Cricket launches new wireless plan with unlimited music for $55 a month
Stop us if you've heard this one before: a cell phone comes with an unlimited music subscription . Now, flip it on its head and say the cellular carrier was the one offering the all-you-can download audio buffet -- built right into a totally unlimited data, text and voice monthly slate -- and you've basically got the new $55 Muve Music plan from Cricket Wireless
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: cricket, cricket wireless, cricketwireless, leap, music, takes-the-open, unlimited
BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for Mac OS brings WiFi music sync, broader iPhoto / iTunes support
About time, eh? Wintel users have been enjoying the spoils of WiFi music sync on their BlackBerry handsets for the past few months now, but if you're still stickin' with RIM (through the thick and thin ), and you just so happen to roll primarily on OS X, there's a new piece of software that you should consider. BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for Mac OS has just been let loose, and it's a pretty substantial update
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: apple, BlackBerry, desktop, music, osx, result, rim, Sync, wizard
Kin Studio closing January 31st, Verizon offers free phones to affected customers
Though the final nail in the Microsoft Kin coffin has yet to be tapped into place, the software that made the pair of ill-fated handsets strangely compelling will soon get the axe. Come January 31st, Kin Studio will be no more, effectively neutering existing Kin phones by removing them from the cloud. They'll still be able to make calls, send SMS, email, browse the web and even stream music via Zune Pass, but their formerly live homescreens will become lifeless, stripped of social networking functionality -- and will actually remain stuck on their very last status update, much like a broken clock
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: from-the-cloud, kin, music, phone, phones, sms, studio, Transition, vzw
Lady Gaga trapped in an Android smartphone, we wish she’d stay there (video)
NTT DoCoMo has Darth Vader selling its Android wares, so what could KDDI au possibly counter with? Why, a force even darker and more heinous than the Sith Daddy himself: Lady Gaga. Yes, the music fiend we love to hate has remixed Poker Face just to make sure we take notice of Sharp's IS03 , and the kindly Japanese carrier has taken care of inserting her into the phone for maximum promotional value.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: advert, endorsement, entry, fiend, japanese, music, promos, result, sharp, wares
Nokia premieres Ovi Suite 3.0 beta
After a private alpha, Nokia has loosed a beta of its refreshed Ovi Suite client -- now at version 3.0 -- on visitors of its Beta Labs site. Seems like most of the improvements revolve around simplifying common activities, but the biggest change would have to be the addition of tight Ovi Music integration, including playback controls, store access, and Ovi Music Unlimited support -- in other words, this product is now officially the Zune / iTunes of the Nokia world, and in this case we'd say that's a very good thing. Installation is said to be faster and simpler than before, too, so come on, hesitant N8 owner -- what the heck are you waiting for
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: engadget, engadget-mobile, entry, itunes, mobile, music, nokia, ovisuite3.0, world, zune
Engadget Mobile Podcast 062 – 11.14.2010
We're skipping Sunday School to hang out and chat about cell phones! Play hooky with us...or else. Hosts: Chris Ziegler, Myriam Joire ( tnkgrl ), Sean Cooper Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Daestro - Light Powered ( Ghostly International ) 00:02:11 - Nexus S 00:12:48 - Nokia taking over Symbian development, Foundation responsible for licensing 00:17:25 - AT&T tells Samsung Focus customers not to buy microSD cards yet, wait for 'certified' ones (update: random access speed is key) 00:22:25 - Dell Venue Pro 00:31:45 - Confirmed: Kin One and Two are returning to Verizon.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: engadget, engadget mobile podcast, engadget-mobile, engadgetmobile, entry, htc, light, music, myriam, myriam-joire, podcast, sunday-school, wifi, zune
Engadget Mobile Podcast 059 – 10.24.2010
Modern phones, like chocolate, wine, and love, are things that cross geopolitical and spiritual boundaries. This edition of the Engadget Mobile Podcast takes a look at what happens when boundaries are created, destroyed, and crossed. Let's get heavy
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: chocolate, chris-ziegler, engadget mobile podcast, engadget-mobile, mobile, music, myriam, myriam-joire, phone, the-podcast, wine, zune
Engadget’s reader meetup happens tomorrow in NYC — be there!
Oh yes, humans -- it's happening again! After a painfully long wait, we're finally kicking our reader meetups back into gear. The first in the series will take place in New York City on October 21st (that's tomorrow!) , and it's going to be a killer.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: edition, engadget, entry, facebook, giveaways, limited, music, reader meetup, readermeetup, ready, updated-partner, venue
Moog Filtatron app makes your iOS band seem almost plausible
Lot of people these days use their iOS devices to add a little spice to their music-making, just as almost every company out there seems to be modeling their various synths and effects for handset use. Will the Moog Filtatron -- with its Ladder filter, various effects and ability to tweak both samples and real-time audio -- go the distance when compared to its hardware brethren? We don't really know, but we can tell you that this does look like it'd be a lot of fun on a long car ride
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: demo, engadget, entry, filtatron, instrument, ios, moog, moog filtatron, moogfiltatron, music, musicmaking, result, ride, various-synths
Motorola’s wraparound S10-HD Bluetooth headphones: for the Usain Bolt in all of us
Clearly, introducing one Bluetooth headset in a single day just isn't enough for Motorola. In addition to the Oasis , the outfit has also let loose the new S10-HD, a wraparound set that is marketed as Bluetooth headphones rather than a BT headset (though it's fully capable of acting as either / both). As expected, these guys are designed to withstand all sorts of sweat beads, enabling fitness junkies to keep on rockin' in the free world regardless of how steamy the conditions may be
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: beads, electrical, engadget, fitness, Headphone, headphones, headset, moto, motorola s10-hd, music, oasis, result, silicon, usain, usain-bolt