Considering the various technologies surrounding internet radio, satellite radio, and WiFi, it could not have been hard to predict the emergance of streaming Internet radio on cell phones. This feature is becoming more prominent amongst the increasingly tech-savvy public. Companies such as mSpot have become pioneers for this technology, and have partnered with mobile phone giants like Sprint to provide their services to people all over the country. Also teaming up with the radio technology collective is the popular online music service Pandora Media (see earlier post). The alliance allows users to access their onloine Pandora stations wirelessly from their cell phones, where ever they are. Now their personalized radio stations are portable, and can be listened to anywhere. Just link on the website, the cell phone screen displays song information such as the current song title, artist, genre, why it has been played, and even album artwork.
Pandora is now available on the whole Sprint Power Vision procuct line. The service is advertisement free, and costs $2.99 per month after the 30 day free trial they are currently offering. Another take on the radio-capable cell phone is the MUZIQ, compliments of Sprint and LG Electronics. The phone allows for over the air song downloads, a memory card that can hold 4 gigs of music, and an FM radio receiver that allows customers to listen to their favorite radio stations if they are within ten feet of an FM radio transmitter.
Sources:
http://www.mobiledia.com/news/59468.html
http://www.cellphonedigest.net/news/sprint_nextel/index.php?page=2
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2 good posts for 2 weeks - 10 points out of 20
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