Verizon is changing their music service prices(possible iTunes Music Store Mobile?)

[G5Unit]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060731/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_wireless_music;_ylt=Ahc_HdFyZ5egwgxBJq4LB9wjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-

It says that Verizon my get rid of the price per month and just have fee per song. Perhaps they know of a competitor that may be coming soon? The iTunes Music Store Mobile maybe with the iPhone?

[iMeowbot]

Isee a mention of dropping the $15 monthly fee, and that the Chocolate phones won't have MP3 playback disabled. Where does it say they won't charge for WMA downloads any more? :confused:

[G5Unit]

Isee a mention of dropping the $15 monthly fee, and that the Chocolate phones won't have MP3 playback disabled. Where does it say they won't charge for WMA downloads any more? :confused:


Oh i didn't mean that they were going to stop charging sorry.

[iMeowbot]

Who this really hurts is Sprint and their competing Power Vision. Verizon already had them beat on the per-track price, but now Sprint will need to look at that profitable little monthly service charge.

[pianoman]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060731/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_wireless_music;_ylt=Ahc_HdFyZ5egwgxBJq4LB9wjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-

It says that Verizon my get rid of the price per month and just have fee per song. Perhaps they know of a competitor that may be coming soon? The iTunes Music Store Mobile maybe with the iPhone?

I doubt that they know of any competition from Apple since Apple guards their secrets like the nuclear codes. My guess is that Verizon saw the success of the pay-per-song model and decided it was best for them. People probably were not keen on paying a monthly subscription for the few songs they actually downloaded to their phones.