Some more details of Nokia‘s Comes With Music service have come to light ... the DRM will be WMA, and the tracks will be 192kbps and 128kbps. The songs can be played on the handset and the computer registered with the account—they cannot be burned to CDs unless an upgrade is purchased, which I suspect means buying the song normally. Also, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has yet to announce any compatible devices yet, reports Engadget. This is unsurprising, although Nokia has copped a lot of flak over its decision to use DRM. Perhaps the problem is that people saw this as the announcement of a music store, and it wasn’t. This was Nokia saying “hey, if you buy our high-end device you won’t have to pay for music to listen on it”... the intention is to sell gadgets, not songs. To make another comparison with iTunes, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) offered a gadget and a music store which were easy to use, compatible and cheaper than any legal thing out there—but you couldn’t play songs from iTunes elsewhere. Nokia is offering a gadget and a music store which are compatible and free—but you can’t play songs from there elsewhere.

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