Cell Phone Makers Fast Getting In Tune With Emergence Of Digital Music; Music Phone Era Here; But makers and service providers must iron out possible lack of harmony.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)

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Byline: MIKE ANGELL

Growing use of digital music players has cell phone makers singing a happy tune.

While a few already exist, more cell phones with the large memory needed for digital music will hit the market in the next year. Move over camera phones, the music phone era is getting ready to play.

The question, though, is just which group will serve as the disc jockey -- handset makers or wireless carriers.

"It's a dance between the handset makers and the carriers," said American Technology analyst Albert Lin. "Carriers sell phones to drive their own revenue, but handset makers also have to accede to what the customers want."

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