Cingular Readies Music Service
Cingular Wireless is set to announce an full-featured music service that will feature content and subscriptions from Napster, Yahoo, and eMusic. Cingular has delivered several lackluster iTunes-enabled phones, though Sprint and Verizon Wireless have both delivered far more comprehensive music offerings. But those ventures have focused heavily on over-the-air (OTA) downloads, a format that has received a mediocre at best response from...
Apple Files Patent For Touch Screen iPod “Chameleon”
A new US patent application reveals Apple’s plans for a new touch screen iPod. The filing describes the next-generation touch-screen iPod that will be able to transform itself from being a music player to PDA to photo album and a cellular phone. This filing is the most comprehensive to date, intertwining several previous filings in describing iPod-like devices with touch sensitive bezels, displays and sensors for determining...






