Mobile music is slow in coming but it will finally arrive on Malaysian shores in June in the form of MyMix Sdn Bhd, which will offer full track downloads via the Internet and through mobile kiosks.

Apparently, the first package will cost up to RM20 for 20 songs. The second package enables the user to download as many songs as his phone can hold.

The catch is that these songs are for rent only. Once your subscription expires, so do the songs (this is achieved through some digital rights management scheme).

This is a bold effort at making mobile music work but it'll be a hard sell. People, especially Malaysians, are not use to the concept of renting music. If they are paying for the songs, they want to own them.

Disclaimer:
Views and opinions expressed in this blog are the author's, and do not necessarily represent those of ZDNet Asia.

Talkback 5 comments

self destruct media is best for video rentals. period.
Posted by San on Thursday, March 29 2007 06:00 PM

Celcom just launched its Channel X website, www.channelx.com.my. Downloading songs, ringtones is easy and affordable with the launching of this site.
Posted by angela norman on Saturday, April 28 2007 12:10 AM

I checked out the Channel X website the other day, and I have to say. Wow! Not bad dude! Celcom is really bringing it on. I was really into the music, I am looking for funky new ringtones, awesome looking widgets and other downloadables and i get it all there.. movies la , cupid la, games la..
Posted by Joseph on Monday, April 30 2007 05:48 PM

what? now only talk about celcom? i've been a user for 3 years already, where have you guys been? compared to other telcos, so much better in terms of variety and downloads!
Posted by anonymous on Thursday, May 03 2007 03:10 PM

yeah, go check out the website, i downloaded so many things from ringtones, wallpapers and other stuff as well
Posted by anonymous on Friday, May 11 2007 11:30 AM

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Edwin Yapp

An engineer by training, Edwin first cut his teeth as a cellular radio frequency optimization engineer in one of Malaysia's largest telcos. After more than five years, he hung up his radio engineering boots to try his hand at technology reporting at The Star, Malaysia's leading English daily, where he won several awards for Best Online Technology reporting. He left to start his own editorial consultancy and is now a freelance journalist for several publications, including ZDNet Asia. A self-confessed gadget geek, Edwin hopes his blog contributions will stir up deeper discussions within the Malaysian technology scene.