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The Future Of Mobile Games - CES Panelists On Mobile Opportunities - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 27 Jan 2006 02:01 PM PST

Gamasutra has an article highlighting the key points of a mobile gaming panel at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show...speakers were Jamdat Mobile’s Minard Hamilton, IDG Entertainment CEO and president Dan…

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Mobile TV Finally Gets Moving - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Sun 15 Jan 2006 10:01 PM PST

A trip to CES has convinced this writer that mobile TV is trundling down the runway with plans to take off. The whole category has gotten a push from the…

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Back From CES: In The Not-Too-Distant Future, Dedicated Music Devices Will Be So 2006 - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 12 Jan 2006 09:01 PM PST

Comparing today’s iPods to home answering machines, Sun CEO ScotT McNealy predicts, “It’s going to be hard to sell a lot of iPods five years from now when every cell…

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@ CES 2006: Interview: Marco Boerries, SVP-Connected Life, Yahoo - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 08 Jan 2006 09:01 PM PST

My interview with Yahoo’s Marco Boerries, SVP-Connected Life, (in the tan jacket) had to be rescheduled from Friday after his cameo appearance in CEO Terry Semel’s keynote but his excuse—showing…

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CES: Amp’d Goes National - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 06 Jan 2006 12:01 PM PST

Amp’d Mobile, the edgy MVNO, has launched naitonwide, the company says, after a soft-launch last month. The service launches nationwide with Jet and Angel by Kyocera Wireless, two high-speed EV-DO…

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Yahoo Go vs Yahoo Ready: Ready For The Confusion? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 06 Jan 2006 11:02 AM PST

So you read about Yahoo Go Mobile in a few posts below...now there’s Yahoo Ready, which is the Motorola-ready version of mobile apps from Yahoo. Pre-installed Yahoo Ready applications on…

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Testing Yahoo Go Mobile With Nokia N90 - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 06 Jan 2006 10:02 AM PST

The new Yahoo Go Mobile suite launched last night, and I’m testing it now on the new Nokia N90 (sent to me by the folks at Nokia for testing). Even…

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More Official Details on Yahoo Go Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 06 Jan 2006 10:01 AM PST

The company has released official details in this release (as you can see below, I’m testing out the app on my N90)… -- It has launched in AT&T and Cingular…

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CES: Motorola To Bring Google To Handsets - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Jan 2006 09:01 PM PST

Expect more such deals with other players to happen this year: Motorola plans to launch mobile phones with a Google search icon on handsets...this is a three-year deal. This is…

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Yahoo To Launch Go Intiative; Mobile, Connected TVs & Desktop Access - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Jan 2006 09:01 PM PST

Yahoo is making its biggest bet yet outside its website: at CES, it is launching what it calls Yahoo Go (the site should go live here later), a series of…

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CES: Amp’d Touts Content Plans; Launches Hollywood Handset - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Jan 2006 08:01 PM PST

At CES, Amp’d Mobile is touting its content partnerships, the most-comprehensive in the industry, according to the MVNO. Top-rated programs from ABC, NBC Adult Swim, CBS, CMT, Comedy Central, E!…

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CES: Motorola, Avvenu Introduce Image/File Remote Access Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Jan 2006 08:01 PM PST

Motorola and Avvenu, a Palo Alto, CA based start-up specializing in remote access and sharing technology on mobiles, have launched Motorola Share, a free service for Motorola users providing remote…

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Skype’s First Mobile Phone - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 05 Jan 2006 07:02 PM PST

It’s been on the hype wagon for a while, but now it appears to be here...almost. Netgear have demo’d a Skype phone at CES: “There are currently only 10 working…

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CES Mobile Wire: Day Two - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Jan 2006 07:01 PM PST

Some more news coming out of CES: -- Comedy Central Shows on Mobiles: Comedy Central has signed mobile deals to bring clips of South Park and Chappelle’s Show to cellphones,…

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The Vcast Launch Event At CES - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Jan 2006 12:01 PM PST

Our journo on the ground Staci has some pics from the launch event.. Pics here on Flickr

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@ CES 2006: V Cast Music Launches - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Jan 2006 09:02 AM PST

[by Staci Kramer] Updated below: Work in progres: The only reason to be at the Hard Rock at 9 a.m.—the launch of V Cast Music, the first mobile music service…

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Sprint, Cable JV To Launch Mid-Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Jan 2006 10:01 PM PST

Sprint Nextel’s mega-deals with the top cable companies will see the first fruits of its joint venture by mid this year, the companies announced at CES. The companies also announced…

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Verizon’s Full Music Service To Debut Tomorrow - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Jan 2006 06:01 PM PST

Updated: read below: Verizon Wireless looks set to introduce a music downloading service for phones...might be announced as early as tomorrow, at CES. Executives at LG Electronics also hinted at…

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Sprint, Cingular Add MobiTV2 To Roster; Palm Wi-Fi Capability - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Jan 2006 03:02 PM PST

Mobile video aggregator MobiTV, which announced its new version MobiTV2 at the last CTIA, has announced at CES that operators Sprint and Cingular will adopt it. The new service improves…

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CES Mobile Wire: Day One: Graffiti MVNO; Walkman, Nokia Bluetooth Etc - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Jan 2006 11:02 AM PST

Lots of news coming out of CEs...for full coverage, see our dedicated blog on paidContent.org. but some mobile related news below: -- Motorola SLVR with iTunes, From Cingular: Who knows,…

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Crown Castle Renames Mobile TV Division As Modeo; To Launch In 30 Markets - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Jan 2006 08:02 AM PST

Now it gets interesting: Telecom tower company Crown Castle International has renamed its mobile TV subsidiary as Modeo and said at CES that by 2007 it would launch mobile TV…

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Motorola’s iRadio Promotes Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 03 Jan 2006 06:02 PM PST

Rafat has already posted about this but something which jumped out at me that he didn’t cover was the move to integrate it with carrier’s mobile music stores. “Carriers can…

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Verizon’s VCast Expansion Expected This Week at CES - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 03 Jan 2006 03:02 PM PST

Expect Verizon Wireless to make some expansion announcements at CES for its VCast service…

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Motorola Launches iRadio On Mobiles; Drops Itunes For New Rokr Phone - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 03 Jan 2006 09:02 AM PST

Ot at least has released more details of its till-now elusive mobile/broadband radio service iRadio...The service will first run on the Rokr E2 phone, which, unlike the first Rokr phone,…

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Slingbox Slings Home TV To Mobiles - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 03 Jan 2006 09:01 AM PST

Sling Media plans to launch a service where consumers can watch the content on their home television on their mobile devices “from anywhere in the world”. The client works with…

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