getting RSS feeds on your mobile phone

Stun Mobile Media and the USA Group highly recommend:

NewsGator Go! – NewsGator’s mobile version syncs with user’s online accounts, allowing you to read their feeds on the go for $29.95.
LiteFeeds – Once downloaded to your phone, LiteFeeds allows you to browse your feeds, email articles to friends, or bookmark them to your del.icio.us account.
Egress – This program for Windows Mobile sports a clean UI and also supports podcasts. Egress is available for $12.95.
Mobispine – Mobispine is a free Java application for reading your feeds on your mobile. The service also includes a web component where users can add feeds to the Mobispine database, see related feeds, and leave comments.
Quick News – Designed for Palm OS, Quick News lets you download feeds either via a HotSync or a direct internet connection for later use, which enables offline (or out of coverage) reading.
Bloglines Mobile – The popular web-based reader also offers a browser-based mobile version to access your feeds without downloading anything.
FeederReader – This application is designed for phones running Windows Mobile, and bills itself as being especially well suited for developers, allowing you to view the RAW XML files for and its XML elements and attributes.
FreeRange – This Java application will work on Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry. The site has optional Google Reader integration.
Google Reader Mobile – If you use Google Reader, you can access a version designed for mobile phones.
ZapTXT for mobile - mobile version of the ZapTXT widget.

mobile phone internet radio show. content from your mobile phone

USA GROUP AND STUN MOBILE MEDIA HIGHLY RECOMMEND:

NowLive is a recently launched broadcast service for people to have a live radio talk show from just about anywhere.

On the plus side, you won’t have to download anything in order to get set up with NowLive. You can use your mobile phone, Skype or GoogleTalk to host your own talk show, and broadcast it live over the Internet. Each show can have multiple hosts, and the show’s page as embedded chat for listeners, and a media gallery that supports images, audio and video clips. NowLive is also a community at large, stocked with a photo gallery, a user directory and a host of current and upcoming live shows.

The profile pages, however, seem a bit piecemeal (as do a few other components of the NowLive site), and don’t highlight the important points of the broadcasting aspect of the site. Having a better calendar option, an area for archived shows, RSS capabilities and the ability to bookmark users and content would help improve the overall function and networking capabilities of NowLive.

Similar services include BlogTV and BlogTalkRadio.

Verizon wants your content for mobile phones if your a band

USA Group and Stun Mobile Media found this press release:

Calling All Bands: Verizon Wireless and MySpace Want to 'Sign' You to V CAST

    BEDMINSTER, N.J., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Now one band has the chance of a
lifetime: to be the first unsigned band to launch their career on a wireless
phone.  Leveraging the newest medium for artists to reach their fans, the
"Calling All Bands" contest from Verizon Wireless and MySpace offers one lucky
unsigned band the opportunity to have their song, music video, ring tone and
ring back tone released on Verizon Wireless -- the nation's leading wireless
provider with 51.3 million customers.
   Verizon Wireless will release the "Calling All Bands" winner's song on
V CAST Music -- marking the first time an unsigned band will release its first
single on a wireless phone.  The winner will also work with Verizon Wireless
to produce a music video that will be released on V CAST, plus a ring tone and
ring back tone of the winning song that will be available for purchase by
Verizon Wireless customers.  MySpace, with more than one million registered
bands, helps Verizon Wireless bring authentic bands to the mobile world,
further extending the music experience on customers' communication devices
they use most every day -- their wireless phones.
   Beginning today, any unsigned band on MySpace can submit an original song
for the "Calling All Bands" contest.  From all submissions, 15 semi-finalists
will be selected and the MySpace community of friends and fans can listen and
vote online for their favorite band from the contest page.  The top five
entries to receive the most votes will become finalists; the winner will be
chosen among the finalists by Verizon Wireless and MySpace and will be
announced on MySpace at the end of March.

   Save These Dates:

   * February 15 - March 1: Entrant submission period
   * March 13 - March 22: The 15 semi-finalists, chosen by MySpace Music
     Editors, will be linked to or posted on the contest page where MySpace
     bands, their friends and fans can vote for their favorite band
   * March 24: The five contest finalists are announced on
     http://www.myspace.com/callingallbands
   * March 29: "Calling All Bands" contest winner is selected by Verizon
     Wireless and MySpace and announced online on http://www.myspace.com

   John Harrobin, vice president of marketing for Verizon Wireless, said,
"V CAST, with music that crosses all genres, has quickly become the hottest
medium for artists to reach new and existing fans.  Verizon Wireless V CAST
Music customers love music and many of them are plugged in to the latest music
trends -- the "Calling All Bands" contest is another opportunity to discover
new artists, which makes this the perfect way for lesser-known artists to
showcase their music to an entirely new audience."

   V CAST Music
   V CAST Music from Verizon Wireless lets customers play music on their
wireless phones from well-known and independent artists -- the same device
they have come to rely upon for entertainment, information and mobile
communication.  The V CAST Music Store already boasts a collection of more
than a half-million songs and will contain a million songs by spring and lets
customers browse, preview, download and play high-quality digital music from
their phones or in the Verizon Wireless V CAST Music Online Store.  V CAST
Music songs cost $0.99 if purchased from the PC or $1.99 if purchased and
downloaded over the air onto a V CAST Music phone.
   V CAST Music runs on Verizon Wireless' broadband network, the most robust,
award-winning wireless broadband network in the nation, available to about
150 million people from coast to coast.  Customers need a V CAST-enabled phone
and a subscription to the V CAST VPak, which is $15.00 monthly access, added
to their Verizon Wireless calling plan to access V CAST Music and music videos
on their phones.  For a limited time, customers who sign up for V CAST receive
one month of V CAST service free.  Customers interested in managing their
music from their PCs in the V CAST Music Online Store can do so without a
V CAST VPak.
   V CAST Music is available through Verizon Wireless' 2,000 Communications
Stores and Circuit City locations and online at
http://www.verizonwireless.com.  For more information, visit
http://www.verizonwireless.com/music.

   "Calling All Bands" Contest Rules
   Contest runs from February 15 at 9:00 p.m. PT through March 29 at 11:59
p.m. PT and is open to any unsigned band.  Interested entrants can submit an
original song online by March 1 at http://www.myspace.com/callingallbands that
will be judged on quality, originality and popular appeal of the submission by
MySpace Music Editors.  Bands must be registered on MySpace to participate and
registration is free.  Bands need to upload their digital music file and fill
out an entry form at the site. From all submissions, MySpace Music Editors
will select 15 semi-finalists that will be linked to or posted on the contest
page from March 13 through March 22 where MySpace bands and their community of
friends and fans can listen and vote for their favorite band.  The five
entries to receive the most votes will become finalists and Verizon Wireless
and MySpace will select and announce the "Calling All Bands" contest winner
online on http://www.myspace.com on March 29.  For a complete list of contest
rules, visit http://www.myspace.com/callingallbands.  No purchase necessary.
Void outside the U.S. and where prohibited.

   About Verizon Wireless
   Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 51.3 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web
at http://www.verizonwireless.com.  To preview and request broadcast-quality
video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log
on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

Drive Traffic with content from your mobile phone. How to Make a video for your blog from yur mobile phone

The USA group and Stun Mobile media bring you this article about increasing traffic through video content from your mobile phone.

You can use your cell phone to drive traffic to your web site. The key lies in making a video that motivates people to visit your site. Here's the step-by-step plan.

As more cell phone services offer video portals, sign up and check out the video profiles uploaded there. You'll notice a few common mistakes: poor lighting, video is too short, people don't speak clearly.

While this kind of service usually prohibits the posting of your cell phone number in the video, there's nothing that says you can't post your web site's url.

Now on the traffic from video plan:

1. Make sure your video room is well lit, so that you video will look good.

2. Use a plain background. Wear a white shirt so that the video colors don't keep changing. Ready? Now record the video using your cell phone.

3. Smile and state your name. Say that you're looking for friends who enjoy jokes.

4. Deliver a short joke.

5. Now deliver a second joke, but don't give the punch line.

6. Invite your viewers to your web site, where you will give the punch line.

7. Watch your site's traffic increase.

This assumes you have a site that offers jokes. If you don't have one, don't you think it's time to start one? A joke site is a good traffic magnet, which you can use to channel more visitors to your other sites.

Premium content from New Zealand and England is free on YouTube

Michael Goldstein of Stun Mobile Media and the USA Group started this blog to follow the YouTube phenomenon of offering the public premium content for free. It appears that TV networks from around the globe are embracing the ability of a new way to deliver premium content.

Kiwi Network TVNZ Partners With YouTube, Adds Own Branding To Channel

Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 26 Jun 2007 06:30 AM PST

New Zealand’s TVNZ is the latest television network to sign a partnership deal with YouTube. As with YouTube’s earlier BBC partnerships, TVNZ will add to a branded channel program excerpts that act as a shop window for the broadcaster’s content. This deal was not amongst a range of content partners YouTube referred to when it unveiled nine international sites in Paris last week, and is said to be its first in Australasia. The partnership is non-exclusive and, indeed, even on YouTube, is branded under TVNZ’s on-demand identity, which also makes a range of full shows available for streaming and download at tvnzondemand.co.nz. (Release).

• BBC In Clips Deal With YouTube; Ad Rev Share; UK Blackout On News Clips

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Uploading User Created Content is Two Clicks away for Helio users on YouTube. How will Apple counter?

Michael Goldstein of Stun Mobile Media and the USA Group have been following the race to make apps for cell phone services that simplify uploading user genereated content to sites like YouTube. “The competition is forcing the mobile phone carriers to roll out services that its subscribers only dreamed about”, said Mr. Michael Goldstein of Stun Mobile Media and USA Group. He added, “people had these things they wanted on their wish list.” Apple’s iphone is running behind , and is more costly than Helio. Verizon and t-mobile are going after the music segment, and beginning to go after YouTube users. (Helio uses Sprint mobile service for voice and data) Meanwhile, Apple’s iphone camera is a paltry 2 mega pixel, while manufactures of mobile phones like Samsung have already perfected 10 mega pixel mobile-cam video phones that arrived more than 1 year ago. It’s not the software problems that Apple needs to perfect, but the outdated hardware, that will keep the YouTube mobile-cam video user-created-content, away from a company not even offering video. The deal between AT&T and Apple, is great for the consumer because the other carriers and manufacturers will finally be forced to release technologically advanced mobile phones that were until now, only for the asian market. Faster data speeds and lower prices for data are the next tools to fight for subscribers, after the smoke clears from getting our attention about the hardware and features aspect of this game. It might be all about the hardware if WIFI continues to grow.

The two-click YouTube upload and a dedicated, exclusive YouTube app for Helio will happen soon.

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Youtube video slips in a commercial during a teen blog and makes big money

Michael Goldstein of Stun Mobile Media and the USA Group noticed a new form of product placement that will make its way into more forms of content seen on the internet and mobile phones.

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The famous YouTube video blog of Lonelygirl15 has added another fictional character to its charade of what looks like user created content but was exposed as the work of a professional and not a 16-year old in her bedroom.

The show’s creators feel they have integrated the commercialism to achieve even more reality for the show. “While the storyline comes first and the fact that the new character works at Neutrogena heightens the reality,” said LG15 creators Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried, while counting bags of money from its hundreds of thousands of daily viewers.

Marketing the video blog to brands, included the following in the sales pitch: “This long-term relationship with Neutrogena is unprecedented, as the brand comes to life organically with the characters and storyline”.

Product placements in video games, search engines and mobile phone content was the last biggest sources of income for the advertising industry that have been doing lucrative product placements in television and film for years. This type of corporate character placement branding is new.

LG15’s video blogs are being viewed hundreds of thousands of times and other Web dramas such as Prom Queen are enjoying success.

The Neutrogena character will be an experiment worth watching as show creators and the whole industry, look for ways to monetize.

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Apple Iphone Competitors Launch Ad-Funded Mobile Music Trial

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LONDON -(Dow Jones)- EMI Group says it is working with Deutsche Telekom unit T-Mobile, and Rhythm NewMedia on an advertising-supported mobile music video service.


London-based EMI is joining a service being trialed by T-Mobile which will allow UK mobile-phone users to watch entertainment, news and music clips from their mobiles.
The trial comes as music companies show an increasing interest in using advertising to fund delivery of their content over both the Internet and mobile phones.
The service will be operated by California-based Rhythm NewMedia, which will provide video content to users on condition that they watch a preceding advertising clip.
Customers will use an electronic program guide to select a range of video content including news, entertainment and music.
Vodafone earlier this year trialed a similar service with Rhythm NewMedia.
EMI said in a statement Monday that advertisements would be "specifically targeted" for the artist being selected by the consumer. EMI's largest artists include Coldplay, Gorillaz and Robbie Williams.
Advertising-supported mobile content is one of a range of business models being trialed as a way of paying for online content.
Trialing advertising as a way to fund content for mobile phones comes shortly after EMI and larger record company Universal Music Group, owned by France's Vivendi, agreed to make some of their music catalogues available to advertiser-funded Internet company Spiral Frog.
Rhythm NewMedia has signed up a number of companies, including Microsoft, Coca Cola and Unilever Group to advertise with the T-Mobile service.
Company Web site: http://www.emigroup.com
-By Jessica Hodgson, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 207 842 9293 jessica.hodgson@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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