Celcom introduces 'Mobile Karaoke'

Celcom Malaysia, the country's largest mobile phone operator, has introduced a new entertainment service dubbed the Mobile Karaoke for its subscribers with GPRS-enabled handsets, according to The Edge.

Subscribers with the latest Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson handsets can now download full-length songs with synchronised lyrics displayed on the screens of their phones. Very cool.

Other Karaoke applications have developed around the world:

-- SingTel's new Mobile Karaoke service offers the operator's post-paid mobile subscribers full-length songs for download. These come with synchronized lyrics to prompt users singing along". cf The latest in mobile content--karaoke.

-- In August it was reported that Nokia and Taito would collaborate in providing karaoke functions to cell phones. cf Nokia, Taito Teaming Up in Mobile Phone Karaoke.

-- Irish technology company Alatto has developed a new java application called air.karaoke, that will let users download songs and lyrics, to create mobile karaoke machines. cf previous post in Ringtonia

-- Japanese ringtone providers allow subscribers to 'practice' songs. This service has been widened to include images, and users can send up to four photos which can be 'watched' while the audio clip is playing. cf Karaoke ringtones.

emily | 5:51 PM | Real Music |
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