As I mentionned in earlier post, I bought the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and was shocked that it did not contain the 'connections' album but 18 tracks from international charts. Also when i queried the Nokia distributor in Mauritiusm they told me that the 'Comes with music' version of the phone is almost double the price I paid for and is only available in Singapore, and only recently in UK.
I think Nokia is targeting only Indian market for Rahman fans as they chose him to launch the product on his birthday. Niven --- In [email protected], "K. Kumar" <arrking4...@...> wrote: > > i agree with chord we have heard but its supporting piracy! we haven been > able to hear it @ the best quality. A global cd relase will do the album > justice. Nokia is not doing itself a favour by releasing it in NOKIA in India > wat abt the rest of us ard the world we maybe using nokia but cant get hold > of it! its not even in the nokia music store, at least if it was it would not > be so bad... > > HARDCORE RAHMANIAC TILL DA VERY END!!! > > --- On Mon, 18/5/09, Chord <purev...@...> wrote: > > > From: Chord <purev...@...> > Subject: Re: [arr] Now is the perfect time to release Connections > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 18 May, 2009, 10:31 AM > > > > > > > > > Well, for me personally, and I'm not speaking for anyone else, nothing beats > the original CD with the best possible sound quality and packaging. As a > music lover myself, the internet version of Connections is full of skips, > missed beats and other sonic blemishes that I really don't appreciate for > such a beautiful album. I enjoy the internet version purely for the music > content, yes, but I do miss CD prof perfect quality. And if I'm speaking for > myself, I am confident that many other audiophiles would agree with me. > > Nokia wants to keep Connections as part of their product sales, which means > you have to buy a Nokia product to listen to this album, unless you are happy > with the flawed internet version, which amounts to piracy, and for which many > are forced to content with due to lack of store sales and many not wanting to > buy a Nokia product. For me, Connections is not just another run of the mill > album. It's a beautifully crafted piece of art by ARR that deserves to be > showcased through CD quality and packaging. In fact, sales of Connections > would probably benefit from a CD release since it's associated with ARR, who > has just come off of one of his most globally successful periods and having a > brand name quality assurance, not to mention a drought in the music industry > at the moment. > > I don't know if the music of Connections is helping to sell the 5800, but I > do know that a lot of people who either don't want to or cannot afford to > either buy a Nokia product or don't want to commit piracy are missing out on > a fantastic quality album by ARR, his first private album since Vande > Mataram. And not just Indians. ARR is a global phenom. I know many Westerners > who would be enthralled to hear a crystal quality version of Connections. > > I know I'm not speaking for the common man who is not into sonic quality > issues, but I do believe that ARR would benefit a lot if Connections came on > CD globally. And we music lovers would be eternally grateful too! > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@ ..> wrote: > > > > What is it that "music lovers" have lost out on? Is there anyone > > around who hasn't heard Connections? And what's the point around > > business? Who here seriously believes that Connections is driving > > sales of the 5800 or that it's absence would have hurt it? > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 20:50, Chord <purevibz@ .> wrote: > > > Yes, but Vithur has a point. This is all about business and nothing > > > else. Music lovers are ignored, otherwise this album would have been > > > released by now. > > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> It does not behove us to indulge in baseless speculation. > > >> > > >> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 15:22, Vithur <vithurm@> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > The Difference between Hardcore Rahmanism and Hard Core Commercialsm is > > >> > this.... I guess Nokia wants to make money out of the same by keeping > > >> > it > > >> > only for their mobile hand set owners.. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 1:46 PM, K. Kumar <arrking4eva@ > wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> YA MAN RELEASE IT > > >> >> > > >> >> HARDCORE RAHMANIAC TILL DA VERY END!!! > > >> >> > > >> >> --- On Sun, 17/5/09, rivjot <rivjot@> wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >> From: rivjot <rivjot@> > > >> >> Subject: [arr] Now is the perfect time to release Connections > > >> >> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > > >> >> Date: Sunday, 17 May, 2009, 5:32 AM > > >> >> > > >> >> With no new albums out, most music lovers are almost thirsting for new > > >> >> music... and for Rahman lovers, Blue is delayed as well. > > >> >> > > >> >> please release Connections now... 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