| 18th January - mSpot, a pioneer
in mobile music and radio, and Alltel Wireless announced that mSpot Remix will
power the carrier's first over-the-air (OTA) mobile phone to PC music syncing
service. Alltel's Music powered by Celltop is the easiest way for consumers to
access their entire non-DRM protected music libraries from their wireless phones.
To use Music powered by Celltop, customers simply visit the Axcess Shop
on their Alltel phone to subscribe. The mSpot Remix mobile player then connects
with the customer's PC over Alltel's network, providing the consumer anywhere
access to all of the stored songs and playlists. When a customer hits "play"
from the mSpot Remix mobile player, Remix immediately starts playing the song
while downloading the entire track in the background. Remix then saves the songs
to the phone's memory card, so the customer has access to their songs in the future
-- even when not connected to the network. "We are extremely excited
to work with Alltel Wireless and bring their customers an easy way to use their
phones as music players," said Daren Tsui, co-founder and CEO of mSpot. "With
no cables and an incredibly easy-to-use wireless interface, Alltel's Music powered
by Celltop is the first service to leverage the power of their network to make
music truly mobile." Music powered by Celltop is currently available
to Alltel customers with the new MOTOROKR Z6m for a monthly subscription of $3.99
or for a three month subscription of $9.99. Alltel has plans to launch the service
to other Celltop capable handsets in the first half of 2008. "Remix
has allowed Alltel Wireless to deliver the most innovative and flexible wireless
music solution in the industry," said Scott Moody, director of multimedia
services for Alltel Wireless. "Our customers love their music, and we've
given them a way to take it with them anywhere." mSpot Remix over-the-air
(OTA) music syncing is available to mobile operators as a standalone service or
a compliment to mSpot's other popular mobile music services, which include the
mSpot Make-A-Ringer ringtone customization service as well as streaming radio
and videos. About mSpot mSpot's groundbreaking mobile music,
radio and movie services enable carriers to deliver exciting, consumer-centric
entertainment to mobile phones. mSpot has been pioneering mobile multimedia entertainment
since launching the first mobile streaming radio service in April 2005. Today,
more than two million consumers across North America use mSpot's services to discover,
manage, purchase, and enjoy music, live radio, custom ringtones, podcasts, videos,
and movies from the biggest names in entertainment, including ABC Radio Networks,
Buena Vista VOD, ClearChannel, FOX Sports Radio, Lionsgate, Marketwatch, Radio
Disney and Universal Pictures. mSpot powers entertainment services in the U.S.
for Sprint, Boost, Alltel and U.S. Cellular and in Canada for TELUS and Bell Mobility.
Founded in 2004, mSpot is a privately held company headquartered in Palo Alto,
California and on the Web at www.mspot.com. Back
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