| After the camera phones,
it is the music phones that are capturing the consumers fantasy in India.
Music lifts the soul to ecstasy, pure enjoyment. Perhaps the only idea of entertainment cherished by all classes and masses alike. In toady's fast life, we hardly find time to sit in a corner and enjoy listening to old classics on a gramophone!! or attend a music show in the evening. Many of us spend quarter of our life travelling. So one idea that really enthralls us is having 'music on the move'. You will find a rikshawala listening to film songs on a radio in his basket, people enjoying music while traveling to their office in charted buses. Most of the people have stereo systems in their cars and don't forget the college student next door carrying a walkman or an iPod. |
But the problem is we must carry a cellphone as communication is the basic necessity then perhaps a digital diary to keep us organized, a camera to capture those special moments of the day and a music player to keep us entertained. Isn't our traveling kit getting heavier ?
Don't worry, mobile handset manufacturers have already found out the solution by integrating all these devices into your one and only cellphone. If you have mastered other features of your cellphone and had enough trouble with the camera, get ready to enjoy now with the music phones.
Till now music on cellphone was confined to a ringtone or a singtone, but now there is a vide variety of cellphones that can really play the music of your choice for hours. With inbuilt MP3 players and large enough memory, you can store a good collection of songs on your cellphone and play them whenever and wherever you are. Or just switch on the FM radio and listen to the latest.
The cost depends upon your requirement. If you just want a FM radio then you have few quite inexpensive options. But listening to your own music collection would be costlier as you require a phone equipped with MP3 player. Most of the high end phones have MP3 player these days while some handsets give you both the FM radio and MP3 player.
The important considerations while buying such phones are:
1. Music Player - MP3, AAC,
MPEG4, RA, MIDI ( MP3 is most popular )
2. FM Radio
3. Check the headset for
voice clarity and comfort
4. Memory capacity ( 50
MB - 512 MB) - more the memory, more the number of songs you can store.
5. External memory slot
to be able to add extra memory later
6. Software to transfer
music files between your PC & cellphone
7. Some cellphones have
memories that are recognised as removable drives when connected to
a PC. So transfering files becomes simple drag and drop function where
no software is required.
8. music quick launch key
9. Can you play songs in
offline mode ie. some handsets can play music without even inserting SIM
card.
10. Bluetooth for cell to
cell transfer.
So get the one you want.
Break the boredom and entertain yourself while on the move !!