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| Sony Ericsson W902 Gets Video Promos Too |  | 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 (together with the C905 slider and the Xperia X1 Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone). The music-related features of W902 ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 09:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Motorola EM30 Caught Live |  | 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< ... [read more >>] | | 21 July 2008, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| LG, Natasha Bedingfield and VH1 Partner to Save the Music |  | 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.
[admark=1]The ringtone costs $2.99 and can be bought by US fans until September 28, from VH1's web ... [read more >>] | | 19 July 2008, 06:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson Ready to Unveil a New Chapter in Mobile Music |  | 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 official unveiling on July 22 are:
[admark=1]– the ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 03:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Not Slashing any UK iTunes Prices (as Promised) |  | 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 the 74p Apple had in mind for the price drop), the iPod maker reckons no price cuts are necessary anymore.
"This is an ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 16:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Verizon Offers Exclusive Jonas Brothers Content Plus Concert Tickets |  | 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.
[admark=1]All those who download Jonas Brothers songs, ringtones or ringback tones via the V CAST with Rhapsody service ente ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 14:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson W980 Starts Shipping |  | 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 announcement regarding the new Walkman phone.
The W980 is clamshell and, judging by its list of features, it' ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 09:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Rogers Goes Red with Nokia 5310 and Sony Ericssson W580i |  | 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.
[admark=1]Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is available in Canada since May, but only in a blue version, so Rogers thought it would be nice to add a red one too. Coming in a candybar form factor ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson R300 Theoretically Available |  | 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 the R306, another phone from Sony Ericsson's new Radio line-up.
Since the R-series is me ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 06:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| AT&T Gathers Famous Artists to Sing Olympic Songs |  | 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 24. This initiative comes as a result to AT&T being the official partner of the US Olympic Team.
... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia XpressMusic 5320 Might Hit the US |  | 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&l ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 12:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Released |  | 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 ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 03:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Verizon Brings V CAST Music with Rhapsody – 5 Million Songs Included |  | 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 to access more than 5 million songs, for $15 per month. Every song that you buy (for $1.99) will be of ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 04:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| RiffWorks 2.1 Adds Multi-Language 'Quick Start' Tutorial |  | 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 capture their musical ideas and make them into complete songs using a familiar "real-world" ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Rock Revolution Detailed by Zoe Mode |  | 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 prob ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free Pearl Jam Songs Offered by Verizon |  | 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 the tour, Verizon will record three tracks performed live by Pearl Jam. After each show, one of these tracks w ... [read more >>] | | 12 June 2008, 04:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MIT Brings Gaming to the Blind |  | 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 ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Now in Canada |  | 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 ... [read more >>] | | 30 May 2008, 11:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Special Wild Card Phone Released by Virgin Mobile |  | 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 15,000 units, but all the 15,000 customers who buy it will have access to Virgin Mobile's G ... [read more >>] | | 30 May 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Last Member of Piracy Group Convicted |  | 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 piracy group that specialized in stealing and disseminating music.
Gitarts, who is expected to be sentenced on August 8, face ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 08:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Win a Sony Ericsson W910i Def Jam Phone |  | 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 lucky fellas to get their hands on a Def Jam golden edition of the high-end Walkman phone. All you have to do ... [read more >>] | | 23 May 2008, 10:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Music Store Gone Swedish |  | 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 all the other Music Stores launched until now, the new one features millions of songs, bringing users from acro ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 09:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson R300 – FCC Approved |  | 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 it's both tiny and lightweight, being suitable even for the smallest pockets users might have. Part of &l ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 03:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| LG KM501, New Music Phone Launched |  | 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 ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 05:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Shape of Music |  | 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 through which music can be described through geometrical shapes by mapping it into space coordinates.
For example, music play ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Campaign Aims to Teach Kids that Downloading Pirated Content Is Bad |  | 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 5,500 schools, 2,300 libraries and 125 UK music retailers, BPI said in a press release published today. Entitled &quo ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Music Store Launched in Singapore |  | Nokia opened its first Music Store portal for Asia today, in Singapore, bringing Singaporean music lovers 24/7 access to millions of songs, both from their Nokia phone and from their PCs. The tracks offered by Nokia belong to international artists as well as to local ones and re ... [read more >>] | | 29 April 2008, 08:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| W760, the Future Sony Ericsson Walkman Hit |  | Sony Ericsson W760 was first announced at the beginning of the year, during CES 2008, but it has not been launched yet. The W760 is a really unique handset, being the first from Sony Ericsson's Walkman series to come with built-in GPS and also the first to support tri-band ... [read more >>] | | 27 April 2008, 06:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Music Store Now in France |  | Nokia keeps on marching in its quest to conquer the global mobile music market, and today it has launched a new Music Store portal, this time in France. Le French Music Store is the eighth one, coming after the stores open in the UK, Germany, Italy, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands and ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Verizon Brings Natasha Bedingfield to the US |  | Verizon Wireless announced that Natasha Bedingfield, one of the most known and acclaimed UK female singers, would start a national US tour under the name of "Verizon VIP Tour 2008". The young and pretty singer will perform in 20 cities across the US, t ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 11:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony BMG and Nokia Will Offer Free Music |  | Sony BMG Music Entertainment has just joined Nokia's Comes With Music initiative, according to a press release issued today by the Finnish company. Therefore, Sony BMG will add its impressive music catalog to another impressive one, owned by Universal Music Group and already announced by Nokia, back in December 2007, when it first unveiled Comes With Music.
Nokia Comes With Music is a "program" that allows u ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 10:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Music Store Now Open in Australia |  | The latest Music Store portal opened by the Finnish giant mobile company is Nokia Music Store Australia, which comes as the seventh Store of this type, after the ones from the UK, Finland, Germany, Italy, Ireland and the Netherlands. As in the case of the already exist ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 05:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 5320 and Nokia 5220, New XpressMusic Phones |  | Nokia is enlarging its XpressMusic line-up of mobile phone with two new handsets: Nokia 5320 and Nokia 5220, both announced today and both being compatible with Nokia's Music Store.
Nokia 5320 comes in a classic candy-bar form factor and brings ad ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 02:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| iTunes Download Taxes Seriously Considered in The States |  | As many as 15 states and the District of Columbia two years ago said that digital downloads should be taxed. New Jersey, Indiana, Utah, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Massachusetts have since jumped in to "study" new iTunes taxes. Ever more, statesmen are now proposing new laws to tax ... [read more >>] | | 16 April 2008, 06:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| A Piece of Madonna's Hard Candy From Verizon and Vodafone |  | Verizon Wireless proudly announced having released a "mobile underground remix" of "4 Minutes", the first single from Madonna's future album entitled "Hard Candy". The song is exclusively available in the US via Verizon's V CAST Music service (click ... [read more >>] | | 14 April 2008, 12:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Music Store Launched in the Netherlands |  | Nokia just launched a new Nokia Music Store online portal, this time in the Netherlands, following the release of the Irish Nokia Music Store last week. The new Music Store comes with millions of songs from both famous and new artists, whether internationally or just locally ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson Extends its Join the Song Campaign |  | Initially launched at the beginning of March in only three European countries (Norway, Sweden and Denmark), Sony Ericsson's Join the Song campaign can now be enjoyed by users from six other countries: Romania, France, Russia, Greece, Turkey and South Africa.
Launched to promote Sony Ericsson's latest Walkman handset, namely W890, Join the Song is a video and music based campaign that has the final purpose of uniting ... [read more >>] | | 07 April 2008, 10:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia + Ireland = Not Love, But Music |  | Nokia launched a brand new Nokia Music Store, this time for Ireland, providing Irish music fans with access to more than 2.5 million songs at any hour of the day and night. Including tracks from globally known artists, as well as from those who only got the chance to be hear ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Paul Oakenfold Will Handle Bourne Music |  | Movies turn to games, games turn to movies. It's getting really crowded in the crossover market. Most based-on-games movies have bombed at the box office. Does anyone in the audience remember "hits" like Hitman or Doom? Games that are based on movies tend to equally messy affairs, with little actual solid gameplay. Their whole draw factor is based on a movie license and gamers are really very clear in criticizing them.
La ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Issues Another iPhone SDK Restriction |  | Sources on the web are reporting that Apple is starting to show a different face, rather than the one we saw on March 6, at Town Hall in Cupertino, Calif. Speaking of future iPhone/iPod touch apps to be distributed via the upcoming AppStore, Apple CEO Steve Jobs me ... [read more >>] | | 21 March 2008, 06:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| DRM-free Music For BlackBerry, From Puretracks |  | BlackBerry users will soon have a new DRM-free mobile music service and an on-line music store, thanks to Puretracks, a popular Canadian digital music provider, and Magnet Mobile Media. The two companies developed Puretracks Mobile Edition music store for BlackBerry, a s ... [read more >>] | | 12 March 2008, 15:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Entire Beatles' Back Catalog via iTunes. McCartney Cashes in |  | UPI is reporting that Paul McCartney has recently signed a $400 million deal with Apple for the distribution of the the Beatles' back catalog via iTunes. The deal doesn't just acquit the former Beatles legend, but former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr (drummer) and the families of late Beatles stars George Harrison and John Lennon as well. Sadly for McCartney, the list doesn't stop here.
According to the report, Michael Jack ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2008, 07:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SmarTone-Vodafone Brings MusicXS for Mobiles |  | MusicXS is the latest launched unlimited music download service for mobile phones, brought to you by SmarTone-Vodafone, a leading mobile carrier from Hong Kong.
MusicXS offers a huge music catalogue that includes basically all genres, from old t ... [read more >>] | | 06 March 2008, 15:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Your Recording Studio, Updated! GarageBand 4.1.2 |  | It doesn't matter if you're not Mozart or Paul van Dyk, anyone can have fun hitting a few notes or creating snare, kick and synth beats. That's where GarageBand comes in. Your very own recording studio has just received an update from Macvide (developer), improving stability and ad ... [read more >>] | | 05 March 2008, 07:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Midomi Brings Any Song You Want on Your S60 Handset |  | Melodis Corporation, a company based in Sunnyvale, California, announced the releases of midomi mobile, an innovative music search engine for Symbian S60 mobile phones.
The new application allows you to find music by singing, humming or ... [read more >>] | | 28 February 2008, 03:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| iTunes Now 2nd in the US. Catching Up to Wal-Mart |  | Following reports that iTunes has recently become the second-largest music retailer in the United States, researchers are now predicting that Apple's online store is likely to kick Wal-Mart's arse this year. This is mostly thanks to the way ... [read more >>] | | 27 February 2008, 04:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Steamy Music and Videos |  | Doug Lombari, vice president of marketing at Valve, talked about the plans for the popular games download service at the Game Developers Conference. And some of his remarks are rather surprising.
Last year has been a good year for Steam. One doesn't need to look a ... [read more >>] | | 26 February 2008, 09:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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