Sites lets Web users dial up for music For past Of Net Interest columns, click here . Nokia, the world's largest maker of cell phones, began programming tunes into phones in 1997. Now Web sites with downloadable songs are appearing. This week, YourMobile officially launches a site with instrumental clips of about 1,300 songs, ranging from Sisqo's Thong Song to movie songs and the national anthem of Bangladesh. They're all free and can be programmed into certain Nokia, Ericsson and Siemens phones.
Music publishers get next to nothing in royalties for each download, but it adds up.
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