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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.

The latest addition to its family of "Active" phones was made by means of introduction of the Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition. The Music Edition is advanced with a 512 MB microSD card to be able to listen up to 375 songs. The kit also includes a fitness carrying strap, bicycle holder and sports headset packed in a new energetic color.

Director of Lifestyle Products at Nokia Antti Koivula mentions that "Music is a great source of energy and inspiration for many - during a workout, fitness routine, or just relaxing.

In an announcement that has produced more questions than answers, Sony Ericsson has hinted that they'll be opening an online music store in the coming months, largely in response to Nokia's digestion of Loudeye. Of course, parent Sony runs Connect, so it remains to be seen how (or even if) the new service will integrate with it; if it does, this could be a trick way for Sony Ericsson to get more exposure with their Walkman devices than they've managed so far in the States.

Samsung today announced its launch of the SCH-B570 in Korea, a cutting-edge phone that can play music and mobile TV anywhere.

Offering a built-in 8GB hard disc drive, the B570 allows users the world's largest storage capacity for a handset, storing about 1,600 MP3 files (4MB/song), 16 Personal Media Player (PMP) movies (400MB/file), or more than 20,000 digital photos (300KB/file).