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As the complexity of certain advanced wireless handsets and fully-fledged smartphones becomes more prevalent, carriers need a way to manage those devices on the network -- millions of them.

As such, Sprint has partnered with mFoundation to do just that. It will be able to provision, configure, diagnose and manage feature phones and smartphones on its network -- remotely and with (hopefully) a minimum of fuss.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-31T07:25:00+00:00China's 4G tech leapfrogs existing 3G techhttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/chinas-4g-tech-leapfrogs-existing-3g-tech/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/chinas-4g-tech-leapfrogs-existing-3g-tech/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/chinas-4g-tech-leapfrogs-existing-3g-tech/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Althought 3G wireless technology is still in its infancy here in the U.S. and around the globe, China wants to be the first to have a fully-functional "4G" standard in place.

It apparently has it, as a group of 10 "leading domestic institutions" called the "FuTURE Project" this past Sunday rolled out 4G in Shanghai. More details here.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T18:15:00+00:00Mobile marketing coming into its own?http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-marketing-coming-into-its-own/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-marketing-coming-into-its-own/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-marketing-coming-into-its-own/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Is advertising to the mobile phone becoming an explosive industry? By many accounts, it is, as the generation of marketing messages across wireless applications is starting to attract some big money.

The wireless web may be the next advertising frontier past the web browser for the PC, and there are companies that are trying to offer a one-stop shop for companies looking to tout their brands on the wireless Web
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T10:13:00+00:00T-Mobile only top-4 carrier 'not' to raise SMS rateshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/28/t-mobile-only-top-4-carrier-not-to-raise-sms-rates/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/28/t-mobile-only-top-4-carrier-not-to-raise-sms-rates/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/28/t-mobile-only-top-4-carrier-not-to-raise-sms-rates/#commentsFiled under: , ,

With Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel and now Verizon Wireless raising the text messaging rate for customers (without a monthly texting plan) to 15 cents per message sent or received, are smaller carriers following that trend?

T-Mobile USA -- the fourth-largest carrier here in the U.S. -- is staying put (for now) with 10 cents per message sent or received (on a "pay per use" basis).

But, will T-Mobile and even Alltel raise their SMS rates to 15 cents soon? Hey, everyone else is doing it.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-28T10:44:00+00:00TWR's Top 5http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/27/twrs-top-5/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/27/twrs-top-5/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/27/twrs-top-5/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

It's been another wild and wooly week at The Wireless Report. Here are our top 5 stories of the week. Enjoy!

  1. 1 billion wireless handsets sold in 2006
    2006 was a banner year in the wireless handset industry, as 1 billion of them were sold last year globally. The market jumo was due mostly to low-end shipments to emerging countries, but still.
  2. Atlanta chooses EarthLink to build citywide wireless network
    Score another big-city win for EarthLink. The company was selected by the city of Atlanta, Georgia to build and manage a citywide wireless network. The contract has to be worked on and agreed to by the local government, so at this point, a definite timeframe has not yet been established, but one would guess we will see a timeline very soon.
  3. My personal mobile carrier experiences (spoiler: long post)
    Well, it's been a long time coming, but the below post sums up my personal experiences -- as objectively as possible -- with the top three mobile carriers in my area. I've used them all for a few months now (in my home market of Oklahoma City and while traveling) and have come to a conclusion and a rating for each.
  4. Editorial says SF wireless network naysayers have no credible alternative plan
    Just came across this GREAT editorial in today's San Francisco Chronicle regarding the city's board of supervisors and their upcoming "examination" of the citywide wireless network contract.
  5. The lowdown on low-cost wireless handsets
    Every wireless handset maker is trying to bring down the cost of handsets these days -- for lower costs of manufacturing (of course) and also to feed the need for emerging markets that need low-cost handsets -- and hundreds of millions of them.
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]]>AtlantacostEarthLinkeditorialexperienceshandsetsSan FranciscoSanFranciscoMichael Sciannamea2007-01-27T06:45:00+00:00The marketshare of mobile gaminghttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/25/the-marketshare-of-mobile-gaming/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/25/the-marketshare-of-mobile-gaming/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/25/the-marketshare-of-mobile-gaming/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Mobile gaming and related downloads is an extremely profitable business and probably ranks up there in terms of ringtone downloads as a gooser for revenue among mobile carriers -- and game publishers.

Check this -- the revenue level from mobile games reached $500 million in 2006 within just the U.S. alone -- that's quite large, eh?

This represents about 30 to 30% year-over-year growth -- and the rate is not expected to slow down as carriers keep pressing customers to their content and as more subscribers access mobile content on higher-speed handsets (now that it is finally tolerable). No wonder someone bought Jamdat.

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]]>JamdatMobile gamingMobileGamingBrian White2007-01-25T17:02:00+00:00Ditch a 'bad date' with Sprint and Moderatihttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/25/ditch-a-bad-date-with-sprint-and-moderati/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/25/ditch-a-bad-date-with-sprint-and-moderati/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/25/ditch-a-bad-date-with-sprint-and-moderati/#commentsFiled under: ,

When you are on a bad date and would like to get out of it, what is the best way to 'escape' from the situation? well, a new service called "Mobile Faker" will now be allowing people to ditch bad dates and hand out fake numbers among other things. Can't this already be done? Read on....

The service, developed by Moderati, will be coming to Sprint soon in order to make cellphones further infiltrated into the social tools they already are.

The cost for this will be $3.99 per month -- but will customers buy and use this, or will they let their brains remain creative and do it themselves (for free)? This is an interesting service, but not sure if it cuts the mustard in terms of value.
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]]>ModeratiSprintBrian White2007-01-25T15:54:00+00:00Yahoo! really focusing in on wireless presencehttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/25/yahoo-really-focusing-in-on-wireless-presence/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/25/yahoo-really-focusing-in-on-wireless-presence/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/25/yahoo-really-focusing-in-on-wireless-presence/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Yahoo! is really upping the ante in the mobile web department these days as CEO Terry Semel explained a few days ago. But, competitor Google is not staying still as well.

Will the next-gen battle -- just like the current one -- be fought out by Yahoo! and Google on the mobile content front? You bet -- there are many more mobile subscribers in the world than there are PC owners -- making the mobile space the next "frontier" of gluing eyes to content.
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]]>Yahoo! GoYahoo! MobileYahoo!GoYahoo!MobileYHOOBrian White2007-01-25T14:36:00+00:00Mobile users still fail to encrypt sensitive datahttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/24/mobile-users-still-fail-to-encrypt-sensitive-data/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/24/mobile-users-still-fail-to-encrypt-sensitive-data/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/24/mobile-users-still-fail-to-encrypt-sensitive-data/#commentsFiled under: ,

If you travel for personal or business reasons on a regular basis, do you take all the needed precautions to encrypt your data?

This includes wireless signals if you create wireless networks around you to the data right on the computer's hard drive.

Well, a new study shows very few people follow through with the promise, although 92% of respondents feel the need to protect data.

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]]>Brian White2007-01-24T15:55:00+00:00Verizon Wireless adds Gmail to 'Get It Now'http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/24/verizon-wireless-adds-gmail-to-get-it-now/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/24/verizon-wireless-adds-gmail-to-get-it-now/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/24/verizon-wireless-adds-gmail-to-get-it-now/#commentsFiled under: ,

If you are a Verizon Wireless subscriber and can't stand a minute away from your Gmail email account, you're now in luck beyond Google's xHTML-based solution.

There is now a "Get It Now"-based email solution that supports Gmail in addition to Hotmail, Yahoo!, AOL and Pop3 e-mail servers. The application is available for more than 100 different phone models, according to Verizon's email application partner, Eatoni Mail.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-24T15:31:00+00:00My personal mobile carrier experiences (spoiler: long post)http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/23/my-personal-mobile-carrier-experiences-spoiler-long-post/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/23/my-personal-mobile-carrier-experiences-spoiler-long-post/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/23/my-personal-mobile-carrier-experiences-spoiler-long-post/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Well, it's been a long time coming, but the below post sums up my personal experiences -- as objectively as possible -- with the top three mobile carriers in my area. I've used them all for a few months now (in my home market of Oklahoma City and while traveling) and have come to a conclusion and a rating for each.

Whether you agree or disagree, drop a comment and let me know your experiences. Note: the post below is more tilted from a "personal" use angle rather than a "business" use angle -- but I have used all these services for both personal reasons and for small-business reasons. I'll be summarizing both voice and data features from a handset perspective -- no datacards or heavy data use stuff this time.

Carriers used:
Cingular Wireless
Sprint Nextel
T-Mobile

Java applications used:
Opera Mini
Gmail Mobile
TeleNav

Here we go...
Cingular Wireless: decent amount of handsets (wish there were more with HSDPA speeds) and very good coverage. However, HSDPA was still not available on my home market (which is a smaller one), and EDGE just does not cut it, even for handset browsing and such where a lot of data is involved or picture messaging is used. Regular prices for voice are competitive, as I used the 450 minutes/$39.99 a month plan. Data services are a little pricey for the actual value, as MEdia Works for $19.99 -- which comes with an SMS bundle -- still does not give unlimited data. Yikes. Also, forcing some of Cingular's handsets to "roaming" on the fringe of Cingular coverage was an exercise in frustration (just like T-Mobile...see below). Used the Samsung SYNC and the Cingular 8525 handsets. Customer service hold times were LONG when I called, but the help was generally good (but far from great). Hours very goofy (closed past 9pm?) and email customer support was useless (canned replies that were not helpful to specific questions).

Sprint Nextel: decent handsets -- and many now feature EV-DO Rev. 0 speeds direct from the handset. Where I live and travel, coverage has been excellent (as was Cingular's coverage). No dropped calls at all. The ability of Sprint to allow a customer to "force" their handsets into roaming was crucial for me, as several times -- when I knew I was traveling outside Sprint's coverage or working on the fringe of coverage -- I could tell the handsets I used to lock onto roaming coverage (which was included in my plan) and continue using voice and text messages (some handsets can do roaming SMS and data -- some cannot). Sprint's price of $15 for unlimited EV-DO handset-based data was fantastic -- by far the best value for the money with data speeds being the top factor. Add another $5 for 200 SMS messages and I was at the same $20 as Cingular, but with a reversal of services (less text messages but unlimited data). Used the Sanyo SCP-8400 and the Samsung M610 handsets. Although Sprint has a bad rep for atrocious customer service, I had zero problems with them. Phone calls were answered in a few minutes and reps were very helpful when I called. Email customer support was superb -- email responses came back generally within 18-24 hours and were filled by a nice salutation and a closing (just like any business reply should). There were no "canned answers" here -- *all* email responses from Sprint were filled with detailed answers to my questions (some pretty in-depth) and I was extremely impressed with Sprint's ability to answer email questions with a single contact. Not sure where Sprint's bad rep in support comes from -- my experience was the opposite.

T-Mobile: decent handsets, but both Cingular and Sprint have a better and more varied selection (as opposed to sheer volume of handset selection where all have similar features). T-Mobile's voice minute prices were the best by far, but you pay for that in lack of coverage. T-Mobile has, though, greatly expanded its coverage with roaming agreements with Cingular (on the GSM850 band), so this was a concern that is being rectified every month I think. I had a large amount of issues when I was on the fringe of T-Mobile's network (with a bare signal not good enough for making a call or using EDGE data), since I could never "force" the handsets I used to lock on to a roaming signal (Cingular in most cases). This inability rendered the phone basically useless when on the fringe of T-Mobile's coverage. By far, Sprint's solution of allowing the customer to actually choose "Roaming" was the winner here -- this feature alone was crucial to me several times. T-Mobile's nationwide EDGE network -- no 3G yet -- was slow and it showed. However, $5.99 for unlimited handset-based browsing was the cheaper deal here -- but of course, T-Mobile blocks certain ports for that and I had trouble with some java apps accessing the Internet with that "T-MobileWeb" $5.99 plan. Sigh. SMS rates were good as well, as $5 got me 400 messages of any type -- text, video, picture or IM. Handsets used included the Samsung Trace and the Motorola RAZR V3t (same as the V3i). Customer support was also top-notch -- the reps on the phone were incredibly helpful and went what I considered "above and beyond" to find answers to my in-depth questions every time. Email support was not as good as Sprint's exemplary service, but was very good nonetheless -- and miles ahead of Cingular's canned replies and limited hours (and LONG response time).


All in all, the best combination of voice pricing, data features and pricing, messaging pricing, overall coverage, handset selection with advanced features and overall technology experience and customer support experience was Sprint -- by a pretty decent margin over T-Mobile and Cingular.

By the way -- the coolest handset I used during this process was -- by far -- the Samsung M610 from Sprint. The Cingular Samsung SYNC was a pretty close second. The T-Mobile RAZR V3t seemed like a dinosaur by comparison to both the SYNC and the M610 (although the Trace was pretty cool and slim). The M610 is a marvel though -- and was just the most fun to use.

Note: the way I chose to evaluate pricing, features, coverage and certain aspects of service more important to my usage patterns -- of course -- will be different than with many of you (no flames please!). I am anxious to hear your replies to this thread though -- what experiences have you had?
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]]>AlltelCellular carrierCellularCarrierCingularSprint NextelSprintNextelT-MobileBrian White2007-01-23T16:17:00+00:00Ericsson increases content offers to carrier partnershttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/23/ericsson-increases-content-offers-to-carrier-partners/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/23/ericsson-increases-content-offers-to-carrier-partners/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/23/ericsson-increases-content-offers-to-carrier-partners/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Ericsson -- known for its Sony Ericsson joint venture and better-than-most musicphone handsets -- will be increasing the content offerings it can supply to mobile partners across the globe soon.

The company will be distributing newer music downloads and master tones outside the United States after signing a new deal with The Orchard. Also with the deal comes a bushel of fresh oranges.

Ericsson's goal here is to "broaden and deepen" the company's content offering to operators. Read: it wants to have more carrier partnerships, which -- in the U.S. at least -- are horrid. Sony Ericsson is probably the least-represented brand on all carriers shelves here, even as they have nudged past LG recently to become the third-largest handset brand worldwide.
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]]>EricssonBrian White2007-01-23T13:16:00+00:00Amp'd Mobile signs deal with Soapbox Mobilehttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/22/ampd-mobile-signs-deal-with-soapbox-mobile/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/22/ampd-mobile-signs-deal-with-soapbox-mobile/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/22/ampd-mobile-signs-deal-with-soapbox-mobile/#commentsFiled under: , ,

In the ever-expanding market for purchasing movie tickets using wireless handsets (just kidding!), MVNO Amp'd Mobile has signed on with Soapbox Mobile to allow its customers a bonafide way to purchase movie tickets from their handsets.

Soapbox's service provides Amp'd customers with access to movie times and theater locations, as well as the ability to purchase tickets on their wireless phones. Of course, wireless users can still use Fandango on any carrier, right?
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]]>Amp'd MobileAmp'dMobileFandangoBrian White2007-01-22T15:16:00+00:00InfoSpace gets lawsuit over ringtones for wireless handsetshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/22/infospace-gets-lawsuit-over-ringtones-for-wireless-handsets/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/22/infospace-gets-lawsuit-over-ringtones-for-wireless-handsets/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/22/infospace-gets-lawsuit-over-ringtones-for-wireless-handsets/#commentsFiled under: , ,

InfoSpace keeps running into trouble with its finances, and now it has been hit by a US$100 million lawsuit from the music publisher EMI.

Of course, the lawsuit alleges that "ringtone royalties" have been underpaid and also that some ringtones InfoSpace sells can't even be sold since the company holds no license rights.

I just love it when lawsuits over tiny clips of songs are making the news. Heh.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-22T11:54:00+00:00Cingular wants parents to understand SMS 'language'http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/20/cingular-wants-parents-to-understand-sms-language/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/20/cingular-wants-parents-to-understand-sms-language/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/20/cingular-wants-parents-to-understand-sms-language/#commentsFiled under: ,

Since text messaging is probably the second most-used feature on mobile handsets here in the U.S., there are many parents (baby boomers on down) that probably do not know what all this shorthand text language is all about.

Cingular...err, AT&T, wants to change that, and is launching a sort of "school" to help parents of teens understand what in the world they are saying/texting when those thumbs are going crazy hitting the cellphone keypad.
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]]>SMSText messagingTextMessagingBrian White2007-01-20T16:04:00+00:00TWR's Top 5http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/20/twrs-top-5/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/20/twrs-top-5/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/20/twrs-top-5/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

It's been an interesting week here at The Wireless Report. Here are our top 5 stories of the past seven days. Enjoy!

  1. Can cameraphones be used to fight crime?
    Who would have thought that cameraphones could be used to fight crime in the big city? New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a plan that will allow 911 and 311 callers to send digital photos and videos directly from their cellphones.
  2. Carriers going full-speed ahead on 3G rollouts
    With 3G high-speed wireless data becoming the norm now, some of the country's largest carriers have announced new markets for their respective high-speed data services.
  3. Long Island counties issue wireless network RFP
    Nassau and Suffolk counties on New York's Long Island have just issued a RFP this week to further explore their options in having a wireless network cover both areas.
  4. Can your cellphone check you in at the airport?
    With cellphones stating to become the "swiss army knife" of electronic gadgets, there are two Japanese airline carriers -- Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways -- that are starting to use alternative methods for checking in passengers.
  5. Could SF WiFi deal be in jeapordy?
    After a long period of negotiations, the city of San Francisco recently agreed to a deal with EarthLink and Google to develop and deploy a municipal wireless network. However, the contract still needs to be approved by the city council, and an EarthLink executive has been quoted as saying that approval is not a guarantee.
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]]>3GairportcameraphonescrimeLong IslandLongIslandRFPSan FranciscoSanFranciscoMichael Sciannamea2007-01-20T08:11:00+00:00Can cameraphones be used to fight crime?http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/18/can-cameraphones-be-used-to-fight-crime/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/18/can-cameraphones-be-used-to-fight-crime/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/18/can-cameraphones-be-used-to-fight-crime/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Who would have thought that cameraphones could be used to fight crime in the big city? New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a plan that will allow 911 and 311 callers to send digital photos and videos directly from their cellphones.

The mayor calls this a "revolutionary innovation in crime fighting." whereby if a bystander witnesses a crime or another dangerous situation, they can transmit an image directly to 911 to further speed the process of having emergency personnel respond. The 311 service is used for reporting problems such as potholes or city service inquiries.

Although there will be those who will call this concept "Big Brother-ish," the fact remains that 9-11 changed everything, and citizens have become more aware of their surroundings and are more roused to suspicion over just about everything. Plus, this system could be useful, especially in large-crowd situations where things can get out of hand.

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]]>cameraphonescrimelaw enforcementLawEnforcementMichael Sciannamea2007-01-18T18:14:00+00:00Mdog wants to mobilize websites of eBay, MySpace and Craigslisthttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/17/mdog-ebay-craigslist-myspace/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/17/mdog-ebay-craigslist-myspace/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/17/mdog-ebay-craigslist-myspace/#commentsFiled under: ,

A company that apparently wants to make some of the hotter web destinations mobile-accessible is Mdog, which is aiming to make eBay, craigslist and MySpace available to all mobiles. Funny -- except for Craigslist, I can access MySpace and eBay just fine on my mobile. What's going on here?

Well, Mdog wants to make the mobile experience of viewing and interacting with popular websites like eBay, craigslist, Wikipedia, Citysearch and MySpace just as it would be on a PC (which is impossible, really) and I applaud the company for trying to make popular websites more accessible to mobile users.

It's a little unclear how that company will go about this except for the partnering with carriers to make these websites highly-visible on the Internet screens of mobile users everywhere, regardless of carrier.
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]]>CraigslisteBayMdogBrian White2007-01-17T14:58:00+00:00Ringback tones come to Cincinnati Bellhttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/17/ringback-tones-come-to-cincinnati-bell/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/17/ringback-tones-come-to-cincinnati-bell/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/17/ringback-tones-come-to-cincinnati-bell/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Cincinnati Bell Wireless -- the smaller regional carrier in based in Ohio -- has launched its Ringback Tones service as of this past week. The company hopes that the next step beyond ringtones will be these new "ringback" tones, as I guess standard ringtones and graphics are already a tired game.

While this is not groundbreaking news, it shows that even regional wireless carriers see revenue streams in offerings like ringback tones, which let calling customers hear messages or music instead of just "ringing" when calling the wireless numbers of Cincinnati Bell Wireless customers.
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]]>Cincinatti Bell WirelessCincinattiBellWirelessRingback TonesRingbackTonesBrian White2007-01-17T14:22:00+00:00Netflix to offer movies on wireless screenshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/17/netflix-to-offer-movies-on-wireless-screens/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/17/netflix-to-offer-movies-on-wireless-screens/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/17/netflix-to-offer-movies-on-wireless-screens/#commentsFiled under: , ,

In yet another attempt to get customers to watch movies on tiny, two-inch screens, online DVD rental king Netflix now says that it will begin to offer streaming videos and TV shows to PCs -- and that the capability will eventually reach the mobile handset.

I can see streaming videos and especially TV shows from the Internet into a PC these days (if the process doesn't take forever), but I'm still unconvinced that customers will want to experience anything video-like on a tiny cellphone screen. At least, for a while -- and my phone needs surround sound as well, please.
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]]>NetflixStreaming videoStreamingVideoBrian White2007-01-17T10:17:00+00:00