By Allen Tsai | Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:47 am |
Cingular Wireless today announced the launch of on-demand video streaming service. Starting at $20 a month, subscribers can watch video clips from Cartoon Network, CNN, ESPN, and NBC among others. The service will use Cingular's high-speed UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) 3G data network, which is currently available in 16 cities.
Cingular currently offers 3G service on the LG CU320 or Samsung SGH-ZX10 handsets and will add the Nokia 6282 and LG CU500 to its 3G product line later this spring.Cingular Video will initially be available in the markets of Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Tacoma and Washington, D.C. Additional 3G markets will be rolled out throughout the year. Cingular Video now includes the following content highlights: - ABC TV - Trailers of the hit Touchstone Television series "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost" - Cartoon Network - "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy," "The Powerpuff Girls," "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends," "Codename: Kids Next Door" and "Dexter's Laboratory" - Adult Swim - "The Brak Show," "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," "Sealab 2021" and "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" - CNN - Content from Now in the News (updated hourly) and programming offered from categories, including Top Stories, Business News, Sports, Politics and Entertainment - Disney Channel - Promotional clips of popular programming for kids and "tweens," including "That's So Raven" and "Kim Possible," as well as selections from Playhouse Disney, Disney Channel's curriculum-based programming for preschoolers - Disney Mobile Studios - "The Muppets," Disney Classics and Disney Originals 2D and 3D animated shorts - ESPN - ESPN Fantasy sports programming, college sports content, news, X Games, original programming and ESPN Deportes - FOX Sports - In-depth regional coverage of all major pro and college sports - FOX News - Video clips from the day's headlines - FOX TV - "House" and "King of the Hill" - FUEL - Action sports, athlete profiles and crashes - HBO Family (Premium) - "Crashbox" and "El Perro" - HBO Mobile (Premium) - "The Sopranos," "Sex and The City," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Entourage" - iFilm - Movie trailers and clips, celebrity interviews and updates - Music Choice - Diverse selection of music videos, artist interviews and performances, and music news - NBC - News, headlines, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Access Hollywood," NBC Universal's hit entertainment magazine - SPEED - The #1 source for motor sports news, expert insight, analysis and lifestyle programming - The Weather Channel - Local and regional updates, as well as severe and tropical weather reports - TV Guide Channel - Reviews of the hottest shows and movies on TV Coming Soon: - CBS Sportsline - Exclusive NCAA March Madness men's basketball content - Cingular Sounds Live - Made-for-mobile concert events - NASCAR.COM - A weekly video program highlighting an upcoming NASCAR race and a weekly video program recapping the most recent NASCAR race - TCM - Famous movie scenes and clips, original movie trailers, cartoons, short subjects and behind-the-scenes footage focusing on classic movies
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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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