Mobile music, boom or bust? I think that it is a huge waste of bandwidth myself, however many in the mobile industry would more than likely disagree with me. It started with the humble midi ringtones and now you can actually download a real, full length song as a ringtone if your heart desires.

“The recording industry makes it sound like the world is ending all around them, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at how the mobile industry is moving as fast as possible to become the new platform for the music industry. The success of ringtones and the perceived potential for ringback tones, combined with the success of online music download stores like Apple’s iTunes has the mobile industry believing that the handset can be the musical device of the future. There’s a compelling vision to it. The device is always connected, so it’s easy to get new music. People always carry their phone around, so that makes it easier to listen to music whenever and wherever a person wants. With the rise of “convergence” it seems natural for the music player and the phone handset to merge.”