Strategy Analytics: iTunes Will Trump Carrier Music Services; Cellular Music On-Demand Service Revenues To Reach $2 Billion In 2009

Although mobile ringtone sales and online music services are both booming, Strategy Analytics concludes that online music stores based solely around cellular downloading capabilities cannot hope to compete with the lower costs, better interfaces, larger catalogues and faster transmission speeds of online sites offering music downloads over fixed broadband connections.

And why am I paying $1.99 per ringtone when I don't have to pay for my full length mp3's?