Friday, November 30, 2007

Motorola Q9c (Sprint) (CNET)

Some design quirks aside, the Motorola Q9c for Sprint is a worthy upgrade to the original Q, adding GPS and more stable performance, among other things.

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The cost of upgrading your phone (Haaretz Daily)

The cellular service providers are trying every trick in the book to persuade us to switch to them, or, alternately, to stay with them. Among other things, they've all kicked off aggressive campaigns to persuade users to upgrade their mobile phones.

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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Reach Out and Touch--A Phone Screen (Forbes)

Phones with screens grow more popular as technology makes them feel more natural.

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Spb Catalog Takes a Microsoft Innovation to Consumer Market (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Spb Software House, the world's leading Windows Mobile software maker, pioneers in implementing Windows Mobile Marketplace technology in a real, consumer-market solution. Spb Catalog, an on-device mobile content catalog based on the Marketplace technology, is now shipped by such major device manufacturers as Fly, Gigabyte, and HTC.

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Verizon to loosen grip on cell network (Denver Post)

In a major shift for the mobile-phone industry, Verizon Wireless said Tuesday that it planned to give customers far more choice in what phones they could use on its network and how they use them.

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Spb Catalog announced and Spb announces proudly some deals (MS Mobiles)

November 28, 2007 [General] | By Edward J. Rutkowski. Handango had launched very similar solution - a on-device mobile sofwtare catalog called "Handango InHand" - 3 years ago at 3GSM 2004 but Spb's solution is not based on particular mobile software shop but rather on Microsoft's Windows Mobile Marketplace that covers several sources.

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Cellfish Media Launches 'Add-to-Phone', Allowing Publishers and Bloggers to Provide the Ability to Send Pictures, ... (PRWeb)

Today leading mobile entertainment content provider, Cellfish Media, is launching "Add-to-Phone", a free technology for bloggers and websites, which lets their users download content from the web to their phones in a simple, one-click process. (PRWeb Nov 28, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1Qcm9mLVN1bW0tSG9yci1UaGlyLVplcm8=

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O2 Tube trial takes mobile payments underground (Silicon.com)

But is there a business case for the mobile wallet?

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Microsoft Intends to Acquire Musiwave (ThomasNet)

Acquisition of Musiwave would build on Microsoft's commitment to deliver Connected Entertainment vision to consumers. REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 12 / -- Microsoft Corp. today announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement around its intention to acquire Musiwave SA, an Openwave company and a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies. The ...

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Cellfish Media Launches 'Add-to-Phone', Allowing Publishers and Bloggers to Provide the Ability to Send Pictures, ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK----Today leading mobile entertainment content provider, Cellfish Media, is launching "Add-to-Phone", a free technology for bloggers and websites, which lets their users download content from the web to their phones in a simple, one-click process.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Verizon Wireless to Open Its Network (New York Times)

In a major shift for the mobile phone industry, Verizon Wireless now plans to give customers more choice in what phones they can use on its network and how they use them.

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Good News to Travel Fast (BWCS)

Christians in the UK can now receive the entire bible downloaded to their mobile handsets. While believers have been able to receive scriptures sent via text for some time, the availability of the whole Bible is a new step. It is not clear if so-called text language versions will also be available.

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TELUS Adds Handmark Pocket Express to New Smartphones (Broadcast Newsroom)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. & VANCOUVER, British Columbia, BUSINESS WIRE -- Handmark(R), a global leader in mobile media, and the Canadian telecommunications company TELUS announced today an agreement to bring Handmark powered services to TELUS clients.

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Verizon could change U.S. wireless market (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

In a major shift for the mobile phone industry, Verizon Wireless said Tuesday that it planned to give customers far more choice in what phones they could use on its network and how they use them.

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VITO RingtoneEditor 1.2 released (MS Mobiles)

November 28, 2007 [General] | By Edward J. Rutkowski. With new version making ringtones gets easy. Works for both Windows Mobile plaforms - with and without touch-screen.

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TELUS Adds Handmark Pocket Express to New Smartphones (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)

Handmark, a global leader in mobile media, and the Canadian telecommunications company TELUS announced today an agreement to bring Handmark powered services to TELUS clients. Handmark is providing an updated version of its popular Pocket Express application on TELUS smartphones that features travel services tailored for the mobile professional along with the ability to download content download ...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

All eyes on Apple as iPhone enters Europe (ElectricNews.Net)

It's been a rollercoaster few months for the iPhone but at last it has hit the European market.

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AT&T Now Offers the LG Shine (PDA Buyer's Guide)

LG Shine slider phone, featured in ATnT's "Black Friday" sale, is now in the cell phone line-up from ATnT. It offers 2.2" LCD screen, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth A2DP support and more. It sells for $149.99 with 2-year contract ...

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Starent Networks' Multimedia Solutions Selected by Cricket to Provide Next-Generation, Feature-Rich Applications (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

TEWKSBURY, Mass.----Starent Networks, Corp. , a leading provider of infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver multimedia services, today announced Cricket Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc., has selected Starent's ST16 multimedia core platform solution to provide multimedia services to subscribers.

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In da bginning ... the mobile Bible on offer for 6 a testament (Guardian Unlimited)

God moves not only in mysterious ways but increasingly in technological ones as Christians have come to embrace the latest gadgets

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Monday, November 26, 2007

Saregama India: Hold (The Hindu)

While Saregama appears to be making the right moves in new businesses, there could be execution challenges in its transition to a diversified entertainment company.

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The converged operator (The Hindu)

With every new technology comes the key question: who will be the first mover in adopting this new technology wireline or wireless carriers? The answer lies in collaboration between the wireline and wireless service providers or the advent of the Converged Operator.

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Security Rivals Launch Products for Mobile Devices (eWeek)

Symantec and McAfee have both announced new forays into the mobile security space.

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Cricket Ranked #1 Wireless Network in Middle Tennessee (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NASHVILLE, Tenn.----Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, announced today that an independent research study ranked Cricket's wireless network #1 throughout Cricket's Middle Tennessee coverage area, with fewer dropped calls and more reliable connections than any other wireless company serving this market.

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Fierce Competition Adds Verve to Growing Smart Phone Market (The Online NewsHour)

Powerful cell phones with Web and multimedia capabilities - dubbed "smart phones" - are part of a new generation of mobile phones earning a loyal following. Spencer Michels reports on smart phones and how top industry contenders plan to offer the technology.

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Amazon Kindle Finds a New Use for 3G (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Amazon.com isn't the first company to sell an electronic book reader with an easy-on-the-eyes E-Ink display, but its method for delivering those books may have opened up a whole new use for mobile data networks.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Digicel Introduces the Coral Phone (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Digicel, the fastest-growing telecommunications company in the Caribbean and new entrant to the Latin America market, today announced that it is introducing a new line of sleek mobile handsets accessible to all consumers.

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Amazon finds a new use for 3G with Kindle (InfoWorld)

Amazon.com isn't the first company to sell an electronic book reader with an easy-on-the-eyes E-Ink display , but its method for delivering those books may have opened up a whole new use for mobile data networks. Users of the Kindle, introduced Monday for a list price of $399, can select and buy books with the device and download them in less than one minute, according to the company. ...

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Amazon finds a new use for 3G with Kindle (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)

Amazon.com isn't the first company to sell anelectronic book reader with an easy-on-the-eyes E-Ink display, but its method for delivering those books may have opened up a whole new use for mobile data networks.

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'King could get royalties' - IT lawyer (Contractor UK)

Ripples from diplomatic faux pas rarely reach commercial waters but political goings-on in Chile have spawned a multi-million pound online business. Irritated by his constant interruptions during a summit on Saturday, the King of Spain turned to Hugo Chavez and said, Why dont you just shut up?

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Saturday, November 17, 2007

Billing woes hobble 'off-deck' mobile business (InfoWorld)

Mobile infrastructure companies are trying to make it easier to sell content and applications that aren't featured on the interface carriers provide on their phones in the U.S., but don't expect a flood of new offerings overnight. Providers of ringtones, games, wallpaper, and other products can sell to subscribers without being featured on the so-called "deck," and still get paid through ...

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Billing woes hobble 'off-deck' mobile business (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)

Mobile infrastructure companies are trying to make it easier to sell content and applications that aren't featured on the interface carriers provide on their phones in the U.S., but don't expect a flood of new offerings overnight.

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PRESS RELEASE: Indiagames And Glu Mobile Partner To Bring Glu Mobile Content To India (gamesindustry.biz)

Mumbai, India 16th November Indiagames Ltd, India's benchmark mobile and online games company has now partnered with Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, to exclusively distribute their catalogue of high quality wireless content in India.

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Bango Relays Web Content to Handsets (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

Mobile software developer Bango has introduced a new method for overcoming the technical challenge of getting digital content into the hands of mobile-phone users. The company's new technology -- which can be added to Web pages or inserted into e-mail messages -- is designed to enable mobile-phone users to receive multimedia content from friends and family members at the touch of a button.

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Friday, November 16, 2007

Africa: Promotion Without Borders Goes Mobile (AllAfrica.com)

Borders have been no barrier to Brandscape Marketing's delivery of mobile proximity marketing campaigns with Exp as the rollout of Castle Lager's brand activity launched recently in Zambia and Tanzania. The campaign is now rolling out to another four sub-Saharan countries.

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62% of Women missing out on Mobile Lifestyle Tools (PhoneContent.com)

Research reveals that whilst 60 percent of women in the UK say they can't live without their mobile phones, they mainly use them for calling and texting; ignoring the host of other features and services that their phone offers.

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dotMobi Turns to Mobile Complete to Launch Special Benefit for Mobile Developers: Free Access to Remote Handsets for ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

WASHINGTON & DUBLIN, Ireland----As part of its ongoing efforts to simplify the development of mobile content and applications, dotMobi - the consortium behind the only Internet address created specifically for mobile phones - is partnering with Mobile Complete to bring a special benefit to the thousands of members of the dotMobi Developer Forum : free access to Mobile Complete's ...

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dotMobi Turns to Mobile Complete to Launch Special Benefit for Mobile Developers: Free Access to Remote Handsets for ... (wallstreet:online AG)

As part of its ongoing efforts to simplify the development of mobile content and applications, dotMobi

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dotMobi Turns to Mobile Complete to Launch Special Benefit for Mobile Developers: Free Access to Remote Handsets for ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

As part of its ongoing efforts to simplify the development of mobile content and applications, dotMobi -- the consortium behind the only Internet address created specifically for mobile phones -- is partnering with Mobile Complete to bring a special benefit to the thousands of members of the dotMobi Developer Forum : free access to Mobile Complete's "DeviceAnywhere" remote handset testing ...

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PRESS RELEASE: mPortico to Deliver I-play Content Over its Mobile Media Network (gamesindustry.biz)

New York, NY -- November 15th, 2007 -- mPortico today announced an exclusive distribution agreement with the mobile entertainment company I-play, that will deliver I-plays award-winning mobile games and video content, including Hollywood Movie Minutes, and Daniel Negreanu Win at Texas Hold Em made for mobile video, via mPorticos EZ-XS platform.

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Bango makes mobile Web downloads easy (CNET)

Bango has developed a new product called the Bango Button that should make it easier for people to find and download Web content onto mobile handsets.

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Indiagames and Glu Mobile Partner to Bring Glu Mobile Content to India (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

MUMBAI, India----Indiagames Ltd, India's benchmark mobile and online games company has now partnered with Glu Mobile Inc. , a leading global publisher of mobile games, to exclusively distribute their catalogue of high quality wireless content in India.

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Software manages mobile content delivery. (ThomasNet)

Through use of automated functionality, Vuesia AI facilitates process of launching and managing mobile content globally. Automated bid management tool manages returns generated from mobile search engines, while user interface enables uploading of digital assets for mobilization. Program supports media sharing services, mobile social networking, and advertising. Device Agnostic Media allowing ...

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

MTV Networks Launches Mobile Social Network 'Con3xion' for MTV Tr3s Community on Intercasting Corp.'s Anthem(TM) ... (The San Francisco Examiner)

NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO , Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV Networks, a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA; VIA.B), today announced it is working with Intercasting Corporation, the leading mobile social networking company, and its award- winning platform, ANTHEM(TM), to develop a mobile social network around MTV Tr3s. The Latino focused mobile social network -- to be called Con3xion -- also marks the first ...

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Verizon Wireless Teams With Mexican Pop Phenomenon RBD (FinanzNachrichten)

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless and Mexican pop superstars, RBD, have teamed to promote the Nov. 20 release of RBD's highly anticipated new album, Empezar desde Cero. As part of an agreement that uses the latest mobile technology to reach RBD fans, Verizon Wireless will sponsor RBD's 2008 U.S. tour, host private performances for promotional winners and conduct ...

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M:Metrics Starts Tracking Mobile Advertising (Cellular-News.com)

M:Metrics has shown off its competitive tracking service for mobile advertising, M:AdTracker.

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M:Metrics Launches First Mobile Advertising Tracking Service (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

M:Metrics, the mobile media authority, today unveiled the first competitive tracking service for mobile advertising, M:AdTracker, at the Mobile Marketing Forum.

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Nigeria: Nokia Takes Care Service to Abuja (AllAfrica.com)

Nokia, world leader in mobile communications, has opened its first Care Centre in the Federal Capital Territory , Abuja just as it says the new Nokia 2630 and Nokia 2760 will deliver imaging and Bluetooth technology to the entry market.

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MTV Networks Launches Mobile Social Network 'Con3xion' for MTV Tr3s Community on Intercasting Corp.'s Anthem(TM) ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

MTV Networks, a division of Viacom , today announced it is working with Intercasting Corporation, the leading mobile social networking company, and its award- winning platform, ANTHEM, to develop a mobile social network around MTV Tr3s.

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Verizon Wireless Teams With Mexican Pop Phenomenon RBD (The San Francisco Examiner)

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. ( Map ) - BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless and Mexican pop superstars, RBD, have teamed to promote the Nov. 20 release of RBD's highly anticipated new album, Empezar desde Cero. As part of an agreement that uses the latest mobile technology to reach RBD fans, Verizon Wireless will sponsor RBD's 2008 U.S. tour, host private performances for ...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

China Mobile May Sell iPhone (PC World via Yahoo! News)

China Mobile is in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone in China, the company's CEO said on Tuesday. But he's not keen on the type of revenue-sharing model that Apple has insisted on elsewhere in the world.

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China Mobile in talks with Apple to sell iPhone (InfoWorld)

China Mobile is in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone in China, the company's CEO said on Tuesday. But he's not keen on the type ofrevenue-sharing modelthat Apple has insisted on elsewhere in the world. "Our customers like this kind of fashionable product," Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile's CEO, on the sidelines of the GSM Association's Mobile Asia Congress in Macau. But in a speech at ...

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China Mobile in talks with Apple to sell iPhone (Addict 3D)

China Mobile is in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone in China, the company's CEO said on Tuesday.

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China Mobile May Sell iPhone (PC World)

China Mobile is in talks with Apple for the iPhone, but the sticking point is the company's revenue-sharing model.

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Copy of Microsoft Acquires Mobile Advertising Pioneer ScreenTonic (PhoneContent.com)

Microsoft has announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement around its intention to acquire Musiwave SA, an Openwave company and a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies.

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Inside The GPhone: What To Expect From Google's Android Alliance (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

If you think the Google Phone is all talk, you're wrong: Here are eight technologies--GPS, multimedia, mobile Web browsing, gaming graphics, and more--which Open Handset Alliance members will bring to the upcoming mobile handset.

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U.S. Importing Asian Cellular Sophistication (Forbes)

Mobile phone operators are launching advanced new services for phones. Will Americans be willing to pay up?

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

New Harry Potter film gets HD DVD and Blu-ray release (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

What will the wizard bring to the format war?

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Technology Briefing (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Microsoft will acquire mobile music business ... Software startup ZenZui changes name to Zumobi ... Medio Systems, mInfo of Shanghai to work together ... Angel investments may outperform VCs, study says ... EProject says it is changing its name to Daptiv ... Google prizes aim to foster mobile-phone applications ... Gore joins Kleiner Perkins, the Silicon Valley VC firm

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Microsoft Intends to Acquire Musiwave (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Microsoft Corp. today announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement around its intention to acquire Musiwave SA, an Openwave company and a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies.

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Single-Chip Solution enables feature-rich handsets. (ThomasNet)

Delivering complete system-level operation in single monolithic IC, Nexperia(TM) PNX4903 GSM/GPRS-optimized multimedia solution is designed for Ultra Low-Cost (ULC) mobile handsets. It allows complete, dual-band GSM/GPRS modem to be realized with 49 external components on 4-layer PCB. External ICs required are power amplifier and memory. By integrating analog and digital basebands, RF ...

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Microsoft aims to acquire Musiwave (CNET)

Possible purchase suggests that Microsoft will continue a piecemeal approach to the consumer mobile market, rather than follow Apple's lead and build its own phone.

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Dial M for music - labels bank on mobile downloads (Guardian Unlimited)

Record groups are saying the new services will turn the tide of falling sales. By Katie Allen

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Microsoft in talks to buy mobile music vendor Musiwave (iTNews)

Microsoft said Monday that it has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire Musiwave, a provider of portable music services to mobile network operators and media companies..

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Microsoft In Talks To Buy Mobile Music Vendor Musiwave (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

Musiwave offers software that lets mobile operators offer a number of paid products, including ringtones, music-on-demand, and customized playlists.

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Monday, November 12, 2007

W890 and W380 Walkman phones set to delight music lovers on the go (PhoneContent.com)

Sony Ericsson has revealed the two latest additions to its Walkman phone portfolio. The W890 and W380 Walkman phones are stylish new offerings packed with features sure to set music lovers' pulses racing.

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Dial M for music - labels bank on mobile downloads (Guardian Unlimited)

Media Record groups are saying the new services will turn the tide of falling sales

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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Halleluiah! The Apple iPhone's here at last (Daily Telegraph)

The long-awaited iPhone (aka 'the Jesus phone') has arrived in the UK. But, asks Claudine Beaumont, is its halo intact?

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MIKE WENDLAND'S BLOG: Why I still love the iPhone (Detroit Free Press)

Every week, I've been getting the latest and greatest of the mobile phones being introduced for holiday sales to review and write about. And while some are promising, none can come close to the iPhone in ease, elegance and excellence of design.

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Friday, November 9, 2007

BuyDRM's KeyOS Digital Rights Platform to Power SambaTech's Pay Media Offering (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

AUSTIN, Texas----BuyDRM, a media services innovator helping companies market, monetize and monitor pay media content, has been selected by SambaTech of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to provide its KeyOS Pay Media Platform with Digital Rights Management services for use in South America.

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The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily (Arab News)

MAKKAH, 9 November 2007 The Islamic Jurisprudence Council banned the use of the verses of the Holy Quran as ringtones for mobile phones because it impinges on the sacred character of the Muslim...

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UTStarcom Personal Communications and Cricket(R) Launch Stylish, Entry-Level Handset - the UTStarcom CDM7026 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wireless subscribers who are calling for a return to the basics now have an easy-to-use, affordable handset that boasts style and practicality -- the UTStarcom CDM7026 mobile handset available now to Cricket customers.

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Want an Open Network, Google? Get Your Own (E-Commerce Times)

So we finally got a glimpse of the much-ballyhooed Google phone -- which is not an actual phone, but an open software platform that other companies can use to build cool new mobile phones and that programmers can use to create cool new Internet applications. Sounds great, until you realize that it means nothing unless big cell phone carriers like Verizon Wireless and AT&T relax their iron grip.

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How smart does your phone need to be? (BBC News)

Mobile phones come with ever more features; whether we use them is crucial to all players in this billion-dollar industry.

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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Vindu's View: Google should build its own wireless network (San Jose Mercury News)

So we finally got a glimpse of the much-ballyhooed Google phone - which is not an actual phone, but an open software platform that other companies can use to build cool new mobile phones and that programmers can use to create cool new Internet applications.

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Qualcomm's BrandXtend Signature Solution Powers MLB Advanced Media's Mobile Content Offering (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Qualcomm Incorporated , a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, and MLB Advanced Media, LP , the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, today announced the launch of a compelling new lineup of mobile content and services for baseball fans, powered by Qualcomm's BREW BrandXtend Signature Solution.

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BuyDRM's KeyOS Digital Rights Platform to Power SambaTech's Pay Media Offering (Broadcast Newsroom)

AUSTIN, Texas, BUSINESS WIRE -- BuyDRM(TM), a media services innovator helping companies market, monetize and monitor pay media content, has been selected by SambaTech of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to provide its KeyOS Pay Media Platform with Digital Rights Management services for use in South America.

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Cricket Launches Online Showcase for Nashville Musicians (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NASHVILLE, Tenn.----Cricket Communications Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, recently launched Cricket Nashville Music Showcase, a Web page that features original songs performed by Cricket customers and friends of customers in Nashville.

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Qualcomm's BrandXtend Signature Solution Powers MLB Advanced Media's Mobile Content Offering (The San Francisco Examiner)

SAN DIEGO , Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM ), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, and MLB Advanced Media, LP (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, today announced the launch of a compelling new lineup of mobile content and services for baseball fans, powered by ...

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Qualcomm's BrandXtend Signature Solution Powers MLB Advanced Media's Mobile Content Offering (KXXV Waco)

- MLB Branded Content Available Direct to Fans via BrandXtend - SAN DIEGO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated , a leading developer and innovator...

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Pantech Duo C810 (AT&T) (CNET)

Even though the Pantech Duo has an impressive feature set that include 3G/HSDPA support, we were ultimately disappointed with its subpar design.

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Countdown begins for the iPhone's arrival in Britain (Independent)

Considering Apple sold one million iPhone units in the US within 74 days of its release, it is little wonder that the imminent arrival of the latest must-have product has sparked a consumer frenzy this side of the Atlantic as well.

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The Great Entertainer - Sony Ericsson Unveils Latest Walkman(R) Phone (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

RALEIGH, N.C.----Sony Ericsson today unveiled the latest addition to its Walkman phone portfolio, along with new accessories. The W380 Walkman phone is a stylish new offering packed with features sure to set music lovers' pulses racing.

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Sony Ericsson Unveiled Two New Walkman Phones: the W890 and W380 Walkman Phones (PDA Buyer's Guide)

Sony Ericsson today unveiled two new Walkman phones: the W380 and the W890. Here is more info on these two phones:"Sony Ericsson today revealed the two latest additions to its Walkman phone portfolio. The W890 and W380 Walkman phones ...

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Telescope Teams with InSkin Media to Deliver Non-Intrusive, Non-Interruptive Online Video Advertising Format, End ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK----Promising to end the online video ad debate, InSkin Media Ltd. and Telescope, Inc., the pioneer in participation media services, today unveiled the patent-pending InSkin online video ad format at Ad-Tech New York.

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Telescope Teams with InSkin Media to Deliver Non-Intrusive, Non-Interruptive Online Video Advertising Format, End ... (Broadcast Newsroom)

NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE -- Promising to end the online video ad debate, InSkin Media Ltd. (www.inskinmedia.com) and Telescope, Inc., the pioneer in participation media services, today unveiled the patent-pending InSkin(TM) online video ad format at Ad-Tech New York. An entirely new approach to online video advertising, InSkin ads are viewable during the entire time a consumer watches an online ...

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First look at UK iPhone (T3)

T3 video exclusive: We've taken a very close look at the iPhone, as it will be sold in the UK.

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QSound Labs' microQ(TM) Shipping in Pantech's 3G Duo Smartphone (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

QSound Labs, Inc., a leading technology developer of audio and voice software solutions, today announced that Pantech Co., Ltd is shipping key microQ components in Pantech's first Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone, the Duo(TM).

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Laptops to drive past decktops (News Interactive)

MOVE over desktop computers, the laptop is set to conquer the world.

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Digital Dealmakers: Ashok Narasimhan (TV Week)

The player: Ashok Narasimhan, chairman, CEO and co-founder of July Systems in Santa Clara, Calif. The Play: July Systems bundles content for mobile phones, such as ringtones, video, wallpaper and news articles.

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Consolidated Gulf Co. introduces Nokia 2630 in Qatar (AME Info)

Consolidated Gulf Co. (CGC), the biggest retailer of mobile phones as well as the largest telecom and IT solution provider in Qatar, has introduced an attractive Nokia 2630 phone that convey style and status at an affordable price.

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Monday, November 5, 2007

Advaliant Details PlayPhone's Affiliate Marketing Success (PRWeb)

Campaign Experiences Clear and Measurable Results. (PRWeb Nov 5, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SGFsZi1IYWxmLUhhbGYtWmV0YS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

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Kenya: ICT Polls (AllAfrica.com)

The announcement by the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) chairman, Mr Samuel Kivuitu that the youth between 18-40 years comprise 60.8 per cent of all registered voters and the rest of the voters at 39.2 per cent may have demonstrated the crucial role the youth will play in determining the winner in this year's election.

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Sunday, November 4, 2007

iPhone Preview (Macworld UK)

The iPhone has been three years in the making. Apples designers have been working on it for eons, and the web has been buzzing about Apples entry into the phone market for just as long or maybe even longer.

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Saturday, November 3, 2007

Media Blogs & Sites (Circulation Management)

Today, consumers want the information they are looking for, when they want it, and the way they want it. In a multi-media environment, where one technology links intoor potentially links intothe others, the circulator is expected to be familiar with them all, and a master of marketing on many.

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Warner Nixes Nokia (Forbes)

The American record label says 'no' to the Finnish company's new music store.

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Friday, November 2, 2007

TELUS Reports Third Quarter Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

TELUS Corporation today reported that third quarter 2007 revenue increased 4.5 per cent to $2.31 billion from a year ago. The performance was driven by nine per cent growth in both wireless revenue and wireline data revenue, partially offset by declines in local and long distance wireline revenues.

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g8wave Announces Agreement with The Charlatans to Power Full Mobile Download Services (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

BOSTON----g8wave Holdings, Inc. , an integrated mobile media company with offices in Boston and London, today announced that it has reached an agreement with The Charlatans, a music group with a history of pursuing revolutionary approaches to music distribution.

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REHMAN RASHID: The phony tones of tony phones (The New Straits Times--All the News that Matter)

MALAYSIA, it might not surprise you to hear, is one of Asia's leading countries in handphone usage. Cellphone penetration has topped 82 per cent here, with 22 million subscribers. ("Penetration" is the industry jargon for it; the invasive connotations are coincidental, though not inappropriate.)

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Thursday, November 1, 2007

Air2Web and OIT Bring Mobile Marketing to the Great Outdoors (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

ATLANTA----Air2Web, Inc., a leading mobile marketing company, today announced that its Mobile Marketing platform is powering Outdoor Inspired Technologies , a provider of interactive mobile applications and content for the outdoor industry.

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The Cure For The Music Industry's Blues - New Wireless Technology Increases Bottom Line For Record Labels & Artists (PRWeb)

SONGboost, a provider of software solutions to the music industry, is pleased to announce it's forthcoming Fan-Artist Trading Decks (FAT Decks), which enable musicians, record labels, and media companies to quickly create and syndicate digital music assets that can be shared by fans across any Internet-enabled device including mobile phones, desktop computers and set-top boxes. Based on ...

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FunMobility Ranks 5th in Deloitte's 2007 Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 List of the Fastest Growing Technology ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

FunMobility, Inc., America's biggest mobile social network, today announced that it ranked 5th on Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for the Silicon Valley, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the region by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations.

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Napster Music Subscription Service Available Across New Line of DoCoMo Mobile Phones in Japan (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Napster confirmed today that the company's mobile music subscription service is available to NTT DoCoMo customers through the mobile company's newest line of music-enabled handsets, the FOMA 905i series. The Microsoft Windows Media-branded handsets will allow DoCoMo customers to seamlessly download music over-the-air directly to their handset or download music and playlists from their PC to ...

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The Cure For The Music Industry's Blues - New Wireless Technology Increases Bottom Line For Record Labels & Artists (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

SONGboost, a provider of software solutions to the music industry, is pleased to announce it's forthcoming Fan-Artist Trading Decks (FAT Decks), which enable musicians, record labels, and media companies to quickly create and syndicate digital music assets that can be shared by fans across any Internet-enabled device including mobile phones, desktop computers and set-top boxes.

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Marriages to be made on mobile phones! (CIOL)

BANGALORE, India: Nokia today announced a tie-up with BharatMatrimony that will allow Nokia device owners in India to use their services through Nokia Catalogs, a mobile shopping mall that offers a wide variety of content, applications and services on Nokia devices.

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