Mercora launches Mobile music sharing
By Vivek Puri
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Mercora has launched a new service called Mercora M that will enable users to access their Mercora library on their Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphones. Mercora M users will also be able to tune in to up to five of your friends’ and family members’ music collections. Unlike the Mercora IMRadio, users will have to pay for the M service starting 1st November. Users can either pay $4.99/month or get a subscription package for the M which are priced at $29.99 for six months, $49.99 for a year, and $99.99 for a two-year subscription.
Users will have to download and install Mercora applications on their PC and mobile phone to access music through Mercora. I am not sure if users need to keep their PC running while using Mercora M. Also users will need to have an unlimited data plan on their mobile phones. I feel the requirements of an unlimited data plan and a Widows Mobile device will make it tough for the service to catch up quickly.
I haven’t tried the service myself since I don’t have a Windows Mobile phone. For a list of supported device go here.
Links:
Mercora M
Mercora M Download
Mercora
Tags: StartupSquad – Mobile – Music
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March 27, 2007 at 1:11 pm |
[...] While I was writing about myMobileMedia few minutes back, I missed out on another startup offering similar service – Mercora. I had written about Mercora last year when it had just launched its music-to-mobile service Mercora M. M works with Window Mobile 5.0 phones enables you to access your music library located on your PC. Today Mercora launched Version 2 of M that among other things provides new features and takes care of few performance issues. With the new release users can listen continuously to their favorite playlists through M, that also has better support for large music libraries. Mercora has added support for popular podcasts from leading media services such as CNN, Major League Baseball (MLB), NCAA, and NPR. CNET is also reporting that Mercora has entered into partnership with Microsoft who will offer a free six-month subscription for M to all Windows Mobile users, which otherwise is priced at $4.99 per month. [...]