PALO ALTO, Calif.-Radio operator Infinity Broadcasting will team with Hewlett-Packard Co. to offer an interactive music broadcast for U.S. wireless users. The service, called Visual Radio, will deliver local FM radio and text and graphic information including song titles, artists and concert dates to...
Music companies are rushing to bring streaming music services to U.S. wireless users, but while the technology exists to provide radio-like offerings to wireless users, the viability of a radio-like business model in wireless is far from clear. Clear Channel Communications Inc., the top...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced a new music service that will offer ringtones of singles before the songs are released to the public. The carrier will offer ringtones in advance of, or in conjunction with, the radio debut of new tunes. Cingular Sounds has launched...
The mobile-gaming waters got even more crowded last week as New York-based publisher Vindigo said it will dive in with "a broad selection" of adventure and casual games later this year. Vindigo, which is best known for a variety of wireless news and local...
A week has passed without massive carrier consolidation, mergers and world war. Where's the big news this week? There was a fascinating story on the music on George W. Bush's iPod. (OK, not really so fascinating. He doesn't even choose his own songs. An...
Cingular Wireless announced a new music service that will offer ringtones of singles before the songs are released to the public. The carrier will offer ringtones in advance of, or in conjunction with, the radio debut of new tunes. Cingular Sounds has launched with...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. released its new 8801 for the Americas market, a sleek, sliding-style EDGE camera phone that features a stainless steel body, specially reinforced glass for the front display, and bi-stable spring mechanism and stainless steel ball bearings for the sliding mechanism.The device...
LONDON-Young American wireless users will spend nearly $500 million on ringtones, ring-back tones and full-track mobile downloads by 2007, according to new research from mobileYouth.While CD single sales continue to decline, according to the report, record companies and artists will increasingly look to the...
Around the world, people are quietly using high-tech to stay in touch with a higher power. While cutting-edge applications like mobile TV make headlines, simpler, religious-based offerings are gaining ground. Jewish users are sending text messages with prayers or requests to Israeli rabbis who...
Following is a roundup of wireless companies that were either upgraded or downgraded by financial firms this week.Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating on Alamosa Holdings from neutral to outperform, saying recent weakness in the company's share price makes it a buying opportunity at...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering a software upgrade for the iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC from Hewlett-Packard Co. The carrier recently suspended sales of the device due to unexplained software problems.The carrier posted the software upgrade on its Web site at www.t-mobile.com/hpupdate. T-Mobile said...
For U.S. carriers, the race to deploy ringback tones is on. Ringbacks-the clips of music a caller hears instead of a traditional ring before the person being called answers the phone-began making headlines last year, when uptake exploded in some Far Eastern markets. Asian...
T-Mobile USA Inc. suspended sales of the Hewlett-Packard Co. iPAQ h6315 smart phone due to unexplained software bugs, a move that illustrates the extremely advanced levels of technology packed into high-end devices as well as the risks carriers face in selling them. Wireless stands...
MusiKube broke an almost year-long silence last week, resurfacing to launch a mobile music identification application that allows users to purchase ringtones directly over their handsets. With the service, called SongLink'd, a mobile user can play a tune directly into a phone and receive...
MIAMI-Motorola Inc. released a trio of new phones featuring digital music players, although the company's long-anticipated iTunes-capable device was not in attendance. Motorola executives have said the company will unveil its iTunes phone in the first half of this year, shortly before it is...
Motorola Inc. released a trio of new phones featuring digital music players, although the company's long-anticipated iTunes-capable device was not in attendance.Motorola executives have said the company will unveil its iTunes phone in the first half of this year, shortly before it is commercially...
MusiKube re-appeared on the radar screen Tuesday, announcing the launch of a text-message mobile music identification application that allows users to purchase ringtones directly over their handsets. With the service, dubbed SongLink'd, mobile users can identify songs by playing tunes into the phone, and...
NEW ORLEANS-Whether it's downloading video clips, buying ringtones or simply sending a photo to a friend, the key to enticing consumers to spend more on wireless data can be summed up in one word: simplicity. That was the message from carriers, content providers and...
Infused with new leadership, Leap Wireless International Inc. announced plans to expand its offerings with the launch of its Jump by Cricket prepaid service, providing a true pay-as-you-go plan for customers. The new offering, which Leap hinted to late last year when it signed...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Hoops hysteria hit mobile phones this week, as Sprint PCS launched an offering of voice tones from cacophonous college basketball commentator Dick Vitale and an ESPN-branded application based on the NCAA tournament. Wireless users can access any of 14 well-worn Vitale sayings...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-Magix, which provides music and video editing software, introduced its Magix Ringtone Maker, which allows customer to create ringtones. The product converts music from CDs, MP3s and custom recordings into ringtones that can be edited and uploaded to wireless phones.Magix Ringtone Maker...
SEATTLE-Dwango Wireless will create and deliver master tones and polyphonic ringtones from the library of digital music and comedy distributor The Orchard, the companies announced Tuesday.Dwango, which currently offers 2,000 ringtones through Rolling Stone Ringtones, said the new licensing agreement includes access to more...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Pick up the Phone" ringtone has sold more than half a million copies, according to Versaly Entertainment, which produced the ringtone."This is way beyond what I expected, both for sales numbers and for me having a blast creating the music," said...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-An exploding demand for full-track downloads will help push mobile music revenues to more than $9.3 billion by 2009, according to a new report from Juniper Research.According to the study, ringtones and master tones will continue to represent the bulk of mobile...
