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Friday, April 21, 2006

Gadgets Stretching The Boundaries Of Etiquette?
Tech Dirt - Stories about technology etiquette in the workplace are nothing new , but their regular recurrence makes it look like people's manners aren't getting any better. This latest story , like most of the ones that have preceded it, sort of misses the

Schools to set own cellular phone policy
Cullman Times - Local school systems will have the authority to set their own policies on cell phones in schools after the state Legislature repealed a blanket ban on students carrying phones in public schools. Many Cullman educators and students said phones are, at

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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Did you hear the one about the Web-savvy comedian?
The News Journal - Apr 07 5:49 AM
Stand-up comic Dane Cook's frenetic energy and observational style have helped him build a solid fan base over 15 years of touring the club and college circuit.Save to My Web

Bertelsmann May Pull Plug On Music To Avoid IPO
Billboard Radio Monitor - Mar 28 12:12 PM
COLOGNE, Germany -- To prevent an unwanted initial public offering, German media giant Bertelsmann AG is considering selling off its music business assets, including its 50% stake in Sony BMG Music Entertainment and its 100% unit BMG Music Publishing, sources familiar with the company's plans said Monday.Save to My Web

Police Rescue NYC Cable Car Passengers
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - Apr 19 5:28 AM
NEW YORK (AP) - Working through the night, police on Wednesday plucked the last of 69 people stranded up to 12 hours in two cable cars that got stuck after a power failure. No injuries were reported. The passengers became stranded around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday.Save to My Web

Cingular Wireless Swings To Profit In Q1 - Quick Facts
Trading Markets, CA - Apr 19, 2006(RTTNews) - Cingular Wireless LLC, which is a joint venture between AT&T Inc. (T | charts | news | PowerRating) and BellSouth Corp. ...

Cingular Invests Nearly $105 Million in Its Arizona Network in ...
TMCnet - Apr 13, 2006PHOENIX, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, today announced that it is expanding operations in Arizona this ...

Cingular expands network footprint in Arizona
Bizjournals.com, NC - Apr 14, 2006Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, plans to invest $105 million expanding its network in Arizona in 2006. ...

US expansion leads sales growth for SAP
International Herald Tribune, France - 8 hours ago... carrier in nine southeastern states, said Thursday its first-quarter profit fell 26 percent to $784 million on costs to expand its Cingular Wireless unit and ...

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Ringtones flourish
Olympian - Out of Jessica Hickey s purse comes a funky beat that turns people s heads. Next, the deep, raw voice of a man raps: Cold coolin at a bar, and I m lookin for some action It s Tone Loc, and he s telling Hickey she s got a

Burger King Teams With Reggaeton Artist Voltio
Rap News Direct - Topics - Reggae, Events. Find more related articles under the related topics section shown in the box to the right. Burger King Corporation has always encouraged youth to create a path for excellence whether through education or in life- A TU MANERA

Mariah Shills Sugar Water
antiMUSIC - (E!) Mariah Carey may be taking her role as pop idol a bit too literally. The multiplatinum-selling singer has teamed up with Pepsi to write and produce 20 original voice and music ringtones for release this summer. Carey will also star in a national

Mariah Rings Up Pepsi
E! Online - The multiplatinum-selling singer has teamed up with Pepsi to write and produce 20 original voice and music ringtones for release this summer. Carey will also star in a national commercial promoting the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones partnership

Motorola emits set of mixed signals
Chicago Tribune - Apr 19 4:48 AM
Mobile phone sales surge, but networks a drag on earnings Motorola Inc. said Tuesday that mobile phone sales surged in the first quarter, but the firm's earnings were a bit weaker than expected because of a poor showing in its wireless equipment business, and its shares slid in after-hours trading. Save to My Web

Motorola bernimmt Orthogon Systems
Portel.de - Apr 19 12:37 AM
Schaumburg, 18.04.06 Motorola, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Orthogon Systems, a privately held, leading provider of high-performance fixed wireless solutions. The addition will expand the MOTOwi4 portfolio of IP, wireless broadband solutions.Save to My Web

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-04-18 21:32 GMT: Motorola profit falls slightly, but sales surge again
Interactive Investor - Apr 18 1:54 PM
WASHINGTON (AFX) -- Motorola Inc. on Tuesday postedly slightly lower first-quarter profit, but the world's No. 2 maker of wireless phones shipped a record 46.1 million handsets, propelled by the popularity of its Razr models, the top selling line in the world.Save to My Web

Motorola purchases Ashburton broadband company
Infomatics - Apr 18 5:52 PM
Motorola has agreed to acquire Ashburton based Orthogon Systems for an undisclosed sum.Save to My Web

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Downloads up, music sales down
The Age, Australia - Mar 19, 2006... Although the live concert market is strong, it is now the new revenue streams created by mobile ringtones, licensing opportunities and legal music download ...

Buena Vista Games Announces Desperate Housewives PC Game
Big OC News - Mar 26, 2006... this fall, a best-selling Season 1 DVD, a board game, a high end line of apparel, a Desperate Housewives online store, mobile ringtones, graphics, personalized ...

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Mar 27, 2006... Powerful Personalization Platform Meez is the latest entry in the growing category of personal media products (like mobile ringtones) that give consumers the ...

The working of mobile phone ringtones
LiveArticles.org, CA - Apr 9, 2006... ringtones. More often than not, this is done to cover the costs of royalties of the songs, on which the mobile ringtones are based. ...

Samsung SCH-A950
ABC News - Mar 28, 2006Samsung's SCH-A950 brings a jaunty jog-dial navigator to Verizon's V Cast downloadable music service and has plenty of power for a Verizon phone. ...

Crime Reports
The Auburn Plainsman, USA - Apr 12, 2006... One Motorola Nextel phone, one LG Verizon phone, one 10K gold Gucci bracelet, one 14K gold herringbone anklet, one 14K gold championship ring, one 14K gold ...

Total Wi-Fi Freedom
BusinessWeek - Mar 23, 2006... is probably the best choice in the US It offers unlimited data service for $60 a month on a two-year contract, provided you also have a Verizon phone with a ...

Bertelsmann May Pull Plug On Music To Avoid IPO
Billboard Radio Monitor - Mar 28 12:10 PM
COLOGNE, Germany -- To prevent an unwanted initial public offering, German media giant Bertelsmann AG is considering selling off its music business assets, including its 50% stake in Sony BMG Music Entertainment and its 100% unit BMG Music Publishing, sources familiar with the company's plans said Monday.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Apr 13 6:52 PM
Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said on Thursday he has reached a deal to refinance more than $200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalog.Save to My Web

Jon Heder gets off the bench: 'Napoleon' has put him in big leagues
Reno Gazette-Journal - Apr 15 2:36 PM
Jon Heder stands on a sunny sidewalk outside a Los Angeles novelty shop, staring through his own reflection in the store window with an expression that is partly amused and partly mortified.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Reuters - Apr 13 4:02 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said on Thursday he has reached a deal with creditors to refinance more than $200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalog.Save to My Web

Growing up after a prison past
Pioneer Press - Apr 17 12:01 PM
Steven Glaze wears his criminal history on his arms, and it's a long read. Eight tattoos crisscross his body, all hand-drawn by inmates and gang allies.Save to My Web

Cingular Completes Network Integration in Gainesville
SYS-CON Media - Apr 13 3:09 PM
Cingular Wireless customers in Gainesville now have more bars in more places thanks to the integration of the Cingular Wireless and former AT&T Wireless networks. With both networks now fully combined into one, Cingular customers have access to nearly 45 percent more cell sites in Gainesville, which translates into fewer dropped calls, improved call quality, new coverage where none existed Save to My Web

HBO Signs Dane Cook for Content
Mediaweek - Apr 17 12:12 AM
HBO chief Chris Albrecht is putting his weight behind comedian Dane Cook, signing him to headline a feature-length stand-up comedy special and to develop scripted and documentary series.Save to My Web

Cingular Completes Network Integration In Lakeland And Winter Haven
SYS-CON Media - Apr 14 10:26 AM
Cingular Wireless customers in Lakeland and Winter Haven now have more bars in more places thanks to the integration of the Cingular Wireless and former AT&T Wireless networks. With both networks now fully combined into one in the Lakeland and Winter Haven areas, Cingular customers have access to 65 percent more cell sites, which translates into fewer dropped calls, improved call quality, new Save to My Web

Monday, April 17, 2006

I-Touch brand enters Nigerian market
Vanguard - I- Touch, South Africa based leading provider of content and applications for mobile telephony has opened its headquaters base in Lagos. The move, according to the organisation is to facilitate its business expansion plan across African continent

ESPN Mobile MVP handset now affordable, but on its way out?
MobileMag - When ESPN Mobile launched back in February, we got all excited about the ability to watch video clips and keep up to the minute with our favourite sports teams, only to find out that the MVNO's only handset, the Sanyo MVP, was a whooping $499. Well

New Gadget Performs Cell Phone 'Brain Transplant'
Personal Tech Pipeline - Cellebrite USA unveiled yesterday its Universal Memory Exchanger 36, or UME-36, a handheld gadget that performs a "brain transplant" from one cell phone to another. Compatible with some 90 percent of the cell phones for all carriers and across all

2008 Lexus LS600 hL goes hybrid
MobileMag - Lexus will be building their line in the future around a flagship hybrid vehicle. They used the bright lights of the New York Auto Show as the forum to show off the new 2008 LS600 hL. This is not the Prius-style hybrid that you are used to. It has a

The week ahead in business
Kansas City Star - Apr 17 12:12 AM
There will be more inflation news when producer prices for March are announced Tuesday and consumer prices are reported on Wednesday.Save to My Web

Nextel Cup spies invading privacy
Kansas City Star - Apr 13 3:00 AM
Test sessions used to be downright lonely for Nextel Cup teams and drivers. There would be just a car or two on the track and a couple of teams in the test-site garages. Those teams were usually separated by lots of open space.Save to My Web

Harvick wins Pepsi 300, pads Busch lead
Baltimore Sun - Apr 16 5:40 AM
Nextel Cup driver Kevin Harvick raced to his first NASCAR Busch Series victory of the year yesterday, taking the lead with 52 laps to go and holding off teammate Clint Bowyer after a late caution at the Pepsi 300 in Gladeville, Tenn. Save to My Web

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Skype banishes outlandish fees for calls from foreign lands
The Daily Advertiser, LA - Mar 17, 2006... Caicos Islands. Before leaving the United States, we learned that her Verizon phone would not work at our destination. And though ...

Crime Reports
The Auburn Plainsman, USA - Apr 12, 2006... One Motorola Nextel phone, one LG Verizon phone, one 10K gold Gucci bracelet, one 14K gold herringbone anklet, one 14K gold championship ring, one 14K gold ...

Phone book dumping
Capital News 9, NY - Mar 14, 2006Speigletown firefighters found over 2,000 Verizon phone books dumped on this Rensselaer hillside while responding to a brushfire this weekend. ...

More Retirees Want To Punch The Clock
LongIslandPress.com, NY - Mar 16, 2006After 28 years on the job with the NYNEX/Bell Atlantic/Verizon phone company, Al Caputo had some decisions to make. In the wake ...

Cellular leash lets parents track kids
Sun-Sentinel - Apr 14 12:29 PM
Hey, kids, if you think your parents are overprotective now, wait until you get a mobile phone.Save to My Web

Cingular plans $25M investment in New Mexico
KRQE Albuquerque - Apr 12 8:11 AM
ALBUQUERQUE -- Cingular Wireless plans an $25 million investment in New Mexico this year. The company says that's designed to increase its cell phone network's reach and reliability.Save to My Web

County can't deny cell tower
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Apr 16 4:40 AM
By PAT KINNEY, Courier Business Editor WATERLOO --- It may be illegal for Black Hawk County to deny a request to build a communications tower near Eagle Center --- or anywhere else in the county.Save to My Web

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Upgrade Your Smart Phone
Washington Post - Tempting new smart phones are showing up with frustrating frequency. In the past few months, Cingular began offering Research in Motion's BlackBerry 8700c and Sprint PCS started selling its Smart Device PPC-6700 . Just after New Year's Day, Verizon

Mobile entertainment
Hollywood Reporter - Is your phone ringing? It could be Hollywood calling with a long list of mobile-entertainment initiatives. During the past few weeks, MTV Networks launched its entertainment content directly to Sprint PCS customers with video-enabled phones, CBS

Friday, April 14, 2006
Northern Virginia Daily - Shenandoah Telecommunications Company to explore sale of Shenandoah Personal Communications Company Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) has announced that it is now considering a potential sale of its wireless subsidiary, Shenandoah

W.D. Bryant s celebrating anniversary
Register-Herald - W.D. Bryant s, which operates a store at 950 N. Eisenhower Drive in Beckley, is celebrating its 25-year anniversary. Since our early beginnings in Beckley, we have opened stores in Roanoke, Va., Savannah, Ga., Hilton Head, S.C., and two stores

Motorola to suspend broadband device and STB production lines in ...
DigiTimes, Taiwan - Apr 10, 2006Motorola plans to stop its production lines for communications broadband devices and STBs (set-top boxes) at its plant in Hsintien, Taipei, by the end of this ...

Continental AG to buy Motorola business for $1 bln
Reuters - Apr 3, 2006FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Continental AG (CONG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) will pay $1 billion to acquire Motorola's (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) global ...

New Motorola All-Digital Set-Tops Enable the Follow Me TV ...
TechWhack (press release), India - Apr 11, 2006Motorola , Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today expanded its all-digital cable set-top portfolio by introducing the Motorola DCT3080, a standard ...

MTV, Motorola to Mob the Youth
Techtree.com, India - Apr 2, 2006In true MTV ish-style, MTV Networks Asia has partnered with Motorola to launch "Mobbed" an entertainment platform defining, exploring and celebrating "mobile ...

Friday, April 14, 2006

Results for Mobile Phone
Menstream - Apr 12 7:13 AM
Cell Phone s at Wirefly.com Wirefly is a leader in online sales of T- Mobile , Cingular, Verizon, Sprint and Nextel cellular phone s. Free phone s, family plans and special deals available.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Reuters\ via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Apr 13 3:45 PM
Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said on Thursday he has reached a deal with creditors to refinance more than $200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalogue.Save to My Web

DANIEL POWTER CONTINUES TO TOP HOT 100 SINGLES CHART
groovevolt.com - Apr 13 5:26 PM
Daniel Powter s Bad Day tops the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the third straight week, and also maintains its No. 1 position on the Pop 100 and Hot Digital Songs charts for the third consecutive frame.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Apr 13 6:52 PM
Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said on Thursday he has reached a deal to refinance more than $200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalog.Save to My Web

Jon Heder gets off the bench: 'Napoleon' has put him in big leagues
Reno Gazette-Journal - Apr 14 2:22 AM
Jon Heder stands on a sunny sidewalk outside a Los Angeles novelty shop, staring through his own reflection in the store window with an expression that is partly amused and partly mortified.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
MSNBC - Apr 13 4:27 PM
Creditors to refinance more than $200 million in loans Save to My Web

Thursday, April 13, 2006

European mobile music market to reach EUR 7.86 bln
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 15 hours agoThe mobile operators and service providers target the youth between 11 and 15 years with (full song) ringtones, while the record labels and mobile phone makers ...

Shazam launches music discovery engine
Mobile Digest, UK - 13 hours ago... Once you receive the music recognition result by SMS, you can now choose to buy ringtones, music downloads, wallpapers, CDs or gig tickets through leading ...

Designer Ringtones Boutique The New Radical Chic
PR Web (press release), WA - Apr 12, 2006... You can find it online at http://www.noqontrol-ringtones-wallpapers.com/. ... You can find it online at http://www.noqontrol-ringtones-wallpapers.com/. ...

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
SYS-CON Media - Mar 28 3:42 AM
Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars. Meez(TM) avatars can be built in minutes and used as the virtual identity that teens, college students and other consumers display as they chat, blog, gawk and play online.Save to My Web

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
RedNova - Mar 27 10:55 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars.Save to My Web

Sunset Records Group (SRG) and Play Fair Entertainment Announce the Merge of Disc Logic and Sunset-Digital Creating
[Press Release] PR Web - Mar 16 12:45 AM
In a merge and buy out agreement, Sunset has completed a buy out of the DiscLogic company for an unspecified amount of money, and in that deal, it will begin to consolidate the two entities into the one branded digital-only label. [PRWEB Mar 16, 2006]Save to My Web

Downloads up, music sales down
The Age - Mar 19 7:59 PM
AUSTRALIAN Recording Industry Association figures on album wholesale sales for 2005, to be released later today, are expected to confirm the decline of the CD and the rise of the download.Save to My Web

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
SYS-CON Media - Mar 28 4:05 AM
Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars. Meez(TM) avatars can be built in minutes and used as the virtual identity that teens, college students and other consumers display as they chat, blog, gawk and play online.Save to My Web

All-Too-Familiar Tune: Ringtones in Mosques
Arab News - Mar 26 3:18 PM
JEDDAH, 27 March 2006 As Dhuhr prayer commences, the imam calls the devoted to stand in line and fill any gaps between them. The mosque is a near-perfect atmosphere for peaceful, quiet self-reflection and piety.Save to My Web

PRESS RELEASE: BUENA VISTA GAMES ANNOUNCES 'DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES' PC GAME BASED ON ABC/TOUCHSTONE TELEVISION'S
gamesindustry.biz - Mar 27 8:17 AM
BURBANK, Calif. (March 24, 2006) Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG), the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), today announced it will publish Desperate Housewives, a lifestyle simulation PC game based on the top-rated, Golden Globe-winning ABC-TV series, produced by Touchstone Television.Save to My Web

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
RedNova - Mar 27 11:42 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars.Save to My Web

Cingular Built Into New Dell
mobility Today, IL - Mar 29, 2006The new Dell Latitude D620 and D820 notebooks can be configured with Cingular's UMTS/HSPDA-based 3G technology onboard, giving customers global wireless data ...

Cingular Wireless Turns on New Cell Sites in Polk and Jackson ...
Finanzen.net, Germany - Apr 4, 2006... network. Cingular today announced it has turned on new cell sites in northeastern Polk County and northwestern Jackson County. The ...

Cingular, MySpace, InfoSpace join as ringtone providers
Seattle Times, United States - Apr 7, 2006The hottest trends on the Internet and in wireless collided on Thursday when Cingular Wireless, InfoSpace and MySpace.com announced a new partnership that ...

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Consumers unimpressed with multi media phones
VNUNet.com, Netherlands - Apr 10, 2006All major vendors last year started shipping multi-media phones such as the Motorola Rokr, the the Nokia 3250 and Sony Ericsson's W800i Walkman phone. ...

Nokia: Q1 Average Selling Price For Handsets Above Forecast (NOK ...
Seeking Alpha, NY - 10 hours ago... Interesting to note that Motorola Inc. (MOT) is up only 1% on the news Motorola is much less exposed to Nokia s European/international market. ...

Motorola demos WiMax system at CTIA
TG Daily - Apr 4, 2006Motorola is showing a 802.16e WiMax system aimed at fixed wireless broadband deployments at this week's CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas. ...

Nokia Announces Prepaid Phones
ABC News - Mar. 30 Nokia announced three new, inexpensive phones Thursday that will probably show up later this year on US prepaid carriers. The three new Nokia phones the Nokia 1112, 2310, and 2610 are part of a push by all the major cell-phone

Kyocera Switch_Back announced by Virgin Mobile USA
MobileTracker - Virgin Mobile USA today announced that it will launch the Kyocera Switch_Back. Prior to today's announcement the Switch_Back was known as the Strobe (we caught up with it for the first time at CES this year). The Switch_Back is Virgin Mobile's first

Ringtones flourish
Olympian - Out of Jessica Hickey s purse comes a funky beat that turns people s heads. Next, the deep, raw voice of a man raps: Cold coolin at a bar, and I m lookin for some action It s Tone Loc, and he s telling Hickey she s got a

Nokia 2865i announced
MobileTracker - CTIA 2006 -- The Nokia 2865i is one of three new CDMA handsets Nokia announced this morning (see 6175i and 2365i for info on the others). The Series 40 handset falls in the mid-range, and includes the following features: Bluetooth 2.0 / IR 128 160

Monday, April 10, 2006

(PRN) - Cingular Wireless Investing More Than $90 Million in Its ...
Bolsamania.com, Spain - Mar 27, 2006(PRN) - Mercury Computer Systems to Present at the Sidoti & Company, LLC 10th Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum on April 5, 2006 ... [+. ...

AT&T/BellSouth merger stops Cingular move
Bizjournals.com, NC - Apr 4, 2006buyout of BellSouth Corp. The buyout could lead to a real estate ripple effect larger than Cingular's single move. Industry sources ...

Cingular Launches Ringtone Making Program for Musicians
Teleclick.ca, Canada - Apr 9, 2006Cingular Wireless has started a new program that will let independent musicians record and sell their own ringtones through MySpace.com, a popular online ...

Cingular eyes new ways to put video on cellphones
Reuters - Apr 6, 2006By Sinead Carew. LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless, the No. ... Cingular, a venture of AT&T Inc (TN: Quote, Profile, Research) and BellSouth Corp. ...

Upgrade Your Smart Phone
Washington Post - Tempting new smart phones are showing up with frustrating frequency. In the past few months, Cingular began offering Research in Motion's BlackBerry 8700c and Sprint PCS started selling its Smart Device PPC-6700 . Just after New Year's Day, Verizon

Sprint To Introduce EV-DO/Wi-Fi Router
PC Magazine - LAS VEGAS -- Sprint is making high-speed wireless more accessible and more flexible with an EV-DO-to-Wi-Fi router and USB EV-DO dongle, carrier representatives said today at the CTIA wireless trade show. The company will also build out the nation's

Motorola s fixed-mobile solutions keep the MOTO Me connected to what
WebWire - ATLANTA 10 April 2006 New, immersive experiences enabled by solutions from technology pioneer Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) are making life less complicated for the MOTO Me, delivering anytime, anywhere access to the important people and unique

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Green Scores Best Starting Spot of 2006 in SanDisk / Best Buy ...
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Apr 7, 2006... Green will roll off from the fourth position in Sunday's 500-mile Nextel Cup Series event at the 1.5-mile speedway near Fort Worth. The No. ...

NASCAR: RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING: JEFF BURTON DIARY - Day Three ...
noticias.info, Spain - 42 minutes ago/noticias.info/ NASCAR Nextel Cup veteran Jeff Burton nearly pulled off a victory in the O'Reilly 300 on Saturday. Burton, driving the No. ...

NII Holdings Announces the Convertibility of Its 3 1/2% ...
TMCnet - Apr 7, 2006... offering a fully integrated wireless communications tool with digital cellular service, text/numeric paging, wireless Internet access and Nextel Direct Connect ...

Samsung SCH-A950
ABC News - Samsung's SCH-A950 brings a jaunty jog-dial navigator to Verizon's V Cast downloadable music service and has plenty of power for a Verizon phone. If you're looking to play Windows Media format songs on your phone, it'll be tough to choose between

On the Way to Total Wi-Fi Freedom
CIO Today - For now, at least, Verizon is probably the best choice in the U.S. It offers unlimited data service for $60 a month on a two-year contract, provided you also have a Verizon phone with a voice plan. If you don't have a laptop with built-in wireless

Motorola V325
ABC News - Excellent navigation software sets the handsome Motorola V325 apart from the general pack of Verizon voice phones. Though it lacks features that power users will demand, such as Bluetooth, it's an attractive, good-sounding phone that will help you

Zim restates revenues, buys U.S. ringtone company
Ottawa Business Journal - Michael Cowpland's struggling Zim Corp. will re-state earnings for periods back to 2004, after adopting a new set of accounting rules for revenues from premium messaging transactions. At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a U.S

Celebrities and Rumors Buzzing!
Canyon News - It all began with the film "The Graduate", starring the late Oscar-winner Anne Bancroft and then-young Dustin Hoffman. Then the film Prime" which starred Uma Thurman the older woman/younger man combination. You've seen it in the movies, so it

Disney TV sensation launches a marketing juggernaut
Salt Lake Tribune - Zeke (Chris Warren Jr.) tries to focus on basketball as Troy (Zac Efron) belts out a song. (The Disney Channel) Like the ballad about Troy and Gabriella's blossoming love, the tween TV movie sensation "High School Musical" is just the "Start of

Motorola takes the show on the road
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Apr 6, 2006MOTOROLA Malaysia recently launched its HelloMoto roadshow as part of its commitment to provide mobile communications access to emerging markets. ...

Continental pays $1bn for Motorola s telematics biz
Economic Times, India - Apr 3, 2006FRANKFURT: German tyre and car parts maker Continental will expand into telematics through the $1bn acquisition of Motorola s global automotive electronics ...

Update 2: Motorola to Sell Auto Electronic Busines
Forbes - Apr 3, 2006By DAVE CARPENTER , 04.03.2006, 12:33 PM. Motorola Inc. said ... acquisition. Motorola has been looking into selling the unit since last fall. ...

Friday, April 07, 2006

Cingular to offer American Idol ringtones
Indiantelevision.com, India - Mar 22, 2006LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 US mobile carrier, said on Wednesday it would begin offering ringtones of ...

HP Laptops to Get Cingular Broadband
BetaNews - Apr 5, 2006Hewlett-Packard and Cingular announced a deal on Wednesday to integrate the wireless carrier's Broadband Connect service into future HP laptops. ...

Cingular Wireless Turns on New Cell Sites in Polk and Jackson ...
Finanzen.net, Germany - Apr 4, 2006... network. Cingular today announced it has turned on new cell sites in northeastern Polk County and northwestern Jackson County. The ...

HP, Cingular team on wireless laptops
PhysOrg.com, VA - Apr 5, 2006HP will be building Cingular Wireless BroadConnect capabilities into its laptops so travelers can hook up to wireless service in the United States and more ...

AOL offers new services for mobile users
iT News, Australia - Apr 3, 2006... Sprint PCS Vision and Sprint Power Vision subscribers in the United States can access AOL's new portal services through the "portals" category on the Vision ...

Samsung goes thinner than Razr
Register, UK - Apr 6, 2006... Samsung also unveiled a communicator with a keyboard licensed from RIM, the T719, a clamshell for Sprint PCS that features an external OLED, the A960, and a ...

Mobile ESPN Expands Retail Distribution to Sprint Stores; 500 ...
Finanzen.net, Germany - Apr 5, 2006... the sports fan.". Mobile ESPN wireless network voice and data services are providedon the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network. High-speed ...

Thursday, April 06, 2006

'What Teens Want' Conference Set For July
SportingGoodsBusiness.com - APRIL 06, 2006 -- Uniting the nation s top global brand marketing executives, Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Sporting Goods Business and Action Sports Retailer will host WHAT TEENS WANT- EAST, a conference that

JamDirect.com Announces Ticket Sales and Seats Still Available for
OCN - Interactive Games Inc. (OTC BB: IGAM),a developer and licensor of slot machine, redemption gaming and mobileentertainment software, today announced ticket sales and seatingavailability for March Madness and the Final Four at its JamDirect.com(www

WWE plays musical note with new shingle
Hollywood Reporter - NEW YORK -- After starting a foray into the film world, sports entertainment powerhouse World Wrestling Entertainment said Monday that it has formed the WWE Music Group to more actively and more broadly tip its toe into the music business. While not

IN BRIEF
Newsday - WITNESS: ENRON PROBED COMPLAINTS. Enron Corp.'s outside law firm conducted a monthlong investigation of complaints raised by former vice president Sherron Watkins and determined many of her concerns were fueled by office gossip and financial report

Tony Raines becomes fifth Cup driver from Indiana
Dowagiac News - Northwest Indiana is quickly becoming the hot-bed of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup racing. Tony Raines, who hails from LaPorte, Ind., joins South Bend's Ryan Newman and David Stremme as full-time NEXTEL Cup drivers. Raines stepped into the No. 96 DLP HDTV Chevy

Bank of America Hires Jill Gregory to Lead Company s NASCAR
ThatsRacin.com - Bank of America, one of the world s largest financial institutions, today announced that Jill Gregory has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Strategic Marketing Executive for the bank s NASCAR sponsorship programs. In this new role

Business Digest
Baltimore Sun - Delta Air Lines Inc. raised some fares by $50 each way and most major U.S. carriers, except American Airlines, matched the increase. Delta raised top coach and first-class fares on most routes $46 plus $4 in tax, said Terry Trippler, who monitors

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

A savvy smash: High School Musical
Salt Lake Tribune - "High School Musical," the tween sensation that began as a Disney Channel movie filmed in Utah, is becoming a merchandising monster thanks to savvy Disney marketers. What's expected to grow from the ratings blockbuster later this year: The DVD: Walt

Zim restates revenues, buys U.S. ringtone company
Ottawa Business Journal - Michael Cowpland's struggling Zim Corp. will re-state earnings for periods back to 2004, after adopting a new set of accounting rules for revenues from premium messaging transactions. At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a U.S

Look who's calling
San Luis Obispo Tribune - Out of Jessica Hickey's purse comes a funky beat that turns people's heads. Next, the deep, raw voice of a man raps: "Cold coolin' at a bar, and I'm lookin' for some action " It's Tone Loc, and he's telling Hickey she's got a call from a "Funky

Sonic oasis
Louisville Courier-Journal - Noise is an inevitable byproduct of modern life. If you live within the city limits of any metropolis in the civilized world, then you will be exposed to noise -- most of it is so awful it sets your teeth on edge. Some people choose to expose

Yvonne Zanos: Is it time for a switch in electricity suppliers?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Mar 13 9:19 PM
Q: I am a Duquesne Light customer who has had Dominion Peoples Plus for many years as an electric supplier. On my January bill, Dominion's charge for electric was 8.9 cents per kilowatt hour, while the Duquesne Light price to compare was 6.69 cents. Would it pay to make the switch?Save to My Web

Calling the Telecom Billing Firms
RedNova - Mar 08 11:54 AM
By Richard Nemec Note: This is the first of two parts. I'm old enough to remember using rotary-dial pay phones to make collect calls home when I had no cash. Life was somehow a lot simpler then. I don't think I have made or received a collect call since those prehistoric times.Save to My Web

Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Skype banishes outlandish fees for calls from foreign lands
USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Mar 09 7:04 AM
SkypeOut lets you use a computer to dial regular phone numbers in the USA and elsewhere from the country you are in. Skype's rate to the USA is just around 2 cents a minute. Despite a few snags, the Skype service worked like a charmSave to My Web

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Bertelsmann May Sell Its Half Of Sony BMG
FMQB - Mar 27 1:41 PM
In a bid to raise cash, Bertelsmann is looking to sell its music assets. Executives from both Bertelsmann and Sony are expected to meet as soon as this week and discuss proposals to alter their partnership.Save to My Web

MonsterTones Announces Top 25 Ringtones for 2005
[Press Release] PR Web - Mar 09 12:31 AM
MonsterTones announces its top selling ringtones for 2005. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2006]Save to My Web

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
RedNova - Mar 27 11:42 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars.Save to My Web

Classical Sur on mobile
Business Standard India - Mar 22 10:42 AM
MOBILE RINGTONES go sophisticated with Indian classical music. Punjabi pop, heavy metal, hard rock and tuneless songs from some of the recent Hindi flicks. These are some genres that lack appeal, especially when it blares from your mobile phone into the eardrums of the caller.Save to My Web

Bertelsmann set for Sony BMG sale
MSN MoneyCentral - Bertelsmann is making preparations to sell its music companies as Europe's largest media company fights to maintain its private status. People briefed on the plans said it had mandated investment bankers to prepare disposals of its music publishing

Park Information
Mickey News - Read some of the greatest articles about Disney. Tips for your next visit, news from the inside and much more. Here you will find all the latest news and press releases all about Disneyland. Make sure and check it often as it is updated all the time

Major ringtone auction takes on classical tunes
AZCentral.com - Move over, 50 Cent. The nation's first major ringtone auction will expand the cellphone musical library beyond rap and pop by putting original tunes by classical U.S. composers up for sale. Organized by the American Composers Orchestra to raise money

Monday, April 03, 2006

What are you downloading next?
rediff.com - Mar 22 10:53 PM
Mobile ringtones go sophisticated with Indian classical musicSave to My Web

Classical Sur on mobile
Business Standard India - Mar 22 10:38 AM
MOBILE RINGTONES go sophisticated with Indian classical music. Punjabi pop, heavy metal, hard rock and tuneless songs from some of the recent Hindi flicks. These are some genres that lack appeal, especially when it blares from your mobile phone into the eardrums of the caller.Save to My Web

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
SYS-CON Media - Mar 28 3:42 AM
Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars. Meez(TM) avatars can be built in minutes and used as the virtual identity that teens, college students and other consumers display as they chat, blog, gawk and play online.Save to My Web

Nextel Cup's leading team welcomes back suspended Knaus
Indianapolis Star, United States - Mar 24, 2006... done is win two races, including Daytona, and add finishes of second and sixth to build a 50-point lead on second-place Kasey Kahne in the Nextel Cup standings ...

NASCAR NEXTEL Teleconference Transcript: Jeff Gordon & Steve ...
FOXSports.com - Mar 28, 2006DENISE MALOOF: Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the NASCAR NEXTEL Series teleconference. First our usual bit of housekeeping. ...

Update 1: Column: Lester Sub-Par in Nextel Cup Debut
Forbes - Mar 22, 2006... asked of him. Of course, none of it would've mattered had he not actually qualified for his first Nextel Cup race. Despite all the ...

NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series News, Views and Commentary
Racing Junky - Mar 27, 2006Report, packed with all the statistics you need to always come out on top every race. By SUE KELLOGG. Yesterday s race at Bristol ...

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Total Wi-Fi Freedom
BusinessWeek - Mar 23 2:58 PM
Cell-based services for PCs connect with a click and work in moving trains Save to My Web

Woman puts her heart into clowning around for a living
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Mar 13 3:19 AM
The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) "A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast."Save to My Web

Currency exchange will accept bill payments
Daily Chronicle - Mar 02 1:09 AM
DeKALB - With telephones available at stores such as Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy, a store whose focus is selling telephones is no longer practical, according to a Verizon company manager.Save to My Web

On the Way to Total Wi-Fi Freedom
NewsFactor - Mar 23 7:58 AM
Now that nearly every new laptop comes equipped with Wi-Fi, it seems you should be able to plunk your computer down anywhere and log on to a wireless network. Alas, it's not that simple.Save to My Web

Mediaport Selects IBM Kiosk Services to Deliver Music, Ringtones
Market Wire - SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/17/2006 -- IBM has signed an agreement with Mediaport Entertainment, Inc. to provide IT services, maintenance, and financing for an international retail kiosk rollout that delivers digital content to

Nokia Announces Prepaid Phones
ABC News - Mar. 30 Nokia announced three new, inexpensive phones Thursday that will probably show up later this year on US prepaid carriers. The three new Nokia phones the Nokia 1112, 2310, and 2610 are part of a push by all the major cell-phone

What Does Your Cell Phone Say About You?
NewsFactor Network - "Customization is everywhere," said Dan Roy, national sales manager for Motorola. "I think that phones are now so prevalent, it's not so special to have one. The next step is people want to accessorize them. As electronics go, cell phones are not

Nokia Announced Three New Handsets Category: SOFTPEDIA NEWS
Softpedia - Nokia , one of the world leaders in communication, has introduced three new mobiles from its low-end class of handsets. The new phones Nokia 2610, Nokia 1112 and Nokia 2310 have been launched at the Nokia Experience Mobility 2006 event in Chongqing

Hearst to Provide Mobile Content for Select Magazines
ClickZ - Hearst Publications has begun distribution of mobile content to its readers in the current issues of Cosmopolitan, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen magazines. Each publication now has a portal-style presence that extends the brand to the mobile space. The

Zim restates revenues, buys U.S. ringtone company
Stockhouse Canada - Michael Cowpland's struggling Zim Corp. will re-state earnings for periods back to 2004, after adopting a new set of accounting rules for revenues from premium messaging transactions. At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a U.S

Disney TV sensation launches a marketing juggernaut
Salt Lake Tribune - Zeke (Chris Warren Jr.) tries to focus on basketball as Troy (Zac Efron) belts out a song. (The Disney Channel) Like the ballad about Troy and Gabriella's blossoming love, the tween TV movie sensation "High School Musical" is just the "Start of

A savvy smash: High School Musical
Salt Lake Tribune - "High School Musical," the tween sensation that began as a Disney Channel movie filmed in Utah, is becoming a merchandising monster thanks to savvy Disney marketers. What's expected to grow from the ratings blockbuster later this year: The DVD: Walt

Zim restates revenues, buys U.S. ringtone company
Ottawa Business Journal - Michael Cowpland's struggling Zim Corp. will re-state earnings for periods back to 2004, after adopting a new set of accounting rules for revenues from premium messaging transactions. At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a U.S

Price Drops in Mobile Phone Plans to Slow
Pocket PC Thoughts - 35 minutes ago
"The price of cellular phone calls should decline more slowly in 2006 than in recent times as the duration of phone calls expands less rapidly, a top executive at Sprint Nextel Corp. said on Wednesday. U.S. operators have driven down the price of mobile phone calls in recent years as they tried to win new customers or steal each other's subscribers in the fiercely competitive market, which had as Save to My Web

Cell Phone Pothole Hotline
Fort Wayne News Channel 15 - Mar 28 9:56 PM
(April 18, 2002, Fort Wayne, IN, WANE) Centennial and Nextel cell phone users can now report a pothole on the spot...thanks to Fort Wayne's new cell phone pothole hotline.Save to My Web

Upcoming NASCAR at a glance
Covers.com - Mar 29 8:15 AM
NASCAR NEXTEL CUP DIRECTV 500 Site: Martinsville, Va. Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 3:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (FOX, 1:30 p.m.). Track: Martinsville Speedway (oval, 0.526 miles, 12 degrees banking ...Save to My Web

Search by job title, geography and build a list of executive contacts
BusinessWeek - Think there are huge numbers of young people chatting with friends and texting messages on cell phones now? Just wait. The wireless market for "tweens" -- children between the ages of 8 and 12 -- has the potential to double by 2010, according to the

MultiChannel Ventures to launch 2 new networks
Orlando Sentinel - MultiChannel Ventures LLC will launch two video-on-demand broadband networks this fall, the Real Estate Channel and the Home Improvement Channel. The Orlando-based company, which develops and operates a range of video, broadband and advertising

Sprint Extends Mobility Leadership with Aggressive Broadband Network
WebWire - WebWire Related Industries Overland Park, KAN. 03/30/2006, Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced aggressive plans for the expansion and evolution of the Sprint Power Vision(SM) network which now covers over half of the U.S. population with mobile

The Housekeeping Channel Goes Wireless
dBusinessNews.com - Boise - BOISE -- Millions of "Mobile Moms" now have on-the-go access to quick information about better, faster and healthier ways to clean and manage their households, with the Housekeeping Channel ( www.housekeepingchannel.com ) available on Sprint

Bertelsmann may pull plug on music to avoid an IPO
Hollywood Reporter, United States - Mar 27, 2006... continue to slide worldwide, music publishing has proven a more resilient business thanks to booming revenue from the sale of cell phone ringtones and the like ...

PAUL RUCKER & COS
TheStranger.com, WA - Mar 9, 2006... Little touches like the musical puns on cell-phone ringtones, the whitish beige set design that at once evokes hastily built plush Wallingford townhomes and ...

Zim restates revenues, buys US ringtone company
Ottawa Business Journal, Canada - Mar 29, 2006At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a US-based seller of cell phone ringtones for $1.1 million in cash and shares to jump start its entry ...

Disney TV sensation launches a marketing juggernaut
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Mar 23, 2006... Get ready for "High School Musical - The Franchise" with licensed products, more albums, cell-phone ringtones, the DVD and a book. ...

Garden of Life Commits to 100% Wind Power
Social Funds - Purchases renewable energy certificates from 3 Phases Energy as first of several sustainability initiatives outside the bottle ( CSRwire ) West Palm Beach, FL Garden of Life Inc., a pioneer and innovator in the digestive health category and

Search by job title, geography and build a list of executive contacts
BusinessWeek - Think there are huge numbers of young people chatting with friends and texting messages on cell phones now? Just wait. The wireless market for "tweens" -- children between the ages of 8 and 12 -- has the potential to double by 2010, according to the

Cingular plans to improve service
Pioneer Press - Cingular Wireless is expected to announce today that it is spending nearly $60 million in Minnesota to extend its coverage and improve service, but one consumer advocate group says Cingular may have no choice given its low customer satisfaction

Sprint Extends Mobility Leadership with Aggressive Broadband Network
WebWire - WebWire Related Industries Overland Park, KAN. 03/30/2006, Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced aggressive plans for the expansion and evolution of the Sprint Power Vision(SM) network which now covers over half of the U.S. population with mobile

Knaus at the track, hard lesson learned
The Charlotte Observer - Mar 30 1:54 AM
The weather was just plain ugly Friday, but Bristol Motor Speedway looked great to Chad Knaus.Save to My Web

It's time to take over
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Mar 30 12:14 AM
DAYTONA BEACH -- The wait is over for Tony Raines. One of the most understated talents in Nextel Cup Series racing will make his debut as the driver in the No. 96 Hall of Fame Racing Chevrolet on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.Save to My Web

48 drivers on Martinsville Nextel Cup entry list
Fox Sports - Mar 27 8:42 PM
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup SeriesAdvance Auto Parts 500Preliminary Entry List - NumericalMartinsville Speedway - Martinsville, Va. Provided by NASCAR Statistical Services - Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 10:23 PM Eastern Car # Driver Hometown Team Owner 00 Hermie Sadler Emporia, VA TNA Wrestling/Aaron's Ford Michael Anderson 01 Joe Nemechek Lakeland, FL U.S. Army Chevrolet Nelson Bowers 1 Martin Truex Jr. # Save to My Web

Zim restates revenues, buys US ringtone company
Ottawa Business Journal, Canada - Mar 29, 2006At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a US-based seller of cell phone ringtones for $1.1 million in cash and shares to jump start its entry ...

Disney TV sensation launches a marketing juggernaut
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Mar 23, 2006... Get ready for "High School Musical - The Franchise" with licensed products, more albums, cell-phone ringtones, the DVD and a book. ...

Bertelsmann may pull plug on music to avoid an IPO
Hollywood Reporter, United States - Mar 27, 2006... continue to slide worldwide, music publishing has proven a more resilient business thanks to booming revenue from the sale of cell phone ringtones and the like ...

Sprint offers unlimited calls to home or office
The Business Journal of Kansas City - Mar 08 7:48 AM
Sprint Nextel Corp. started offering a service on Wednesday that enables customers to make or receive unlimited voice calls between their wireless and home or office phones.Save to My Web

It's ``Bombs Away'' on April 5th for Danny Way
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 20 12:55 PM
LAS VEGAS----March 20, 2006--On April 5, internationally renowned pro skateboarder Danny Way will attempt to smash the "Bomb Drop" world record by jumping from the giant neon-covered guitar atop the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.Save to My Web

Technology consulting firm starts work in Chillicothe
CentralOhio.com - Mar 19 3:13 AM
CHILLICOTHE - With 46 years of combined experience in wireline and wireless communications, software development and implementation, and systems integration, a team of local residents has launched Leading Edge Integration, LLC, a full-service technology consulting firm and systems integrator.Save to My Web

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Financial Results
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 14 3:40 PM
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company announced financial results for the fourth quarter of 2005 and year-end results as of December 31, 2005.Save to My Web

Bertelsmann AG might sell music assets
Hollywood Reporter - COLOGNE, Germany -- To prevent an unwanted initial public offering, German media giant Bertelsmann AG is considering selling off its music business assets, including its 50% stake in Sony BMG Music Entertainment and its 100% unit BMG Music Publishing

Zim restates revenues, buys U.S. ringtone company
Ottawa Business Journal - Michael Cowpland's struggling Zim Corp. will re-state earnings for periods back to 2004, after adopting a new set of accounting rules for revenues from premium messaging transactions. At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a U.S

Zim restates revenues, buys U.S. ringtone company
Stockhouse Canada - Michael Cowpland's struggling Zim Corp. will re-state earnings for periods back to 2004, after adopting a new set of accounting rules for revenues from premium messaging transactions. At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a U.S

mSpot Chooses Enpocket to Market Mobile Entertainment to the ...
PrimeZone (press release), CA - Mar 28, 2006... Available on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network, mSpot Movies, the company's mobile video service, gives subscribers on-demand access to seven movie genres ...

The Combined AT&T and BellSouth Will Control 22% of Consumer ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - Mar 13, 2006... Cingular* 30% -1 29% 0 ----- Sprint PCS 11% 2 12% 3 ...

Sprint to launch online community service this spring
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - Feb 27, 2006Sprint has announced Sprint PCS Picture Mail groups, a subscription service allowing customers to share personal media about a favourite hobby, passion or ...

MapInfo Unveils Latest Version of Universal Location Intelligence ...
SYS-CON Media, NJ - Mar 2, 2006... In addition, Envinsa v4.0 provides access to network-generated location data from the Sprint PCS Business Mobility Framework, enabling organizations to provide ...

Total Wi-Fi Freedom
BusinessWeek - Mar 23, 2006... is probably the best choice in the US It offers unlimited data service for $60 a month on a two-year contract, provided you also have a Verizon phone with a ...

While AT&T Does Deals, Verizon Spends to Hone Its Networks
Wilmington Morning Star, NC - Mar 21, 2006... punished Verizon's stock because Mr. Seidenberg's plan to run fiber optic lines to as many as 16 million homes, or nearly half of Verizon's phone customers, by ...

Two more charged in threats: Probe continues on 15 bomb reports at ...
Newszap Delaware, DE - Mar 3, 2006... The department also has subpoenaed Verizon phone records and collected fingerprints from a phone booth in town to which a call was traced. ...

Cingular expected to upgrade Havelock installation
Sun Journal - HAVELOCK Cingular wireless customers in the area may see a boost in service following an agreement reached with the City of Havelock. The Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed Monday to lease a water tower at 208 Outerbanks Drive for five

IGN.com Goes Mobile
MediaPost - VIDEO MEDIA FIRM IGN ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday launched mobile versions of its main entertainment news Web brands--IGN, GameSpy, and GameSpy Insider. Readers who use Cingular can subscribe to the mobile sites for a monthly fee of $4.99, which will be

Do You Watch TV on Your Cell Phone?
PC World - Sunday nights, The Sopranos. Tuesday nights, House. Wednesday nights, Lost. I don't consider myself a die-hard fan of these shows, but I do enjoy watching them. With Cingular Video , I can view snippets of these shows--and others--on my cell phone

Mobile Phones White Papers
Computerworld - This article describes a Wi-Fi mobile application built by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and explains how database and synchronization technology Affordable Solutions for the Open Enterprise Register today for the two-day

Sprint Nextel Introduces GPS-Based Local Search Service
Teleclick.ca, Canada - Mar 28, 2006Sprint Nextel announced yesterday that it plans to offer a new local directory service for mobile phones that provides users with information like driving ...

Labonte leading Petty resurgence.
crash.net, UK - 3 hours agoFrom being one of the quiet men of the Nextel Cup Series, Bobby Labonte is fast becoming a huge fan favourite as both he and the legendary #43 Petty ...

Nextel Partners CEO's 2005 salary, bonus $1.3M vs $1.1M
MarketWatch - Mar 16, 2006WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Nextel Partners Inc. (NXTP ... shares. As reported, Sprint Nextel agreed to buy out Nextel Partners in December. ...

Desperate Housewives Spawns Video Game
World Screen News, NY - Mar 28, 2006... the series also includes a perfume launching this fall, the season one DVD, a board game, a line of apparel, an online store, mobile ringtones and graphics ...

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
Yahoo! News (press release) - Mar 27, 2006... Meez is the latest entry in the growing category of personal media products (like mobile ringtones) that give consumers the chance to turn the act of ...

Sunset Records Group (SRG) and Play Fair Entertainment Announce ...
PR Web (press release), WA - Mar 16, 2006... answer that Rayburn, in his job duties, will also oversee Radio Sunset, and its move to satellite radio, along with Sunset s Mobile ringtones while reporting ...

Digital ants wreck the music industry s picnic
Financial Times, UK - Mar 9, 2006... In the face of competition from mobile ringtones, games and DVDs, let alone mass piracy and flat compact disc sales, the music industry is breathing a sigh of ...

Wall Street rallies on benign growth data
MSNBC - Wall Street rose broadly higher on Thursday after the latest survey of US economic activity showed that the economy expanded in line with market expectations. Gross domestic product grew at a slightly upwardly revised 1.7 per cent annual rate in the

Deliver Application Integration Projects in Days
Computerworld - Integration Appliances: The Fastest Track to Master Data Management Quick Turnaround on Application Integration Projects: A Motorola Featured Webcasts Affordable Solutions for the Open Enterprise Register today for the two-day Affordable

Mac-Friendly Phones
PC Magazine - As Apple turns 30, Mac users with cell phones face the classic Mac dilemma: You get fewer choices, but the ones you do get work so much more smoothly than those on your friends' Windows PCs. Apple's built-in iSync software and Bluetooth support mean

Technology stocks advance
ABC News - Mar 30, 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. technology stocks rose on Thursday as shares of the world's No. 2 mobile phone maker Motorola Inc. gained after its top-ranked rival Nokia boosted its outlook for the global handset market

Disney TV sensation launches a marketing juggernaut
Salt Lake Tribune - Zeke (Chris Warren Jr.) tries to focus on basketball as Troy (Zac Efron) belts out a song. (The Disney Channel) Like the ballad about Troy and Gabriella's blossoming love, the tween TV movie sensation "High School Musical" is just the "Start of

Zim restates revenues, buys U.S. ringtone company
Ottawa Business Journal - Michael Cowpland's struggling Zim Corp. will re-state earnings for periods back to 2004, after adopting a new set of accounting rules for revenues from premium messaging transactions. At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a U.S

Bertelsmann AG might sell music assets
Hollywood Reporter - COLOGNE, Germany -- To prevent an unwanted initial public offering, German media giant Bertelsmann AG is considering selling off its music business assets, including its 50% stake in Sony BMG Music Entertainment and its 100% unit BMG Music Publishing

Reasons to Believe honors Navy officer Michael Macias
Kansas City Kansan, KS - Mar 24, 2006... He has designed and developed education and training programs for corporate giants such as Applebee s International and Sprint PCS, all the while serving in ...

SB Athens Hwy. closed near Barrett Rd.
Access North Georgia, GA - Mar 7, 2006... Cingular, Verizon and Sprint PCS customers can dial *DOT (*368) and AT&T customers can dial #DOT (#368) for current traffic information statewide. ...

Cingular plans to improve service
Pioneer Press, MN - Mar 21, 2006... Paul area, Cingular finished fourth behind Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint PCS with a customer satisfaction rating of 57 out of 100. ...

News Briefs for March 17, 2006
Wireless Week - Mar 17, 2006... IPCS, a Sprint PCS affiliate of Sprint Nextel, has begun trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the stock symbol "IPCS." The move ends the company's stock ...

RockandRollDream.com Going Mobile with Free Guitar Riff Ringtones
[Press Release] PR Web - Mar 25 12:15 AM
Munch Music, Inc.a digital recording studio and music centre has added new free guitar ringtones for downloading. Additionally the site features recording artists and MP3 downloads for music fans searching for new undiscovered talent. The new artists featured all write their own music and create original sounds and lyrics. [PRWEB Mar 25, 2006]Save to My Web

Xingtone Partners With Zango to Provide Free Custom Ringtone Services
RedNova - Mar 09 2:06 PM
LOS ANGELES and BELLEVUE, Wash., March 9 /PRNeSave to My Web

CTIA Wireless 2006 Exhibitor Profiles
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 30 8:14 AM
LAS VEGAS----March 30, 2006--CTIA Wireless 2006 takes place April 5 - 7 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For in-depth information about the event visit http://www.ctiawireless.com/ .Save to My Web

Bertelsmann may pull plug on music to avoid an IPO
Hollywood Reporter, United States - Mar 27, 2006... continue to slide worldwide, music publishing has proven a more resilient business thanks to booming revenue from the sale of cell phone ringtones and the like ...

Disney TV sensation launches a marketing juggernaut
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Mar 23, 2006... Get ready for "High School Musical - The Franchise" with licensed products, more albums, cell-phone ringtones, the DVD and a book. ...

PAUL RUCKER & COS
TheStranger.com, WA - Mar 9, 2006... Little touches like the musical puns on cell-phone ringtones, the whitish beige set design that at once evokes hastily built plush Wallingford townhomes and ...

Cingular Built Into New Dell Notebooks
SYS-CON Media - Mar 29 9:58 AM
Dell devotees now can have Cingular Wireless' critically acclaimed BroadbandConnect service built into their mobile systems beginning today with the availability of a new line of Dell Latitude(TM) notebooks.Save to My Web

Dialed In: Do You Watch TV on Your Cell Phone?
PC World via Yahoo! News - Mar 30 12:00 AM
Wireless carriers are delivering snippets of your favorite television shows, movie previews, news, sports, and more straight to your phone screen.Save to My Web

CTIA Wireless 2006 Exhibitor Profiles
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 30 8:14 AM
LAS VEGAS----March 30, 2006--CTIA Wireless 2006 takes place April 5 - 7 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For in-depth information about the event visit http://www.ctiawireless.com/ .Save to My Web

Sprint Nextel "Find it" helps you find it
MobileMag - Mar 27 12:18 PM
Sprint Nextel, like all providers, is looking for new sources of revenue. Their latest offering is called Find It, a local directory service that takes advantage of GPS locating capabilities that phones are required to have so that emergency services can locate callers.Save to My Web

NASCAR report
USA Today - Mar 29 9:11 AM
Bristol has a knack for bringing out the best in a driver's ability and the worst in his emotions, sometimes simultaneously.Save to My Web

Martinsville: This Week In Ford Racing 2006-03-29
Motorsport.com - Mar 29 5:02 PM
Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 National Guard Ford Fusion, has never had much luck at Martinsville Speedway. In six NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series starts at the half-mile short track, Biffle has not posted a top-15 finish.Save to My Web

PAUL RUCKER & COS
TheStranger.com, WA - Mar 9, 2006... Little touches like the musical puns on cell-phone ringtones, the whitish beige set design that at once evokes hastily built plush Wallingford townhomes and ...

Zim restates revenues, buys US ringtone company
Ottawa Business Journal, Canada - Mar 29, 2006At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a US-based seller of cell phone ringtones for $1.1 million in cash and shares to jump start its entry ...

Bertelsmann may pull plug on music to avoid an IPO
Hollywood Reporter, United States - Mar 27, 2006... continue to slide worldwide, music publishing has proven a more resilient business thanks to booming revenue from the sale of cell phone ringtones and the like ...

Young teens the biggest problem at theaters
Central Michigan Life, MI - Feb 26, 2006It may be surprising to learn cell phone ringtones aren t the biggest cause of interruption during movies. Greg Howell, primary ...