Nokia to Offer 1 Year of Free Music Downloads With New Phone

"Comes With Music" deal will give customers who buy one of their new music phones 12 months worth of free music downloads. Nokia said on Tuesday it had signed a deal with Universal Music to offer free 12-month access to Universal artists' music for buyers of of it's new music phones as a way to promote cellphones as media devices and to develop new revenue for a music industry struggling with piracy. So far it has only signed up Universal Music Group International for its new "Comes With Music" offering, but is eyeing similar deals with other labels before the offer starts in the second half of 2008. </img>


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