Mobile phones are where the music's at

Mobile phones will increasingly become the favoured device on which to buy music, research suggests. [via The Inquirer]

"Tunes beamed to mobile phones currently represent around 13 per cent of global recorded music retail value. And an industry report forecasts an increase to almost 30 per cent by 2011.

By then, according to research by Dunstable-based Understanding & Solutions, mobile music will be worth some $11 billion annually.

Watch an ad, get a free ringtone

Watch a few ads on your mobile and download for free ringtones, games or other such. That’s the pitch Chennai- and Los Angeles-based mobile software firm
mobile-worx is making to India’s more than 210 million mobile phone users, at least those who have phones that can access the Internet.

[via livemint.com]

Indiana Jones ringtones

According to the San Fernando Valley Business Journal games, ringtones, wallpapers and video clips for mobile devices based on Indiana Jones see release in conjunction with the new film, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”

Nokia’s “Comes With Music” program offers free music

Nokia has announced “Comes with Music,” their latest music service that offers a free year of unlimited music with the purchase of a Nokia device. Initially the service will launch with only Universal Music onboard, however Nokia is already in talks with the other major labels. Engadgetmobile reports via Gadgetell.

“We set out to create the music experience that people are telling us they are looking for - all the music they want in the form of unlimited downloads to their mobile device and PC,” said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Multimedia, Nokia.

The interesting part of this offer is that, according to the press release, “once the year is complete, customers can keep all their music without having to worry about it disappearing when their subscription is over.”

Ringboxx for your home phone

Ringboxx hooks up to your home phone so that you can have the same ringtone as your cellphone, or choose from thousands of other songs to accompany an incoming call.

[via Ubergizmo]

Nokia kicks off mobile Internet radio

Nokia today gave owners of its 3G smartphones a new alternative for music with the launch of its self-run Internet Radio service, reports electronista.

"The software is built not just to stream radio directly to the phone but also to encourage finding new music through filtering radio stations"

Instant music with mobile phone downloads

Radio listeners will be able to instantly buy the songs they hear by pressing a few buttons on their mobile phone, thanks to a new service, called Cliq. The Telelgraph reports.

"Customers will need to load Cliq software on to their phones. It will then deliver, in text form, a list of the last five songs played by each participating radio station.

To buy a song, the customer will click on the selected track and it will download to their PC. Each song costs £1.25.

Listeners do not need a radio player on their mobile phone to use the service. The phone can function as a remote control to buy songs heard on a car or kitchen radio.

From next year, Cliq, developed by independent radio production company UBC Media Group, will be pre-installed on digital radios. UBC has struck at deal with Pure, which makes 40 per cent of digital sets sold in the UK.

...The technology will work on 85 per cent of handsets released in the past 18 months, but only on computers which use Windows software."