RSSNew AT&T Wireless service serves up music from your own PC
By Michael Hatamoto | Published March 27, 2008, 3:49 PM
AT&T today announced two new music services for its consumers to directly access their library of music directly through their phones.
The Make-UR-Tones service is designed to allow users to create and customize any ringtone, while Remix lets users access music from their home PC through a mobile phone. Napster Mobile will be available on more AT&T phones starting this summer, the company said.
The release of mSpot Make-UR-Tones -- available only by phone via the AT&T Media Mall -- makes AT&T the first US mobile phone carrier that allows subscribers to create and modify a ringtone from parts of a song. Ringtones can vary in length from one second up to 30 seconds. Make-UR-Tones costs $6.99 per month for three ringtones. Other customizable ringtones are available a la carte for $2.99 each. The service is available only on the Samsung SYNC, Samsung A737, Samsung A747 and Motorola V3xx, but will expand to phones from other manufacturers soon.
Remix streams songs from users' Internet-connected PCs directly to phones, where they are stored in memory. The service is available now for $9.99 per month, for 75 music tracks per month. An additional 10 songs per month can be downloaded for an extra $2.99. Remix is available on the Samsung A737, Samsung SYNC, and LG SHINE phones.
Both technologies are being shown off at the CTIA Wireless 2008 convention in Las Vegas next week. Analysts have not yet commented on whether a new and valuable industry will emerge from the re-downloading of music people already own.
AT&T also announced that Napster Mobile will be offered on more phones starting this summer. The Napster Mobile service was first introduced last November with the launch of the Samsung SLM, and will now be offered on Ericsson phones.
Just what i have been waiting for- a crappy way to listen to music (i.e a phone)
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The sales pitch over a three-martini lunch: "OK, instead of providing really crappy content for a lotta money, we can - get this - charge people to listen to their OWN MUSIC. Eh, EH??!"
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When will ATT offer something worthwhile? Every attempt to get on board music and subscription services has been a failure.
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@lazarus98: Couldn't agree more. They're charging ridiculous amounts to let people do something they can already do for free when they're at home.
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If you don't use a portable music player then yes you are absolutely right. For those that do use a portable music player this service is a Godsend. It's one less device to carry around.
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Waste of time and money
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