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Mobile Content Bits: Google Contacts Sync; Nokia Music In Italy; Mobile Film Tickets; Song ID
-- Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Adds Contacts To Sync For BlackBerry App: BlackBerry fans with a special place in their heart for Google services rejoice. Google Sync for BlackBerry has been updated to include two-way contacts synchronization. The downloadable application previously synched users' calendars to their device, but the magic...
Tags: Google Inc., Nokia Corp., Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Italy, Music, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware, Matt Kapko, Companies, Google, Nokia, Operators, Verizon, Entertainment, Mobile Music
External links 2008-11-20
Mobile Music Sales Will Reach ?3.2 Billion by 2012 But Analysts Say 'Tracks Must Be Free'
The music industry has got to be prepared to give music away for free, according to analysts Screen Digest. In a study of 27 countries including the UK, US and western Europe, Screen Digest predicts mobile music sales will double from ?1.6 billion (£1.26 billion) this year to ?3.2...
Tags: Mobile, Be Free, Music, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Marketing, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Patrick Smith
External links 2008-12-08
Mobile Data On Pace To Overload Wireless Networks
It isn't talked about much in the industry, but there is a serious downside to mobile data really taking off. If subscribers start embracing messaging, streaming video and Web browsing on cellphones, it will completely overload wireless networks. In a blog post today, Michael Mace, a industry consultant, and...
Tags: Mobile, Network, Wireless Network, Michael Mace, Networking, TVs, Wireless, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Companies, Operators, T-Mobile, Entertainment, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Music, Mobile Video, Technologies, 3G Etc, WiMax, Tricia Duryee, Clearwire Corp., Palm Inc.
External links 2008-12-08
Mobile Content Bits: WeMix Rings Up Phonezoo; Skyfire Update; MySpaceID On Vodafone; Amobee; Skype
-- Ludacris's WeMix Partners With Phonezoo: Ludacris is launching WeMix a new user-generated music site with Phonezoo to give independent artists a way to create and distribute ringtones. WeMix is kicking off with a channel on Phonezoo that will include profiles of artists and ringtones. As a whole, WeMix...
Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Apple, Browsers, Companies, Countries, Entertainment, Europe, Google, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing, Matt Kapko, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Mobile Adv & Mktg, Mobile Music, Music Labels, News Corp., Nokia, Nokia Corp., NYSE Euronext, Operating Systems, Qualcomm, RIM, Skype Technologies S.A., Social Media, Software, Technologies, UK, Vodafone Group Plc., WeMix Partners
External links 2008-12-09
Emotive Raises $6.25 Million In Second Round; Acquires Sennari Entertainment
Mobile entertainment developer Emotive Communications has raised $6.25 million in a second round. The funding was led by Mayfield Fund while D.E. Shaw Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments contributed. The Los Angeles-based company also announced that it has acquired mobile game developer Sennari Entertainment, which emphasizes prize-play gaming,...
Tags: Mobile, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Music, Money, VC M&A, Venture Capital, Matt Kapko
External links 2008-12-10
Nokia Comes With Music Service DRM "Cracked"?
Has Nokia's Comes With Music service been cracked? News has surfaced that there's a way to break open the WMA DRM-protected unlimited tracks available on Nokia's 5310 XpressMusic and N95. But it's not so much a hack as a way around it. According to Electricpig.co.uk, there's a new version...
Tags: Software, Nokia Corp., Digital-rights Management, Music, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Tools & Techniques, Digital Media, Security, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, Nokia, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Dianne See Morrison
External links 2008-12-11
Billboard.com Changes Ringtone Provider Over To Thumbplay
Mobile content company Thumbplay said today that it is now handling the sales of all ringtones for Billboard.com. The ringtones are available from all of the music charts, which will have links to Thumbplay, where people can preview and choose to download the music to their phone. As an...
Tags: Music, Thumbplay, Ringtone, Sales Strategy, Sales, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Tricia Duryee
External links 2008-12-11
Last.fm Gaining Mobile Momentum; Vodafone Latest To Add
Last.fm is quickly gaining traction in the mobile world, adding Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) today to recent launches on T-Mobile and 3. The telco is making the social music site's Audioscrobbler available to Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N95, N96, N78 and 6210 handsets, allowing the site to monitor tracks being played...
Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Mobile, Last.fm, Advertising & Promotion, Video On Demand (VoD), Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Companies, Operators, Vodafone, Countries, Europe, UK, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Social Media, Robert Andrews, Nokia Corp.
External links 2008-12-17
Mobile Content Bits: The Simpsons; Pandora On Windows; Yahoo Widgets; Go2 Music; Five Top Phones
—Fox Mobile releases content from The Simpsons: The Simpsons is getting another huge boost from Fox Mobile with more than 100 new and exclusive pieces of mobile content. The new suite of content includes: The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy Land mobile game from EA and a range of holiday-themed...
Tags: Phone, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows, Music, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, Apple, CBS, EAMobile, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, News Corp., Operators, T-Mobile, Verizon, RIM, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Yahoo, Entertainment, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Music, Mobile Video, Research & Metrics, Social Media, Matt Kapko, Motorola Inc.
External links 2008-12-16
Dada Entertainment Targets Impulse Buyers With Transactional Ad Banners
Dada Entertainment, the joint venture between Italian content provider Dada and record label Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG, has launched what they're calling a "transactional" marketing campaign that allows consumers who click on their ads to purchase ringtones, tracks and other mobile content directly through banner ads. The ongoing...
Tags: Advertisement, Mobile, Banner, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Companies, Music Labels, SonyBMG, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Mobile Adv & Mktg, Dianne See Morrison, Sony Corp.
External links 2008-12-16
Mobile Content Bits: Second Android Device; Flickr Mobile; Calendar Sync For Instinct; Shazam
Second Android Device To Launch Next Month: Kogan is gearing up to launch the second Android-powered device in January 29. The Agora and Agora Pro are available for pre-sale now at $299 and $399 respectively and will begin shipping at the end of the month. The company said it...
Tags: Mobile, Flickr, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Companies, Google, Operators, SprintNextel, Samsung, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Matt Kapko, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Nextel Corp.
External links 2008-12-05
Weezer Brings Christmas Songs To The iPhone In New Game
If you tend to be a Grinch when the holidays roll around, maybe Weezer can help bring you some holiday cheer and put you back into the spirit of things. The band just recorded six Christmas song classics that will be the hallmark of a new iPhone application from...
Tags: Game, Apple iPhone, Weezer, Corporate Communications, Retail, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Companies, Apple, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Matt Kapko
External links 2008-12-04
Ofcom Report: Mobile Data Revenues Growing Five Times Faster Than Voice
Mobile voice revenues are still larger than those from mobile data, but mobile data revenues are growing five times faster, according to UK regulator Ofcom, in its third International Communications Market Report covering 2007, released today. Total mobile voice revenues in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, USA, Canada and...
Tags: Revenue, Mobile, Voice, Mobile Voice Revenue, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dianne See Morrison, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Mobile Video, Mobile TV, Social Media
External links 2008-11-20
Myxer Surpasses 15 Million Users, Hires CFO And EVP Of Sales
Ad-supported mobile entertainment firm Myxer has surpassed 15 million users and has added a CFO and EVP of sales to its management team. The company, which primarily sells ringtones, wallpapers and games, has grown fifteen-fold from the 1 million users it had 18 months ago. In that time, the...
Tags: CFO, Myxer, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Matt Kapko, Entertainment, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Music, Research & Metrics
External links 2008-11-20
OrbLive Launches On App Store
Orb Networks has launched an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that brings users' home media collections to their mobile devices. OrbLive, which is available for $10 or as a free trial on the App Store, can pull media ranging from music to videos, photos, webcams and live...
Tags: ORB Networks Inc., PC, Desktops, Linux, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Matt Kapko, Companies, Apple, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Mobile Video, Mobile TV, Technologies
External links 2008-11-20
32.1 Million MP3 Players Sold In The UK Last Year. Huh?
By Jemima Kiss: Keen to push its new MP3 kitemark, the Entertainment Retailers Association released figures today trumpeting the format in grand terms: "Never in the history of the music business have we seen a format take off like this before. There is now no doubt that MP3 is...
Tags: MP3 Player, MP3, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Countries, Europe, UK, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Research & Metrics, Robert Andrews
External links 2008-11-24
Imeem Launches Mobile Advertising Platform For Android
Imeem has launched a mobile advertising platform in concert with its social music service. The ad-serving platform will initially be available on imeem's Android application, which has gained traction as one of the ten most-downloaded apps in the Android Market. The first company to jump on board is Kia...
Tags: Kia Motors Corp., Advertisement, Mobile, Imeem, Entertainment, Mobile Music, Mobile Adv & Mktg, Matt Kapko
External links 2008-11-24
Mobile Content Bits: BET Launches Mobile Site; 10,000 iPhone Apps; China Mobile's OS; Curve No. 1
-- BET Networks partners with PlayPhone: African-American focused BET Networks said it will be partnering with PlayPhone to build and manage its mobile entertainment business. The new BET mobile site at http://mobile.bet.com will allow viewers to download content based on what's currently popular. Users will also be able to...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Operating System, China Mobile Ltd., Xinhua News, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Companies, Apple, RIM, Countries, Asia, China, Entertainment, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Music, Mobile Video, Media & Publishing, Research & Metrics, Social Media, Technologies, Tricia Duryee, Apple Inc.
External links 2008-12-01
Apple's 2008 Most Downloaded iPhone Apps Might Just Surprise You
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) released a number of lists today that detail what iPhone users have downloaded the most since the App Store launched on July 11, and the results might just surprise you. The iPhone-maker provided the most popular paid and free apps, however, ranked them in no particular...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., App, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Companies, Apple, Entertainment, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Music, Mobile Video, Media & Publishing, Tricia Duryee, THQ Inc.
External links 2008-12-02
Nokia Launches the N97 To Keep Up With The Internet, Google vs Apple vs Nokia Heats Up
*Nokia* may be the largest handset maker in the world, but the big question is: will wireless incumbents like Nokia (NYSE: NOK), or newcomers like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG), be the ones to thrive in an industry that is increasingly focused on the mobile Internet? Today,...
Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., N97, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Social Networking, Marketing, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Companies, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Operators, T-Mobile, RIM, Entertainment, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Music, Media & Publishing, Social Media, Technologies, LBS/GPS Navigation/Maps, Operating Systems, Tricia Duryee
External links 2008-12-02