Apple was on hand in downtown San Francisco today to launch the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store in Starbucks locations across the nation. This is the third major city to launch the service, with New York and Seattle launching back in October. Los Angeles and Chicago are due up in February and March of 2008, with […]

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Unless you’re living in the UK, it’s hard to get your hands dirty with Nokia’s new Music Store. Unless you’re living under rock, you know that it’s Nokia’s intention to take the service global as it vies for dominance over digital downloads. Fortunately, a quickie, video review from Nokia’s new N81 has been posted by […]

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AT&T announced today it will begin offering over the air downloads of Napster’s entire song catalog in mid-November. Subscribers will be able to buy a bundle of 5 songs for $7.50 or pay $1.99 for individual tracks. AT&T has a similar agreement with eMusic. Although this is twice the cost of downloads on the iPhone […]

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Apple to launch ringtone service for iPhone users

The New York Post is reporting that Apple’s September 5th dog and pony show is set to usher in the age of iTunes as ringtone-management software for iPhone. Apple will offers high-quality, unprotected music files from EMI and also allow users to convert songs they have previously purchased […]

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Nokia introduced a new music store that will compete with iTunes and other online and over-the-air music services, with a Wireless LAN or 3G connection, right on your device. The Nokia Music Store is will allow users to download tracks over the air directly to select handsets, or via PC and sync to handsets later.
Nokia […]

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Cingular today announced the immediate availability of ringback tones. Unlike ringtones which are heard by the owner of the phone, ringback tones are what is heard by the caller (conventionally a standard ring).
Cingular customers can now set a custom sound as the ringback tone. Options range from Warner Music Group music to sound effects […]

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CTIA 2006 — Cingular Wireless joined forces with MySpace to allow indie bands turn their music into ringtones. Besides having over 60 million members, MySpace also hosts homepages for hundreds of thousands of bands (both indie and signed). Specific details of the service, such as the revenue share, were not announced. The resulting ringtones will […]

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CTIA 2006 — Rocket Mobile’s Song IDentity application has been upgraded to version 2.0. The app should be available to Verizon Wireless subscribers soon. Song IDentity allows customers to identify songs playing from any music source (such as a car radio) and purchase the corresponding ring tone.
The new version boasts detection for more than 2 […]

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Cingular Wireless furthered its integration with hit Fox show American Idol by offering several ring tones created from recordings of contestants on the show. The real music ring tones feature the actual recordings made on the show and will be made available the day after airing. The promotion starts with the episode airing tonight and […]

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After a slew of announcements it looks as if everyone wants in on the mobile TV bandwagon.
Today, international powerhouse News Corp. owners of Fox TV and Sky TV, announced a new portal, Mobizzo, to sell ringtones and graphics, leveraging in-house brands such as the Family Guy. Further, Mobizzo is planning to open a […]

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