USA - AT&T is teaming up with Napster to deliver music to its users by way of a new Samsung phone. The wireless carrier will offer the Napster Mobile service through the SLM phone, which will enable direct-to-the-phone downloads of music. Customers will be able to either subscribe to a plan that allows five downloads a month or buy songs individually.
A new mobile phone Samsung is making for AT&T will include Napster Mobile, a service that allows owners to search, preview and buy music from Napster's catalog of 5 million songs.
The phone, called the "SLM by Samsung," will be available in stores on Friday, said AT&T. The new phone is the first device to support Napster Mobile, the company's mobile wireless music initiative. Customers will be able to find, buy and download a song in less than one minute, AT&T said.
The pairing of AT&T and Napster happened earlier in the year, noted Chris Ambrosio, director of wireless device strategies service at Strategy Analytics.
"ATT Mobility has partnered with Napster to allow its subscribers to access music catalogs and download to their phones," Ambrosio told the E-Commerce Times. "This was announced back in the beginning of the year. This Samsung phone is one of the specific devices that will support that offering."
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