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According to Helix Community, the Real Media Rhapsody DNA Platform now has a set of SOAP APIs supporting web services. Developers can extend the Rhapsody music services directly to embedded audio systems.  Full Story

Nokia recently released specifications for the 5300 XpressMusic phone, one of the first Nokia phones to support Flash Lite 2.0 in addition to many other audio/multimedia features. (Hope they fixed all the Flash Lite 2.0 sound bugs!)  Full Story

Agere announced its lowcost TureNTRY X125 mobile music chipset. The $30 chipset includes integrated stereo and speaker amplifiers, polyphonic sound synthesizers, USB 2.0, and a dedicated application processor.  Full Story

Sonaptic announced that it has ported its audio engine into CSR's BlueCore03MM platform. BlueCore is a provider of BlueTooth and Wi-FI technologies for mobile devices.  Full Story

MTV will acquire Harmonix Music Systems, maker of "Guitar Hero", a PlayStation 2 game that equips players with a simulator that looks like a guitar while promising them the ability to feel like a rock star.  Full Story

Sony Ericsson released two new articles (audio recordings) on formatting audio and video content for Sony Ericsson devices by Ian Simpson.  Full Story

Sony Ericsson developer site published "Getting the hang of the music industry Part 3: Understanding licensing and the importance of DRM".  Full Story

Casual games for new 5th generation iPods. Apple seems to be developing and selling iPod casual games, with upgraded graphics capability, through iTunes.  Full Story

Coding Technologies announced that NTT DoCoMo has selected the company's aacPlus audio codec for use in DoCoMo's new music and digital broadcast services.  Full Story

Vodaphone Receiver recently published Tim Cole's essay "The mobile phone as the next electric guitar".  Full Story

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