Saturday, July 22, 2006


Let the caller wait -- this tune's hot!
Lowell Sun, MA - Jul 15, 2006... This validation of ringtones by Billboard as marketable media merchandise puts to rest any of those hopes that cell-phone ringtones are just a passing fad. ...

Music Morpher Center Running a Fashion Week for Cell Phones
ClickPress (press release), United Arab Emirates - Jun 28, 2006... Community Manager. We would like to share our best collections of cell phone ringtones and hope to receive good feedback and contribution from all members. ...

Todd Cardin Previews Answering Service Ringtones
Emediawire (press release), WA - Jun 30, 2006... ringtones. Cell phone ringtones have come a long way, and modern phones are capable of producing full spectrum digital sound. Early ...

Holiday road woes
Baltimore Sun, United States - Jun 29, 2006... automobiles. Get used to it. Gridlock and rolling backups are as much a part of our lives as junk mail and cell phone ringtones. Want ...


Company to pay $87 million to settle patent dispute
The Columbus Dispatch - Jul 22 4:24 AM
BOSTON (AP) A company that provides cell-phone-billing services reached an $87 million settlement yesterday of a patent-infringement case that had threatened to send it into bankruptcy.Save to My Web

Cingular reports robust 2Q earnings
New Ratings - Jul 21 3:02 AM
NEW YORK, July 21 (newratings.com) US-based mobile services provider Cingular Wireless LLC Thursday announced that it added 1.5 million new subscribers during the second quarter and reported robust results for the three-month period.Save to My Web

BellSouth Shareholders OK Sale to AT&T
Bismarck Tribune - Jul 22 11:23 PM
ATLANTA - BellSouth Corp. shareholders Friday approved the proposed sale of their company to AT&T Inc. for $67 billion in stock. AT&T shareholders later voted to issue new stock in the combined company.Save to My Web

Cingular triples Q2 profit to $540 million
EARTHtimes.org - Jul 20 10:27 PM
Cingular Wireless LLC, the largest cellphone service provider in the U.S., reported its second quarter profit more than tripled to $540 million from $147 million recorded in the corresponding previous year quarter. Atlanta-based Cingular, which is a joint venture of BellSouth Corporation and AT&T Inc, said it added more subscribers at a faster pace and its churn rate was minimal.Save to My Web


Dell looks to Novatel for its EV-DO ExpressCard solution
DailyTech, IL - Jun 27, 2006... That price includes a free month of wireless service -- afterwards, service will be $59.99 per month for those with Verizon phone service or $69.99 for those ...

Motorola Capri, aka the RAZR slider, previewed
engadget, CA - Jun 23, 2006... I upgraded from the v710 to the e815, then switched back -- The v710 is the only Verizon phone that will allow me internet access via Bluetooth ...without ...

Phone Use Questioned in Accident
Gilroy Dispatch (subscription), CA - Jul 7, 2006... "I don't believe it's the case she was on her cell phone at the time of the accident, but we are waiting for a statement from the Verizon phone company to ...

Trying to gain DSL access proves taxing
Boston Globe, United States - Jul 16, 2006... Beasley swears he called only after seeing my cancellation order to drop Verizon phone service for Comcast, and that part of his job is trying to save accounts ...


Phone Use Questioned in Accident
Gilroy Dispatch - I don't believe it's the case she was on her cell phone at the time of the accident, but we are waiting for a statement from the Verizon phone company to confirm that," Gilroy police Detective Frank Bozzo said. He added the initial investigation is

Unleashing Verizon
Charleston Gazette - Unleashing Verizon Phone giant wants business calls deregulated By Eric Eyre Staff writer Businesses across West Virginia might see a sharp increase in the price of telephone service later this year if the state stops regulating call rates, say critics

Women accused of stealing niece s ID
News-Courier - When the woman went to Mexico for a visit Martinez got her Social Security number and birth certificate and used them to obtain an Alabama ID card and a Verizon phone and to become employed at Pilgrim s Pride, said Johnson. Martinez was also

Brandtique : Verizon's V Cast, 'Cheyenne'
MediaPost - The somewhat salty plug is followed up at the break with a shot of a Verizon phone and a plug for Cheyenne videos, songs, and ringtones on V Cast. While Shannon's salty plug for Verizon phones might make some in the phone giant's C-suite cringe

Friday, July 21, 2006


ChristianMobile Enters into Exclusive Agreement with Opera Telecom USA for the Delivery of Christian Content to
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Jul 06 5:00 AM
Cape Town and Washington DC (PRWEB) July 6, 2006 -- ChristianMobile, the World's largest producer and first distributor of Christian content for mobile phone users announced today that it has chosen Opera Telecoms USA Mobile Content Delivery and Billing Platform solution to power the delivery of its Christian Mobile ringtones, music videos, text services, wallpapers, animations, graphics, live Save to My Web

Virgin Mobile and Wind-Up Records To Offer Exclusive Content From Seether's CD/DVD Acoustic Release One Cold Night
SYS-CON Media - Jul 11 6:39 PM
Virgin Mobile USA and Wind-up Records have teamed up to offer exclusive real music 'Superphonic' ringtones from Seether's release, One Cold Night. The two-disc live acoustic CD/DVD arrives today at retail, July 11, 2006. The ringtones will be available to consumers in the U.S. simultaneously with the commercial release.Save to My Web

ChristianMobile Enters into Exclusive Agreement with Opera Telecom USA for the Delivery of Christian Content to
[Press Release] PR Web - Jul 06 12:32 AM
ChristianMobile™ signed an exclusive agreement with Opera Telecom to deliver Christian mobile entertainment services through various media channels in the United States of America. (PRWEB Jul 6, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/UHJvZi1UaGlyLVRoaXItUGlnZy1JbnNlLVplcm8=Save to My Web


Label Revenue Growth from Ringtones is Expected to Stop When The Format Replacement Cycle is Complete
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 18 11:00 AM
DUBLIN, Ireland----July 18, 2006--Research and Markets has announced the addition of Webtone: The New Ringtone? The Opportunity for Webspace Personalisation to their offering.Save to My Web

Industry News: Cingular Wireless Reports Strong Second-Quarter 2006 Results
PDA Buyer's Guide - Jul 20 7:08 AM
Cingular Wireless, which is a joint venture between ATT Inc. and BellSouth Corporation, today reported record-setting net income for the second quarter of $540 million, which is a year-over year increase of 267 percent. Here are some of the ...Save to My Web

Mobile 365 Announces 40% Increase in U.S. MMS Traffic Growth from Q1 to Q2, 2006
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 19 5:30 AM
Mobile 365, the global leader in mobile messaging and data services, today announced that their U.S. Multimedia Message Service traffic increased 40% from Q1, 2006 to Q2, 2006. Total U.S.Save to My Web

Skype f hrt weltweit erste WiFi Phones f r Skype ein
Portel.de - Jul 21 2:46 AM
Luxembourg, 20.07.06-14:46 Skype, the global Internet communications company, announced collaboration with hardware partners to deliver the first WiFi phones for Skype software, making Internet calling on the move a reality.Save to My Web

Thursday, July 20, 2006


Datalink Stores Up Growth
The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News - Jul 20 11:58 AM
It's been tough to find big gainers in the tech space. But Datalink (Nasdaq: DTLK - News), which provides data storage, has bucked the trend. In fact, on the news of its latest earnings report, the stock surged 10% to $7.46 -- making the 52-week low of $2.79 seem like a distant memory.Save to My Web

Cingular posts record quarterly net income
bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 20 8:39 AM
Cingular Wireless posted record profits for the quarter -- as the wireless company racked up new subscribers, was successful in keeping existing ones and debuted new products and services.Save to My Web

The Phone Companies Still Don't Get It
BusinessWeek - 37 minutes ago
They block competition and charge too much. You call this a communications revolution? Save to My Web

Cingular posts higher net income, revenue
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 20 11:31 AM
Cingular Wireless said on Thursday that second-quarter net income and revenue rose as the No. 1 U.S. mobile service provider added new subscribers at a faster-than-expected pace.Save to My Web


Todd Cardin Voicemail to Email Ringtones
PRWeb - Real Music ringtones are the newest incarnation of the ringtone, capable of playing actual music, including the vocals and all accompaniment. Full Music ringtones can be found in MP3, WAV, QCP, or AMR formats. While most older cell phones are not

Tiny Games For A Giant Market
BusinessWeek - Games industry researchers forecast that with nearly 2 billion phones capable of playing games by 2010, the industry could rake in as much as $18 billion, topping music ringtones and text messaging. That explains the rush of venture capital into so

Ringing up the music charts
Escanaba Daily Press - growing from different ringer sounds, to the electronic beeping of classic songs such as Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Nowadays, people can blast just about any top 40 song out of their cell phone, along with more obscure music. Ringtones have

Wednesday, July 19, 2006


The Future of Cell Phones
WREG - In America, MobiTV pioneered the idea of real-time television on your cell phone with a service that s now available from both Sprint and Cingular (Verizon offers it own service called vCast, which, according to some reports isn t real-time

Havoc Aims to Be Music Video Star
Consumer Electronics Net - The programmer's advertisers include Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Cingular Wireless, the U.S. Air Force, and major auto dealers. Havoc also distributes pay-VOD content to cable operators in which it splits each pay-per-view buy. Its transactional

Whirlpool tests "smart" washers and dryers
Reuters - Whirlpool, which partnered with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote , Profile , Research ), Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), Procter & Gamble Co. (PG.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), Panasonic and Cingular Wireless in the project

Tuesday, July 18, 2006


Breaking up easy to do on area calls
Daily Star - On her Verizon phone, she says, full service is two bars. "If I were to walk Main Street one bar," she said. "You'd think in the middle of Cooperstown you'd get full service. It's touchy." Even though there are two towers outside of Cooperstown

Verizon Launches Child Locator Service
Beta News - The service would send a text message to the parent's Verizon phone. "[Chaperone] gives parents an added tool for keeping in contact with their children," Verizon product development director Lee Daniels said in a statement. "If the unexpected happens

Nightclub seeks home in Novato
Marin Independent Journal - News of the hearing came as a surprise to property owner Xydas and his tenants, who moved into the property two months ago. "I rented to a Verizon phone company. I'm not aware of any nightclub," Xydas said. "They must be at another location." Spa

Cell Phone Fees That Sneak Up on You
PC World - 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 $20 plans cover 1000 and 2500 out-of-network messages, respectively. The cost of text


Clever ringtones are the supreme office annoyance
Allentown Morning Call, PA - Jul 2, 2006... Unlike the typical brrring! of the conventional phone, the song snippets of many ringtones insidiously wend their way into our heads. ...

Advertisers And Brands Now Can Plan And Buy Across All Forms Of ...
WebWire (press release), GA - Jul 17, 2006... executes mobile marketing solutions using technologies, such as 1-way and 2-way SMS, alerts, promotions, ringtones, logos, pictures, wallpaper, screensavers ...

Category: Fairway Woods
Golf-Gear-Review.com (press release), PA - Jun 26, 2006... Motorola ringing tones Free ringtones for verizon wireless phones [url]http://ringtoneshofi.30mb.com/w/free-ringtones-for-verizon-wireless-phones.html[/url ...

Monday, July 17, 2006


Samsung's High Design, Lower Profit Strategy
BusinessWeek - Jul 17 2:58 AM
The Korean electronics maker is known for cool, high-end handsets. But it's losing out on the hot low-end market in developing countries Save to My Web

Motorola names country president
The Star Online - Jul 13 4:45 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Motorola Inc has appointed Mohd Asri Hassan Sabri country president for Motorola Malaysia, succeeding Datuk Robin Seo Eng Lin who retired earlier this month.Save to My Web

Six Sigma an introduction to the most powerful improvement methodology
News From Bangladesh - Jul 17 11:27 AM
The realities of todays business corporate world can be summed up in: (1) fierce, global competition, (2) accelerating pace of change, (3) new technologies, and (4) increasing demands for customer satisfaction, quality, price and partnership (not seller-buyer relationship) for solutions.Save to My Web


Reader query: Jangled by ringtones at work?
The Sacramento Bee - Jul 06 5:06 PM
That "Godfather" soundtrack on your co-worker's cell phone was cool the first time you heard it. But did the 300th time it rang push you over the edge? If you have a story about coping with annoying cell phone ringtones at work, Bee reporter Mehul Srivastava would like to hear from you. Email him at mehul@sacbee.com.Save to My Web

Nation of kids: American adults wont grow up
MSNBC - Jun 27 2:59 PM
Men and women hold on to youth longer than previous generations. In his new book, Rejuvenile, Christopher Noxon explores our Peter Pan culture Save to My Web

Todd Cardin Previews Answering Service Ringtones
[Press Release] PR Web - Jun 30 12:07 AM
Todd Cardin supports local musician. (PRWEB Jun 30, 2006)Save to My Web

Sunday, July 16, 2006


New phone won't fit features in my car
Miami Herald - Q: In March I purchased a new Bluetooth Verizon phone and signed a two-year contract. I wanted the Bluetooth because I had just bought a car with embedded Bluetooth features. Although I was able to make the speakerphone work, I tried

Cell Phone Fees That Sneak Up on You
PC World - 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 $20 plans cover 1000 and 2500 out-of-network messages, respectively. The cost of text

Specialized cell plans target niche groups
San Jose Mercury News - All the MTV shows that I like to watch are on it,'' said Muller, who lives in New Jersey but works in Manhattan. ``Everyone's got a Verizon phone. When I'm on the Amp'd phone, I feel like it's something that's unique, that's me.'' Amp'd Mobile is just


Cingular proposal dials residents' ire in Hanover
Daily Record - Jul 14 6:09 AM
HANOVER -- Cingular Wireless claims to have the fewest dropped calls in the nation, but some Whippany residents hope the company drops plans to install 12, 6-inch antennas on top of a water tower in their backyard.Save to My Web

Cingular Wireless Investing $88 Million in its Greater Detroit Network in 2006
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, is investing $88 million in its network in the Greater Detroit area in 2006, bringing customers even more wireless services, call quality and coverage on the road, at the office, and in their homes.Save to My Web

Cingular doesn't curb enthusiasm for HBO shows
ZDNet - Jul 13 1:29 PM
Wireless provider gets exclusive access to full mobile episodes of original series such as "Entourage," "Sex and the City."Save to My Web

Spring Communications to open Hispanic stores
Deseret Morning News - Jul 13 11:34 PM
Spring Communications, a Cingular Wireless retailer in the Rocky Mountain region, has announced it will open five Hispanic stores in Utah.Save to My Web


An Internet bug
Boston Globe - Jul 16 1:13 AM
The Observer finds himself yet again in one of life's Bermuda Triangles. This time it's Internet hell. What did I do in a previous life to deserve this?Save to My Web

Cell phones evolve
Deseret Morning News - Jun 18 11:17 PM
The cell phone is rapidly becoming a portable entertainment center. You can now watch more than 30 TV channels including CNN, Cartoon Network and ESPN depending on your plan. Many phones are also iPod-style players that let you download and listen to tunes anytime, anyplace. Games? Absolutely, and with three-dimensional, high-definition graphics.Save to My Web

Search Results
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County 911 call center upgraded
Baltimore Sun - Jul 02 12:44 AM
New monitors, other items to help dispatchers respond to emergencies more efficiently Carroll County's 911 emergency dispatch center has received a major facelift that will make the working environment a little easier for those handling calls for illness, accidents and fires, officials said. Save to My Web


MonsterMob hit by Chinese regulations
The Herald - Jul 10 6:00 PM
Almost two-thirds of the stock market worth of MonsterMob, the mobile ringtones specialist in which Scottish entrepreneur John Boyle still holds a significant stake, was obliterated yesterday after it warned new Chinese mobile phone regulations would hammer revenue.Save to My Web

Hills emerge from tube with hang 10 look
The Age - Jun 20 7:19 AM
A fresh wave of sale speculation has dumped Globe International into unfriendly water with the stock exchange. -Save to My Web

Comment: This Week's Market Movers
The Motley Fool - Jul 14 3:03 AM
London shares fell this week as tensions in the Middle East pushed oil prices above $78 a barrel, igniting fears of inflation. At mid morning on Friday, the FTSE was down 158 points at 5,888Save to My Web

ChristianMobile Enters into Exclusive Agreement with Opera Telecom USA for the Delivery of Christian Content to
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Jul 06 5:00 AM
Cape Town and Washington DC (PRWEB) July 6, 2006 -- ChristianMobile, the World's largest producer and first distributor of Christian content for mobile phone users announced today that it has chosen Opera Telecoms USA Mobile Content Delivery and Billing Platform solution to power the delivery of its Christian Mobile ringtones, music videos, text services, wallpapers, animations, graphics, live Save to My Web