By Allen Tsai | Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:49 pm |
Cingular Wireless and MobiTV, the world's first television network for mobile phones, today launched the availability of Mobi-MLB.com Gameday Audio to Cingular Wireless subscribers. Cingular's customers can now listen live to every Major League Baseball game played from opening day to the World Series, directly from their wireless phones.
Cingular's Mobi-MLB.com Gameday Audio service provides subscribers with access to more than 2,500 MLB games with the same audio broadcast available on radio. This agreement with MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) delivers unlimited access to subscribers who can choose up to 30 feeds each day with the option to select their home team announcers.Mobi-MLB.com Gameday Audio will be available to Cingular customers using the Motorola V180, Motorola V220, Motorola V400, Motorola V600, Motorola RAZR V3, Sony Ericsson Z500a and the Nokia 6620. The service will be available on additional handsets throughout the baseball season. Cingular's MobiTV subscribers will also have two new MLB related channels included in their current subscription (at no extra charge), including a post game video highlights and Atlanta Braves channel, where subscribers catch the live audio broadcast for each of Cingular's hometown team games. Mobi-MLB.com Gameday Audio can be purchased directly from a Cingular wireless phone. To do this, the consumer should: - Go to MEdia Net home - Select Sports - Select Mobi-MLB Gameday - Follow the onscreen prompt to get Mobi-MLB Gameday Audio After downloading the service, Mobi-MLB.com Gameday Audio will be launched from the phone's Main Menu. The fee for Mobi-MLB.com Gameday Audio on the Cingular network is $9.99 per month, and the company is offering a free three-day trial so prospective customers can "Try Before You Buy." Because Mobi-MLB uses data, not voice minutes, customers will also need a MEdia Package subscription to avoid data charges. The $24.99 per month unlimited MEdia Net package is recommended. B-roll footage of Roger Clemens and the Mobi-MLB.com Gameday Audio service will be available today at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET.
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Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:58 pm | By
Apple today unveiled the iPhone, a device that combine three products - a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and an Internet communication device with email, web browsing, searching and maps - into one small and lightweight handheld.
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Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:30 am | By
Cingular Wireless today announced the Treo 750, the first Palm Treo smart device running on Cingular's 3G / UMTS network. The highly anticipated Treo 750 five-band world phone running Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology offers Palm's exclusive usability improvements with powerful business features, including email, security, and web access on the go.
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Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:28 am | By
Cingular plans to make video service commercially available in 2007, allowing users to send a live video stream to a recipient during a standard voice call.
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Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:23 pm | By
MySpace.com and Cingular Wireless announced an exclusive partnership to offer enhanced MySpace functionality to all Cingular customers via their mobile phones. The deal marks MySpace's largest-scale mobile partnership and gives Cingular's customers exclusive access to MySpace Mobile's tool set including the ability to edit MySpace profiles, view and add friends, post photos and blogs, send and receive MySpace messages, and more from the mobile phone.
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Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:00 am | By
Cingular Wireless today introduced the LG CU400, Cingular's first 3G phone to offer Push-to-Talk (PTT) technology. Giving customers the ability to see whether their friends, family or co-workers are available to talk before they call and to connect instantly, PTT allows customers to talk to one person or a group of up to 30 people at the same time with just a push of a button. Customers also have the flexibility to easily convert a PTT call to a regular mobile call and to store up to 99 contacts.
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