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NTT to test mobile aroma services
Mobile music is floundering and wireless TV is struggling to gain traction. So NTT Communications is targeting users through their noses.
The Japanese telecom announced plans to test a service that would allow subscribers to select and share scents coupled with mobile entertainment content. Uses can choose odors from a “Fragrance Playlist” available on NTT DoCoMo’s imode site; data is transmitted via infrared to specially made phones that include a cartridge of “base fragrances.” The device then mixes the fragrances, creating a kind of aroma cocktail, emitting the scent during multimedia playback.
The offering is an extension of Fragrance Communication, a 3-year-old service used by business and consumers “to enhance indoor environments with pleasing fragrances.”
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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
A retired cop who screamed obscenities at a fellow train passenger who was talking on a cellphone and hit another passenger who was trying to breakup the altercation was acquitted of misdemeanor charges related to the confrontation, according to an Associated Press report. John Clifford was found not guilty following a two-day nonjury trial. Clifford, who is also a lawyer, represented himself in the trial. He faced up to a year in prison on misdemeanor counts of attempted assault, disorderly conduct, harassment and attempted petite larceny. Clifford said he had been arrested eight times for aggressively confronting fellow commuters who he considered loud and rude but says he regrets nothing about his behavior.
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Flavor of mobile
VH1 said it plans to launch a new mobile game later this month that builds on its popular reality dating series “Flavor of Love” that stars rap artist Flavor Flav. The game gives players a variety of quirky challenges, such as pie fights, sky writing and water gun battles, to impress Flavor Flav. The game was developed by IG Fun L.L.C. and will be available through all major carriers VH1 offers several mobile games including a pop-culture trivia game called “Know it All” and a downloadable trivia game based on the reality show “Best Week Ever.”
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Check … check
Samsung Telecommunications America announced its Samsung Sound Check exclusive music tour that will offer private concerts and the chance for consumers to learn more about its music-centric mobile phones. The tour will stop in five cities (New Orleans, Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, Houston and Las Vegas) in March, April and May to deliver five one-night private music events. Tickets will only be available via radio promotions, street marketers and online registration. The concerts are being co-branded with Alltel Wireless, U.S. Cellular and Cricket Wireless. Samsung will promote its products at the concerts with half-shell phone booths that showcase its phones.