This IDC flash considers the introduction of Samsung's E720 handset in the latter half of 1Q05 in Western Europe as a successor to the highly popular and successful E700 and E715, a product line which featured prominently in Western European operator portfolios and which constituted a significant catalyst to the vendors growth in 2003/2004. Specific focus its directed towards the handset's prospects given the wave of music-centric device announcements witnessed in 2005.