12-28-2004, 05:30 PM
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New Service Puts Audio Channels On Cell Phones
"Music Choice and Sprint are launching a music service that allows mobile phone users to view short videoclips and listen to radio-like programming on their handsets. The service, Music Choice Today, bows Monday and offers Sprint subscribers streaming access to Music Choice audio channels via their cell phones. For $5.99 per month, users can listen to a range of genres and formats, including R&B/hip-hop, pop, country and rock. The service also features music news and daily video snippets of artist interviews and performances originally produced by Music Choice. Music Choice president/CEO Dave Del Beccaro says the service is designed to allow consumers to experience a "few quick minutes of music" in their spare time, such as when waiting in line or at doctors' offices, train stations and airports."
Right now this service being offered by Sprint is available only on the Sanyo Multimedia Phone MM-7400. But as the high speed wireless networks grow, we will see more services like these. Recently in India one of the cellular companies premiered a movie on the handsets to promote its high speed EDGE network. 8O As for me, I am not anxiously waiting for my carrier to roll out its high speed network for me to take advantage of video and audio streaming on my Smartphone. I have setup my own streaming server at home, that enables me to listen to my favorite TV station's audio while I am on the road, using the Smartphone and T-Mobile's GPRS based data network. :wink:
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