Cricket Communications and today launched its Mobile Music, allowing Cricket customers to purchase and download songs directly to their wireless devices and/or personal computers. Cricket's Mobile Music service is fully managed by LiveWire Mobile. continued »

Nokia announced that it has entered into pan European licenses for its Comes With Music service with Universal Music Publishing Group, and the national collecting societies SACEM, SDRM, and SESAM (France), SGAE (Spain), and SIAE (Italy). In addition, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and the Nordic societies STIM (Sweden), TEOSTO (Finland) and TONO (Norway) have also confirmed their participation in the Comes ... continued »

Napster and AT&T today announced the Napster Mobile is now available on more than 25 AT&T smartphones and handsets, including BlackBerry Bold, AT&T Quickfire, Pantech Matrix and Samsung Propel. The expansion was made possible by less restrictive digital rights management (DRM) requirements from the labels and Napster's adoption of more flexible technology. continued »

Here is the new comer in music marketplaces: Didiom. You can use your phone to access songs and playlists stored on your computer through wireless streaming. continued »

At the Nokia Remix event Nokia announced the debut of its Comes with Music digital entertainment service. Comes With Music offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue and customers can keep all the music that they have downloaded at the end of the year to continue enjoying their music collection. Comes With Music will be ... continued »

How to fight against illegal music downloads? Just offer the unlimited mobile downloads and it would be big business for mobile operators and also could shift consumers’ music habits away from older CD and PC-based technologies. continued »

Digital camera functionality, Bluetooth connectivity, and music/radio playback on mobile phones are the top three features that consumers consider essential for the next mobile phone they will purchase, according to a recent ABI Research survey of 1,402 current wireless subscribers in seven countries. The desire for camera phones with 2+ megapixels leads the pack with 47% of consumers listing this ... continued »

Verizon Wireless has teamed up with Rhapsody to deliver unlimited monthly access to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs and Web browsers, for about the cost of a single CD. In addition, customers who purchase music over-the-air are able to download the master copy of the songs or albums to their ... continued »

Nokia announced today that the Nokia Music Store in Sweden has gone live. With millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels, and up-and-coming Swedish acts, the Nokia Music Store let's people enjoy music directly on their Nokia device or personal computer. continued »

Nokia has also announced the Nokia Mini Speakers MD-8 yesterday . With a sleek, pocket-sized design and crisp stereo sound, this ultra-portable mini speakers feature battery power for playtime of up to 40 hours, an FM antenna to fine-tune frequency, and a tangle-free cable. continued »