Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pyslent who wrote (56554)	11/2/2006 10:45:37 AM
From: estatemakr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197603

Hopefully, the future offering from AAPL will provide that! But, sigh, I believe it was Slacker and others who said it "no way" a while back when this came up..... No doubt, your "celestial phone" would be quite a hot seller imho....

To: pyslent who wrote (56554)	11/2/2006 1:20:03 PM
From: estatemakr	Respond to of 197603

some timely follow-up Sprint music store info corresponding to psylent's comments... Thursday November 2, 2006 Sprint Music Store Turns One By Susan Rush November 1, 2006 NEWS@2 DIRECT Sprint Nextel announced its Sprint Music Store has handled 8 million song downloads during its first year of service. The over-the-air (OTA) download music service was created in partnership with Groove Mobile and made its debut in October 2005. The Sprint Music Store enables customers to browse, preview and purchase full-track songs over the air (OTA), which the carrier says was the first service of its kind to hit the wireless market. Each song purchased gives customers access to two copies of the song – one for their wireless phone and another for their PC, which enables songs to be burned to a CD if desired. Sprint offers a catalog that encompasses more than 500,000 songs. Several music labels are connected to the service, including EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. The Music Store reached 1 million downloads in mid-February and 2 million in April. Sprint is the third largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 51.9 million customers. Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless hold the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively. The Sprint Music Store was created in partnership with Groove Mobile. Sprint is not the only carrier generating mobile music service news today. Cingular Wireless reportedly is gearing up to launch a music service of its own designed specifically for its wireless customers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The paper reports that the carrier will leverage the online music services from Yahoo! and Napster. Cingular declined to comment on the report.