Motorola to shut Motomusic stores by Jun 15

Bangalore, Jun 8: Motorola, the United States based handset maker announced its decision to close music application store 'Motomusic' in India.

Motorola in a statement released said, "We are streamlining our portfolio and will be introducing Android-based smartphones that will allow us to give consumers and customers access to a broad ecosystem of experiences. This means Motomusic and Soundbuzz are no longer core to our market strategy."

It added that the Motomusic service in China will continue. It was in 2008, Motorola launched its portal Motomusic store in India offering more than 3,50,000 tracks and other multimedia contents like wallpapers and videos for download. Motomusic India has put up a notice asking users to download all the songs purchased, back them up and redeem any vouchers and prepaid coupons before July 15.

Meanwhile Motorola's rival Nokia India is planning to launch its music store in India.

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