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Nokia to Debut "Comes With Music" Service in the U.K.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 2, 2008 - 12:11pm.
London - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced on Tuesday that the U.K. will be the first launch country for its "Comes With Music" service, which will offer new phone buyers a year of unlimited access to the Nokia Music Store.

iPhone Ad Banned in U.K. Over "All Parts of the Internet" Claim

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 27, 2008 - 12:05pm.

London - An Apple (NASD: AAPL) iPhone advertisement has been banned by the U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), over its claim to offer access to "all parts of the Internet," Silicon.com reported. The ASA pointed out that the iPhone doesn't currently support Flash or Java applications running on many websites. Apple had argued that its "all parts of the Internet" claim referred to its ability to display real Web pages, rather than only WAP sites or operator-controlled content.

A&E Television Networks Taps Crisp Wireless for Mobile Sites

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 31, 2008 - 1:04pm.

New York - A&E Television Networks, which is jointly owned by ABC, Hearst Corp. and NBC Universal, announced on Thursday that it has tapped Crisp Wireless to produce and manage mobile websites for its A&E Network, History Channel and BIO properties. Features will include TV listings, program descriptions and photos, polls and trivia games, and downloadable wallpapers and ringtones.

Nokia Debuts Mobile Internet Radio Application

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 3, 2007 - 12:50pm.

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NASD: NOK) on Monday announced the launch of its Nokia Internet Radio service, a free music discovery application for Nokia mobile phones. The service currently supports the Nokia N82, Nokia N91, Nokia N95 and Nokia N95 8GB, and will be embedded on select upcoming Nokia S60 3rd edition devices.

Warner Opts Out of Nokia Music Store Over Copyright Concerns

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 2, 2007 - 9:19am.

New York - Despite participation from fellow major labels Universal, Sony BMG and EMI, Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) is withholding its songs from Nokia's new online music store over copyright concerns, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.