DoCoMo, Microsoft team up on mobile music
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
NTT DoCoMo and Microsoft are working together to make cell phones compatible with the large number of online music stores that use Microsoft's technology, they said Thursday.
DoCoMo, which is Japan's leading cell phone operator, will begin adding support for the Windows Media Digital Rights Management 10 system to its cell phones, starting with the F902iS handset that will go on sale in the middle of this year. DRM is used to protect downloaded songs from being copied and most online music stores use Microsoft's technology. Without DRM support the phones wouldn't be able to play tracks purchased online.