Orange UK has launched a new music service as well as three “Great for Music” handsets as part of its strategy to make a splash in mobile music. “Find Music” aims “to help people buy, receive, listen and even interact with music in much more spontaneous and exciting ways,” the company says. Orange will sponsor [...]
Archive | March, 2005
Roxio To Retail Xingtone
Roxio, the maker of popular CD-burning software, says it will distribute Xingtone’s DIY ringtone software at retail outlets. Xingtone lets users take audio files on their computers and turn them into ringtones — functionality record labels are beginning to include on CDs as well.
DIY ringtone software and services could put a dent in ringtone sales, [...]
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Carnival of the Capitalists – Part 2
Welcome back to this experimental format for Carnival of the Capitalists. If you missed Part 1, click here for a series of great posts from around the Blogosphere.
I broke with tradition somewhat and posted this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists in two parts. My reasoning was that with more than 50 posts, I suspect that [...]
Ogo Goes
Back in September I greeted the launch of AT&T’s Ogo with derision. Why would anyone want a text only mobile device, when most usage of mobiles is voice calls – not to mention most of the revenue?
The press releases talked about tongue-tied teen boys being the target, which sounded like wishful thinking.
Well, it took [...]
Hedgehog Ringtones
First “moantones,” now “groantones.” Porn star Ron Jeremy is getting into mobile content, Ringtonia says. In addition to porn, he’ll be selling ringtones and all kinds of other stuff you’d be embarrassed to show in public. At least he’s got a cool icon, though.
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Porn 4 UR Mobile
One of my predictions for 2005 was a boom in “adult” mobile content. It might be obvious, but plenty of pundits disagree citing small screens, poor image quality and asking why anyone would pay for something so readily available on the web?
Well, it might indeed seem counter-intuitive but there is an underground culture emerging.
In Malaysia, [...]
Carnival of the Capitalists – Part 1
Welcome to this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists, which is my privilege to host for the second time.
I’ve just come back from a week’s skiing in Austria to find over 50 excellent entries in the carnival’s mail box. While I’ve duly read and mulled over each of them, I can’t help thinking that it’s [...]
iTunes Phone Delay — The Plot Thickens
There’s not really anything too new in this AP story about the delay of Motorola’s iTunes phone that hasn’t been covered before, bar one significant new development (that I guess really shouldn’t be too surprising): some major content providers — including Disney — are so scared of file-sharing they won’t let operators deliver content to [...]
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MGM vs Grokster
There’s plenty of news around on the MGM-Grokster case which goes before the US Supreme Court Tuesday. But what are the implications for the mobile music space?
The real danger, just as in the wider digital music space, is that it will stifle innovation. The mobile platform offers so many possibilities for compelling services — services [...]
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High Interest In On-Demand Media
A study released last week (38-page PDF alert) indicates that Americans’ use on “on-demand media devices” (such as TiVos and iPods) is on the rise, with services like Internet radio, video-on-demand, mobile e-mail and Internet video growing in popularity.
The old-media takeaway, as reflected in a radio trade pub, is that people are choosing these new [...]
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