Nokia Kills Comes with Music/Ovi Music Unlimited Subscription Service
Nokia has announced that it has ended its Comes With Music/Ovi Music Unlimited music subscription service, with current Comes With Music/Ovi Music Unlimited phones having full subscriptions until the end of their period such as 12-month subscriptions in China and India, while offering six-month subscriptions in Brazil, Turkey and South Africa when purchasing existing compatible […]
RealNetworks to Handle Sprint’s Ringtone, Ringback and Mobile Music Services
Following up, the venerable RealNetworks has entered into an agreement with Sprint to handle all of its tertiary music services such as ringtones, ringback tones and full track downloads, replacing multiple services licensed from multiple vendors. Sprint began offering full-track downloads from solutions provider Groove Mobile in 2005 following the wide deployment of EVDO and […]
Nokia Announces New Music Oriented Handsets
Nokia has announced three new handsets that emphasize music playback along with its renowned multimedia functionality. The Nokia 5030 features an FM radio with an internal antenna, which negates the need for a headset as well as side-mounted channel selection keys, but is otherwise a basic entry level model meant for emerging markets powered by […]
Nokia Announces 5800 XpressMusic and Comes With Music for US (Updated)
Update: In a report filed by Reuters, Nokia has confirmed the 5800 will launch first in emerging markets within India, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Russia and Spain by the end of the year with the rest of the mature wireless marketplace not seeing the phone until next year, as analysts cite the […]
Sony BMG to Offer Unlimited Music Downloads Through Nokia Comes With Music
Sony BMG Music Entertainment has officially decided to take part in Nokia Comes with Music; a music service that will allow free access to Sony BMG’s music catalog for a year. Users will be able to download unlimited music to their phone or computer in the first year of owning their Nokia device. At the end of […]
Cingular Music Store Coming Soon?
Samsung Korea has announced the Samsung A707. The A707 is the replacement to Samsung ZX20 in Cingular’s lineup, and adds several new features, such as A2DP Headphone support, color external Caller ID display, and PlaysForSure support. Based on the addition of PFS on the device, some are reporting that this may indicate that Cingular will […]
Firmware Tracker Updated
AirCard 510 firmware update added, and Samsung Uproar M100 Music Upload Tool added.