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Helio Player is the company's new media manager for Windows.

With this program you can manage and transfer various multimedia content including music, movies and images between current Helio handsets and a PC. It also allows downloading music bought on the phone to the PC and vice versa.

Buying music through the Player costs 99 cents per track, while purchasing music on the handset will cost you $1.

Samsung has announced its newest Anycall F338 Celebrity Edition music phone.

The handset comes bundled with mini live performances of Justin Cheng, Kary Ng and RubberBand and delivers outstanding sound quality.

Anycall F338 features include HSDPA connectivity, 2Mpix camera with 4x digital zoom + front VGA cam for video calls, quick access to the music interface, stereo Bluetooth with A2DP, and a microSDHC slot (up to 4GB).

Samsung F250 is a new sleek music slider phone from the Korean manufacturer.

Samsung F250 features:

• Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz) and EDGE connectivity;
• 2" 128x160 65K color TFT display;
• Metallic keypad;
• 1.3Mpix camera with 4x digital zoom;
• Media player supporting various file formats;
• 2GB of storage;
• FM radio;
• Dimensions/weight: 94 x 46 x 17.

LG has released in Korea yet another cell phone, named "Rhapsody in Music", or simply LG LB3300.

As you've probably guessed, this is a music handset. It features a "Wheel Key" (like on the iPod), media player, 1GB of on-board memory + microSD slot, Bluetooth, DMB, 2Mpix camera, and more.

Discover and listen to radio shows broadcasted over the internet with the Nokia Internet Radio service now available. The application can be downloaded for free from http://www.nokia.com/internetradio   and will also be embedded in upcoming Nokia S60 3rd edition devices.
"Most new music discovery occurs while you're listening to the radio," said Tommi Mustonen, head of the Nokia music business.

If you have seen Fergie's latest music video "Clumsy", you have probably noticed a new Motorola cell phone in a nine-second segment of the video between 3:10 and 3:19.

Apparently, it is the yet unannounced ROKR E8 Elba, the company's upcoming flagship multimedia handset.

Sony Ericsson has added two new handsets to its Walkman series.

They are the W890 and W380 and are both designed for ultimate music enjoyment.

The W890 comes with embedded high quality stereo speakers, incorporates the latest Walkman Player 3.

Nokia Music Store became available in the UK.

Now any owner of the Nokia N95 ar N81 handset will be able to wirelessly download music tracks directly to his phone. Each track costs 80 pence, and the whole album will cost you 8 pounds. Quite pricey, don't you think? Anyway, there's no doubt that the service will be popular; it has a nice interface and a decent media library.

According to Verizon Wireless, the new Samsung Juke swivel music phone will appear in retail stores and online starting October 19.

Handset's music features include 2GB of on-board memory, stereo Bluetooth, and support for a multitude of audio formats.

Juke will be available for $99 after rebate and new 2-year service agreement.

The 8GB version of the Nokia N81 S60-based 3G music smartphone is now available online.

However, we still don't know when the device will appear in stores... Apart from 8GB memory capacity, the handset features:

• WCDMA 2100 + GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz;
• 16.7M-color QVGA display;
• Bluetooth 2.