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Sprint announced Samsung UpStage (SPH-M620) soon. It is the first U.S. handheld with a dual-sided form which measures 4.07" x 1.73" x 0.37" and weighs just 2.57 ounces. The device has the look of a phone on one side and an MP3 player on the other. There is UpStage screen on the phone side that is meant to making calls, text messaging and contacts management.

Motorola announced the ROKR Z6m a thin, narrow slider with elegant finishes. It is a CDMA 800/1900, CDMA 1X/ EV-DO, 1900 Mhz multi-modal slider that delivers high-performance music on the go. The ROKR Z6m features clean lines and slim silhouettes, with a music twist for active, mobile consumers. The ROKR Z6m easily performs most of necessary job in the open and closed positions.

This device stands out by music features having an integrated music player, the ROKR Z6m has a 3.

T-Mobile USA has introduced the new Nokia 5300 Xpress Music. The 5300 is available exclusively from T-Mobile and is designed for the mass market, unlike Nokia's popular N-Series devices. The device is rather a regular Nokia mobile phone, but it may also be marketed as a music device. It is available in both Lilac and Black.

Nokia 5300 Xpress Music features:

• External music playback keys
• Music player with MP3, WMA and AAC support
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Samsung F200 music cellphone features the design of the X830 music cell phone. F200 carries a mere 5MB internal memory, thus you need to buy additionally the microSD card to accompany the F200. This device  is compatible with the MP3, WMA, OGG, DCF, and SMP file formats.
 
There is no info available on pricing and availability details for the F200.

Sony Ericsson announces two new Walkman phones. The first one is W880i and the second is W610i. The W880i is the slimmest Sony Ericsson phone being just 9.4 mm thin. This device is remarkable by its possibility to combine the full Walkman phone experience. Customers can store up to 900 full length tracks having the 1 GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) provided in-box, a 2.

Motorola announces Motorola RIZR Z6 the device looks like a RIZR Z3 from the outside but has Motorola's Linux based OS on the inside. The handset has a QVGA 320×240 screen with 262k colors, also a 2-megapixel camera and a music player which supports Windows DRM plus MP3, AAC, AAC +, AAC + enhanced, AMR NB, WAV and XMF. The size of the device is 105.

European consumers are going to enjoy and experience wireless, full-track download from the mobile music technology developer Groove Mobile. In Europe there are modest off-deck, full-track mobile services such as Monstermob Group L.L.C. and VeriSign Inc.'s Jamba other players are expected to join, including Nokia Corp. Jason Binks is expected to be a new director of off-portal marketing and business development efforts in England .

Amp'd Mobile introduced two music-centric multimedia bundles to its services. The service offers full-length tracks and "studio sessions". The Studio Sessions packages are available from $4 to $5 depending on the makeup of the bundle. The packages include:

• Two or three live, full-track recordings;
• A live mastertone recording;
• Behind the scene interview footage;
• Wallpaper of the artist's album cover artwork.

Cingular Wireless is going to announce a music service - new phones that will connect to online music services. Only Cingular is a 3G and not having a music offering.

The new phones will offer Windows Media Plays For Sure for compatibility with many online music services. Cingular will first launch with software to transfer existing music to handsets and then later launch an over-the-air music store.

WASHINGTON - Music publishers say they'll fight a federal copyright ruling that establishes a compulsory licensing model for ringtones.

The U.S. Copyright Office earlier this week granted a request by the Recording Industry Association of America Inc. to simplify the licensing of mastertones - 10- to 30-second snippets of original, full-length tunes - by establishing yet-to-be-determined statutory rates for the content.