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Nokia has just announced that its Comes With Music service will first be launched in the UK, in a collaboration with Carphone Warehouse, the giant mobile phone retailer. The new service will be embedded in a special version of the 5310 candybar, awkwardly named "Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Comes With Music Edition." ... |
2 September 2008
10:30 GMT |
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I have heard lots of people complaining about not being able to listen to their favorite music while away from their computer since my first encounter with such a device. This would happen while they are at work, visiting an uncle, an aunt, or even a friend who has different tastes in music. As much as I know t... |
2 September 2008
07:15 GMT |
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Ever thought that Sony Ericsson's W980 and W350 could benefit from new color versions? Good, because the Swedish-Japanese company is preparing to come up with two new colors for the W980 as well as two new ones for the W350. As reported by the SEMC Blog, the W980 will be offered in Opera Brown and Violin Re... |
29 August 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless has announced today the launch of a new and cool contest that will end with 40 of its customers going to Paradise. Well, not to the real Paradise (if that even exists), but to Bahamas' Paradise Island. The 40 winners will embark on a trip that has as final destination the Atlantis resort fr... |
28 August 2008
07:58 GMT |
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First appeared about four months ago, back in April, Philips M600 has recently been released on the European market - in Russia, more exactly. Produced by China Electronics Corp. (like all the Philips handsets manufactured after 2006), the M600 was initially released in China, and now it's time for it to try and... |
25 August 2008
03:18 GMT |
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Ableton Live, the popular music program for Mac OS X that allows you to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise and edit your ideas in a seamless audio/MIDI environment, has been updated to fix a number of nasty bugs. You can download the new version of the software (7.0.10) here.Ableton Live uses loop-based ... |
20 August 2008
06:16 GMT |
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US mobile users in need of an affordable music-oriented phone should be happy to find out that the largest North American carrier (AT&T, of course) has just released a new handset for them: Sony Ericsson W350. The retail price of W350 is $229.99, but with a contract agreement for two years, the phone can be bought ... |
20 August 2008
04:11 GMT |
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It is rumored that Playlouder, a website that offers, via BitTorrent, free music downloads to British users, will partner with Virgin media to give a wider range of playlists to its subscribers. Although people don't pay anything to listen to their favorite songs, the artists and distribution companies are retri... |
18 August 2008
10:09 GMT |
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Telstra, the largest mobile carrier in Australia, announced the availability of a new and huge online collection of MP3s, via its subsidiary BigPond. In consequence, the BigPond Music store now allows music lovers to search and download songs (in MP3 format) from the most famous record labels in the world: Sony BMG, ... |
14 August 2008
08:42 GMT |
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Thumbplay, a leading US mobile entertainment company headquarted in New York, announced that MTV Networks selected its services in order to enhance and take care of its mobile content for the following channels: MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, MTV Jams and MTV Hits. Following the new agreement, MTV Mobile will receive personali... |
12 August 2008
07:56 GMT |
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T-Mobile USA released, yesterday, a new handset from Nokia's XpressMusic family, namely the 5610. Although the phone is available in Europe since 2007, it is brand new for North America; hence, it will probably be well received by mobile users there. Initially rumored to be sold by T-Mobile for $150 with a co... |
12 August 2008
02:58 GMT |
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Vodafone, the second largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers' number, has partnered with MTV in order to bring music fans a new "multi-platform program" called Vodafone Soundbites. Offering a comprehensive view of the global music scene, Vodafone Soundbites is comprised of 21 shows, eac... |
11 August 2008
05:53 GMT |
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Vodafone UK has announced the release of W980, Sony Ericsson's latest Walkman flagship phone, which will come preloaded with Usher's new album, "Here I Stand". The new W980 will be available starting this weekend, for free (with a data plan and a contract agreement for 18 months) or for prices up to 300 GBP... |
7 August 2008
03:00 GMT |
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Just two days before the debut of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games, AT&T, the leading North American mobile carrier and one of US Olympic Team's official partners, has announced the release of its Team USA Soundtrack. The Olympic soundtrack was produced by AT&T in collaboration with lots of famous musicians and i... |
6 August 2008
11:09 GMT |
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At the same time with the unveiling of its three new ROKR phones, Motorola also announced the availability of two portable speakers, which are also part of its ROKR family of products. The new devices are called MOTOROKR EQ7 and MOTOROKR EQ5 and come to enlarge Motorola's line-up of music accessories.Unlike the ... |
5 August 2008
11:34 GMT |
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Motorola has just announced the future availability of three new mobile phones in its ROKR family: EM30, EM28 and EM25. The handsets target young consumers who want their handsets to pack lots of music related features. First appeared on the Web several months ago, Motorola EM30 is a candybar that resembles the ROK... |
5 August 2008
10:40 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless, North America's second largest mobile operator, has teamed up with Linkin Park (the Grammy Award-winning rock band) and Chris Cornell (ex-front men of Soundgarden and Audioslave), in order to get fans closer to them during the upcoming Projekt Revolution US summer tour. Debuting on August 7, t... |
5 August 2008
03:03 GMT |
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If a Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is all you've ever wanted but you couldn't get one until now because of "unavailability reasons", we are happily informing you that the handset has hit the shelves. For the moment, we're only sure about its availability in the stores across Finland (Nokia's home country... |
2 August 2008
04:30 GMT |
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Samsung, the world's second largest handset manufacturer, and AT&T, North America's biggest mobile carrier, have announced the launch of this year's Samsung AT&T Summer Krush music tour in the US. The tour features leading artists who are performing live, in unique shows, in several important American ... |
1 August 2008
12:14 GMT |
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As if it's not already the first choice for most mobile users from all over the world, Nokia has recently cut the prices for lots of its devices in order to make them even more attractive. Thus, according to Reuters, starting this month we will be able to get Nokia phones for prices about 10% lower. Most of the... |
1 August 2008
03:18 GMT |
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LG Electronics announced today having signed an agreement with Dolby Laboratories, Inc., the famous American company specialized in audio technologies, in order to create advanced multimedia phones. Following the agreement, LG will integrate the Dolby Mobile technology into future select handsets. Especially optimize... |
30 July 2008
11:29 GMT |
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Motorola U9 is not exactly the newest handset to come from Moto, but the company has only now released it in its home country (the US, of course). Available only online, from Motorola's Store, in an unlocked GSM version, the U9 costs $275.99 and will allow you to use it with any of the US GSM carriers (AT&T, T-... |
30 July 2008
07:17 GMT |
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ARTISTdirect, Inc., a leading online entertainment provider, announced the future availability of its own branded mobile channels, following an agreement with Boopsie, Inc., a California-based provider of mobile search clients. Via the Boopsie Mobile Platform, mobile users will have access to ARTISTdirect content, in... |
29 July 2008
05:22 GMT |
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LG's portfolio of music-oriented handsets is continuously growing, and the latest phone to target music lovers is the LG KP265, recently announced in Russia. Although this new LG looks quite nice, coming in a slider form factor, its features are not too advanced, making it an entry-level device. LG wants the KP2... |
28 July 2008
02:26 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W902, the new Walkman flagship phone announced by the Swedish-Japanse company on July 22, has also appeared in two official videos, a Promo one and a Marketing one. Presented as a phone that can provide an "outstanding music sound", the new W902 is one of the nicest SE handsets to come this year (toge... |
24 July 2008
09:08 GMT |
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Motorola EM30, the latest handset from Moto's ROKR family, was recently spotted in several live images, which might mean the phone could be officially unveiled soon. The new handset borrows a lot from the ROKR E8, which is already available in Europe, Asia and North America (T-Mobile is the carrier offering the ... |
21 July 2008
03:09 GMT |
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LG Mobile Phones has recently announced a new partnership with the VH1 Save The Music Foundation and the pop star Natasha Bedingfield. The young English singer and songwriter has donated a live version of "Angel", a song from her latest album, Pocketful Of Sunshine, for the creation of an exclusive mobile ringtone. ... |
19 July 2008
06:39 GMT |
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Celebrating 3 years since the first Walkman phone hit the market, Sony Ericsson is preparing the release of at least three new W-series handsets. The Swedish-Japanese company officially confirmed the new releases for July 22 (that's next week, on Tuesday).For the moment, the rumored handsets that will get an off... |
18 July 2008
03:00 GMT |
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iTunes fans, and especially those living in the UK, might remember that Apple once promised to lower the prices it charged for music on its UK iTunes Store, within six months, to match the already standardized pricing on iTunes across Europe. With reports flying in saying that 99 Euro cents now equals 79p (close to t... |
16 July 2008
16:26 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless announced today that it has teamed up with Jonas Brothers, the famous American pop-rock group, in order to bring their music closer to its subscribers. Jonas Brothers are on a US tour called "Burning Up" and Verizon offers its customers the chance to win tickets to the upcoming venues. All those who... |
14 July 2008
14:07 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W980, the high-end Walkman handset announced by the Swedish-Japanese company back in February, is no longer in the "coming soon" section of Sony Ericsson's official website. This means the handset should be commercially available in the next days, although Sony Ericsson has not made any announcemen... |
14 July 2008
09:35 GMT |
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Rogers Wireless, the largest Canadian mobile operator, has prepared new color versions for two of its music-oriented phones. More exactly, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic and Sony Ericsson W580i will be offered in new red editions, starting the next few weeks. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is available in Canada since May, but on... |
11 July 2008
05:35 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson has removed the "coming soon" sign from the official presentation page of its R300 handset, which means that in the next few days the phone should be available for purchase, probably in India and Europe at first. The R300 was unveiled by the Swedish-Japanese company back in January, at the same time as... |
9 July 2008
06:39 GMT |
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AT&T, the largest mobile operator in North America, has announced that, together with a group of famous musicians, it will record an "AT&T Team USA Soundtrack" in order to support and inspire the US Olympic Team participant in this year's edition of the Olympic Games, held in Beijing, China, between August 8 and... |
9 July 2008
05:35 GMT |
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The US might soon get a new Nokia Xpress Music handset, namely the XpressMusic 5320, as the phone was recently approved by the FCC. If Nokia indeed plans to release the 5320 in the States, it would be the second XpressMusic to be available this year for North American users, after the 5310, which was launched by both... |
8 July 2008
12:35 GMT |
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One of the best selling games of the last year (Guitar Hero) and one of the best rock bands of all times (Aerosmith) have agreed on a partnership to bring us a brand new product called Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. And that highly anticipated product is finally available for purchase from game retailers nationwide, for the... |
3 July 2008
03:19 GMT |
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Verizon Wireless is now offering a new version of its V CAST Music service, named "V CAST Music with Rhapsody." As you probably already figured, the new V CAST Music is offered in collaboration with Rhapsody, the online music service of RealNetworks and MTV. V CAST Music with Rhapsody will allow Verizon subscribers t... |
2 July 2008
04:11 GMT |
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RiffWorks, Sonoma Wire Works' inspiration tool with a focus on "playing, not engineering", has recently been updated to version 2.1, adding a walkthrough tutorial in 10 languages, better opening and loading collaborations, online collaboration drum sharing and more. Full details below.RiffWorks allows users to c... |
23 June 2008
16:06 GMT |
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With titles such as Dance Dance Revolution, Karaoke Revolution, Beatmania and Guitar Freaks, Konami has proved that it knows a thing or two about rhythm games, and the company doesn't plan to stop too soon. Rock Revolution is the latest title announced by the company and you probably don't need to be some k... |
16 June 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Pearl Jam fans from all over the US, listen to this: Verizon is offering free mobile bootleg recordings from the band's current US tour that started yesterday, June 11, in West Palm Beach, Florida, and will end on June 30, in Mansfield, Massachusetts. More exactly, during every one of the 12 concerts included in... |
12 June 2008
04:42 GMT |
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Except for being famous for their huge pranks, the folks over at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology manage to do all sorts of fabulous things. They also have an independent gaming studio, called Gambit Game Lab, which has recently finished the work on a very interesting title - AudiOdyssey.The most important a... |
4 June 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Rogers has released today its newest Nokia cell phone, the 5310 XpressMusic, offering Canadian users the chance to own one of the slimmest music-oriented handsets currently on the market. Already available in the US, via T-Mobile, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic measures only 103.8 x 44.7 x 9.9 millimeters, weighs 71 grams ... |
30 May 2008
11:59 GMT |
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Virgin Mobile has just released a special edition of its Wild Card mobile phone, named "Virgin Mobile Festival Special Edition Wild Card". The new handset is created by Kyocera, as the original one, and it comes to "celebrate" the upcoming Virgin Mobile Festival. The Special Edition Wild Card is limited to only 15,00... |
30 May 2008
09:58 GMT |
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One of the largest criminal music piracy cases in the United States has ended with 25-year old Barry Gitarts being convicted of copyright infringement. The man, who was part of the so-called Apocalypse Production Crew, was found guilty by a jury last week in the Eastern District of Virginia. The APC was an online pir... |
28 May 2008
08:34 GMT |
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In case you didn't know that there is a Sony Ericsson W910i Def Jam limited edition handset on the market, well, there is. It comes in white, with golden margins, exclusively from Carphone Warehouse, and now you have the chance to win one. The RWD magazine from the UK came up with a contest that will allow some... |
23 May 2008
10:01 GMT |
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Nokia announced a few hours ago the launch of its Swedish Music Store, the latest from the company's portfolio of online music portals. This is the tenth Music Store released by Nokia globally, coming after the ones from Finland, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Australia and Singapore. As ... |
20 May 2008
09:13 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson R300 was recently approved by FCC, hence it's ready to be commercialized in the US, much to the joy (I guess) of mobile users who need a basic handset with advanced radio features. First presented at the beginning of 2008, together with the R306 model, the R300 comes in a candybar form factor and... |
13 May 2008
03:40 GMT |
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LG recently showcased one of its latest music phones, the KM501 model, which allows users to enjoy up to 29 hours of continuous music playback time. Released until now only in Taiwan, the new KM501 comes in a slider form factor and it resembles, in terms of design, the KE500 model, launched by LG back in 2007. T... |
9 May 2008
05:37 GMT |
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Music might not have a physical shape, but it is possible to use a mathematical approach see what the shape of music might look like. Florida State University, Yale University and Princeton University researchers Clifton Callender, Ian Quinn and Dmitri Tymoczko respectively have recently demonstrated a technique thro... |
8 May 2008
06:03 GMT |
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An international campaign started by the British Phonographic Industry aims to teach kids around the world that downloading pirated content is not a good thing, BPI announced today. With the help of international music organizations, BPI will distribute special guides addressed to parents, teachers and students in 5,... |
30 April 2008
18:06 GMT |
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