Category Archives: Mobile Music
MCN powers SMS search for SMART Communications
Smart Search is a new service launched in partnership with MCN (Mobile Content Networks) and the Philippines mobile operator SMART Communications.
What is Smart Search?
Smart Search is an SMS based search service. It concerns music content and basically any text query on music can be send to the shortcode 7600.
How much?
At launch it will be free [...]
Virgin launches Vmusic in India – free music has never been worth so little
QuickPlay and Virgin Mobile today announced a new music service for the Indian market. Vmusic will be the first unlimited service for full-track music downloads from Virgin Mobile in India. Quickplay will be providing the infrastructure for the service, which will be free to subscribers… for the first 12 months, anyway.
vJazz phones from Virgin Mobile [...]
mSpot partners with CBS Radio and Last FM for mobile radio on AT&T Wireless
mSpot, the company that provides mobile music services and create your own ringtone deals, has teamed with CBS Radio and Last.fm.
Why?
They have collaborated to offer personalised radio services.
What?
Basically AT&T Wireless customers will get a customised listening and entertainment experience.
How?
So, from what I gather the radio will be a blend of different radio services. From sports, [...]
Mobile advertising creeps out onto the handset itself with Nokia branding offer
Nokia is exploring the possibilities of big label branded mobile handsets to attract “brand advocates”, according to AdvertisingAge. The idea is that fans of certain brands or labels would be happy to display their loyalty on their actual handsets, in return for access to exclusive on-phone content related to that brand, and a possible price [...]
Virgin Mobile India packages free music with new mobile device
The new vJazz mobile phone from Virgin Mobile India is it’s latest attempt to catch the youth segment. The phone is aimed square at music lovers, coming pre-packaged with the vMusic service – but the allure of the vJazz is that all music downloads are free for a year with the phone.
The phone comes with [...]
NIN Access Mobile iPhone application
Following on from the article from new music correspondent Val on NIN (here).. this is just to report that the application is now live and can be downloaded for free at:
http://access.nin.com/nearby/earth
If you are in music or have a unique music proposition don’t hesitate to contact me and I will put you in touch with Val.
Val [...]
Virgin sweetens unlimited mobile data plan with free music downloads
Virgin Mobile and Bebo have teamed up to provide free music to mobile users of the social network. The new service is part of Virgin’s recently launched Addict price plan, which offers unlimited data and SMS to users who top up by at least 20 euro per month
The free-to-download service works by letting users download [...]
New MTV Mobile content in Malta is one step away from being an MVNO
MTV Networks and network operator GO have partnered to launch an exclusive MTV Mobile brand in Malta. GO, which provides telephony, internet and TV services, will be releasing special MTV Mobile SIM cards for their youth market. These SIM cards will give user access to exclusive content, including mobile music, video and Internet.
MTV Networks International’s [...]
mSpot custom ringtones app goes on-portal with U.S. Cellular
mSpot announced today that its Make-UR-Tones application will now be a core offering for customers of US Cellulars new high-speed EVDO (evolution-data optimized) network. Make-UR-Tones is a mobile app that allows users to create their own ringtones from any of the songs on mSpot’s 400,000 strong catalog.
Users create the ringtone by choosing up to 30 [...]
Mobile content site Myxer hits 20 million users, 55 million downloads per month
Myxer today announced that it has acquired 20 million users, who average 55 million downloads per month – roughly 21 downloads every second. It claims that it’s current total of over 350 million downloads since launch makes it the mobile webs largest content community.
Who are these Myxer peole anyway?
Myxer is an ad-supported mobile content service. [...]
Winamp and Fox Mobile sign mobile ringtone deal
Fox Mobile Distribution has announced a ringtone agreement through Winamp with AOL in Europe and Canada. Fox will now able to sell ringtones and other mobile content from within the new version of the media player, Winamp 5.55
Winamp, which claims to have 77 million users worldwide, will display links to mobile content whenever a user [...]
Ralph Simon Guru MEF Music Man on why the MEF is more vital than ever
Imagine meeting a person who has been fighting for your rights and setting the foundations for your own personal business model over the course of the last NINE YEARS, and you’ve only met them just today!
This was my meeting Ralph Simon, MEF Americas Chairman Emeritus and Founder. The Mobile Entertainment Forum has been setting out [...]
Trent Reznor and Rob Sheridan Give A Preview of the New NIN App
From his home in Los Angeles, Trent Reznor is seen here, with NIN Art Director Rob Sheridan, explaining the new NIN Application that is awaiting approval for release on the Apple iPhone.
The GPS based functions allow fans to not only share content, but to see exactly where each other are, and where the content is [...]
Tunecore iPhone Music Discovery
Tunecore.com, an online digital distributor of music and film, has submitted their “Tunecore Discover Music” application to the iPhone store.
Tunecore is a service that is available to anyone who wishes to sell and distribute music and video, through such major online retailers as iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, and Napster. There is a flat rate to upload [...]
