Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Dan Schulman gets it
The CEO of Virgin Mobile understands that putting MP3 in a cellphone needs to be a stellar high speed experience. No ifs or buts. If you think MP3 downloads will fill those 3G pipes - think again. Cellphone MP3 convergence will only be successful if there is a TRUE high-speed connection, like a wire or maybe Wi-Fi:
"Daniel Schulman, head of Virgin Mobile USA, has hit out at rival cell companies who are trying to launch pay-per-tune services. 'I believe that ignoring the PC as an integral part of what at least the youth market accepts as its music experience is the wrong thing to do. Anyone who is thinking about over-the-air downloads needs to have a stellar experience, snd we wouldn’t want to launch something that would frustrate our customers.”
"Daniel Schulman, head of Virgin Mobile USA, has hit out at rival cell companies who are trying to launch pay-per-tune services. 'I believe that ignoring the PC as an integral part of what at least the youth market accepts as its music experience is the wrong thing to do. Anyone who is thinking about over-the-air downloads needs to have a stellar experience, snd we wouldn’t want to launch something that would frustrate our customers.”
