U.K.'s MusicStation to challenge the iPhone

Via Guardian.co.uk:

MusicStation, the brainchild of a group of British entrepreneurs who made millions in the dotcom era is set to launch in the UK in the spring. Orange an Vodafone should be the carriers for this phone. It will be unveiled today at 3GSM conference in Barcelona.

The service by Omniphone, will allow users to download music to their phones but there are downsides to it already:

"The downsides of the service are that users cannot move their existing music collection from CD over to MusicStation, and if they stop paying every week their music collection vanishes. Anyone cancelling their subscription can store their music collection and playlists on the network and return to them some other time, but all tracks downloaded onto a phone will be locked. Omnifone are obviously hoping that the price of the service will drag in customers. It compares with T-Mobile's music jukebox, for instance, which charges £1.50 a track and Vodafone's music service at 99p a song. Both also have a much smaller library than MusicStation."