arts & science: Sony Ericsson to launch mobile music store

Sony's online music store service Connect have been available for some time, and now sister company Sony Ericsson officially plans to go mobile with the store, according to an article in Wall Street Journal. Mobile phones have alredy been equiped with a download service for ring tones, Play Now, but so far no downloads of real music have been present.

Sony's music business and record labels combined with Sony Ericssons market share in music enabled walkman phones could give the mobile store a boost from start. At the same time, Nokia who recently bought out the joint music proposition Loudeye, and Apple, rumored to release a mobile phone enabled iPod device this fall, will likely add to the competition. The questions is now who gets first?