Saturday, June 03, 2006


Today in sports
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - College Baseball: Ole Miss vs. South Alabama in NCAA Regional at Oxford, 5 p.m.; Miss. State vs. UNC-Ashville in NCAA Regional at Clemson, S.C., 2 p.m.; Southern Miss vs. Jacksonville State in NCAA Regional at Tuscaloosa, 2:30 p.m. Southern League

Sprint Nextel will spend $100M on hurricane preparation
Kansas City Business Journal - Sprint Nextel Corp. will dedicate $100 million for hurricane preparations in storm-prone coastal communities. The company (NYSE: S) said it will install permanent generators for wireless cell sites and network facilities on its global network, which

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
WTVM - Site: Dover, Del. Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 5:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (FX, 1:30 p.m.). Track: Dover Downs International Speedway (oval, 1 mile, 24 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 400 miles, 400 laps. Last race: There's


Rants + Raves
Wired - Kudos on Frank Rose's article about the ROKR (" Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone ," issue 13.11). It ought to be required reading for cellular carriers, handset makers, music executives, and especially Steve Jobs. I carry around a Creative Zen

Today's ad: Verizon
USA Today - Based on a nationwide poll of 271 adults who had seen the ads. Poll conducted Dec. 8-14; margin of error is plus or minus 6 percentage points. Overall average based on 490 ads. To subscribe to Harris Ad Research Service, contact David Krane of Harris

Airbag deploys 2
Detroit News - Detroit motorists -- downtown workers, visitors, sports fans, residents and club-crawlers -- will have to hang up their handheld cell phones while driving if Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signs a ban approved Wednesday by the Detroit City Council. The

Friday, June 02, 2006


Results for Ringtones
Vietnam Democracy Newsletter - May 19 10:31 AM
Download Ringtones Spice Up your Mobile with DADAmobile: 10 free downloads. Get your favorite ringtones now. Find the latest pop, rock, metal, dance, TV-cinema, hip hop tunes.Save to My Web

9 Squared Exceeds 23 Million BREW(R) Mobile Application Downloads
Broadcast Newsroom - May 31 10:08 PM
SAN DIEGO , May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- 9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company (GB:MOB) and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced that its family of BREW applications has driven more than 23 million mobile content downloads since the company's first BREW application deployment in 2003. With 9 Squared's BREW applications commercially available around the world, including in the Save to My Web

9 Squared Announces Launch of Latin Music-Focused BREW(R) Application
SYS-CON Media - Jun 01 1:27 PM
9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company (GB:MOB) and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced the launch of its latest real music ringtone application, Musica Real. This mobile application focuses on distributing Latin-based music content from major and independent recording artists to BREW handsets. Musica Real launched today with Alltel, Cellular South, Centennial Puerto Save to My Web

Thursday, June 01, 2006


Warning: Do Not Buy Verizon Treo or Motorola Q Without Data Plan!
Gearlog, NY - May 29, 2006... PDAs are terrific devices, with built-in Wi-Fi to access the Internet, and the E815 has the best reception and voice quality I've ever tested on a Verizon phone ...

Police call in bomb-sniffing dog for Cummings School threat
Somerville Journal, MA - 11 hours ago... But according to police records, a teacher received a call on her Verizon phone Monday that a bomb would go off in school on Tuesday and that people "better ...

Cell Phone Fees That Sneak Up on You
PC World - May 30, 2006... Verizon offers a $10-a-month messaging plan that covers unlimited messages to fellow Verizon customers, plus 500 messages to non-Verizon phone numbers; $15 and ...


Motorola's Dolce & Gabbana-styled RAZR V3i now on sale
Mobile Digest, UK - 4 hours ago... These are available to purchase separately - the only extras you get with the phone are a D&G logo pendant, pre-loaded MP3 ringtones and matching screen themes ...

Overseas ops, mobile data to drive Maxis growth
Business Times - Malaysia, Malaysia - 6 hours ago... Maxis' extensive offerings comprised more than 50,000 full songs and caller ringtones on an intelligent music portal, 8 live TV channels, 24 video-on-demand ...

Mariah Carey's New Ringtones, NeYo Runs The Radio
SOHH, Jersey City - May 15, 2006Mariah Carey debuts her new commercial for Pepsi today to mark her big agreement of penning the majority of their new ringtones, and them sponsoring her tour. ...

Wednesday, May 31, 2006


CES 2006 Blog, Day 3: Friday
WinInfo - 7:16 am. I've actually been up for over an hour, and breakfast has been taken care of. Last night, I attended a Microsoft VIP reception at the Windows Vista Lounge, essentially a tent that was set up next to the Microsoft press room in the LVCC

Detroit to drivers: Hang up
Detroit News - Detroit motorists -- downtown workers, visitors, sports fans, residents and club-crawlers -- will have to hang up their handheld cell phones while driving if Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signs a ban approved Wednesday by the Detroit City Council. The

Verizon aims for franchise in Roosevelt
Examiner - ROOSEVELT - Borough residents may be among the first in the state to have a choice when it comes to cable television service providers. Although Comcast presently serves as the borough's cable provider, representatives from Verizon made their pitch

Brandtique : Oreos, Maybelline, Verizon
MediaPost - IS PRODUCT PLACEMENT BETTER OFF married or single? Put another way: Do marketers benefit more by placing products in shows where the maneuver stands on its own, or by reinforcing the placements with advertising and billboards during commercial breaks


Nellymoser Awarded Patent for Enabling User Generated Content on Mobile Devices
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - May 24 7:35 AM
BOSTON----May 24, 2006--Nellymoser, providing the leading next-generation mobile media platform for creating, controlling and connecting rich media to consumers via mobile devices, today announced that it has been awarded a patent for creating, uploading, managing and distributing user generated content via networked mobile devices.Save to My Web

9 Squared Exceeds 23 Million BREW(R) Mobile Application Downloads
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - May 31 10:55 AM
9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced that its family of BREW applications has driven more than 23 million mobile content downloads since the company's first BREW application deployment in 2003.Save to My Web

Results for Ringtones
Vietnam Democracy Newsletter - May 19 10:31 AM
Download Ringtones Spice Up your Mobile with DADAmobile: 10 free downloads. Get your favorite ringtones now. Find the latest pop, rock, metal, dance, TV-cinema, hip hop tunes.Save to My Web

Skype offers free calls to landlines
Sydney Morning Herald - May 22 12:28 PM
Skype, eBay's internet telephone subsidiary, has stopped charging users for dialing up people on traditional landline and mobile phones in the US and Canada.Save to My Web

Monday, May 29, 2006


Cell companies are ready for Mother Nature: Verizon, Sprint and ...
TMCnet - 13 hours ago... Competitors Sprint Nextel and Cingular have also augmented their operations centers to better contend with nature's fury and to keep millions of Central ...

800 MHz Transition Administrator, Public Safety Leadership and ...
TMCnet - May 23, 2006WASHINGTON --(Business Wire)-- May 23, 2006 -- The 800 MHz Transition Administrator, LLC ("TA"), jointly with Public Safety leadership and Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S ...

Planners don't like Nextel plan
Woburn Daily Times Chronicle, MA - May 25, 2006... Citing conflicts with the city's zoning bylaws, the Planning Board refused to endorse a special permit request last night for a Nextel wireless facility in a ...

Sunday, May 28, 2006


IN the line of duty or OUT of line? The Telegraph takes a look at ...
Macon Telegraph, GA - May 7, 2006... cell phone bill in November that includes $40 in calls to 411, a service that charges about $1 for directory assistance, according to the Verizon phone bill. ...

Middleman's debt cuts off Cape Cod, Mass., residents' internet ...
TMCnet - Apr 28, 2006... Naps owes Verizon $60 million, said a spokesman for the telephone company, which has blocked Global NAPs' access to the Internet through Verizon phone numbers. ...

Back Up Your Cell Phone's Address Book
PC World - Apr 27, 2006... For example, you can transfer information from one Verizon Wireless phone to another Verizon phone, but you can't move data from a Verizon phone to a Sprint ...


Stewart taken to hospital - again
Macon Telegraph - CONCORD, N.C. - Tony Stewart was in desperate need of a clean and easy race. The reigning Nextel Cup champion ended up breaking the tip of his right shoulder blade. Stewart wrecked 33 laps into the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night, apparently because of

National News from AP: Hitech
Ledger Independent - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers. The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model. He said he didn't like using them to

Kahne Wins Coca-Cola 600
WSB-TV Atlanta - CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Kasey Kahne (kahn) has broken Jimmie Johnson's domination of the Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR Nextel Cup circuit. It's Kahne's third victory this year and fourth of his career. Kahne held off Johnson after

Strategy will determine winner in NASCAR's longest race
Belleville News-Democrat - CONCORD, N.C. - It is not exactly right to say no one knows what to expect in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The longest race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season has any number of predictable elements. Track conditions will change