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Sony Ericsson Developer recently published "Getting the hang of the music industry Part 4: Addressing the mobile consumer: music and audio content development". Article gives an overview of audio capabilities of Java and C++ platforms and lists current audio oriented applications.  Full Story

VoiceAge announced that Sony has licensed its audio compression for voice communications in the multi-player online gaming experience of Resistance: Fall of Man for PS3.  Full Story

miniMusic recently released AxisPad, an interactive sound application for Palm handhelds and phones, to create sound gestures by tapping and dragging on the screen.  Full Story

Levis recently announced the winner of their ringtone remixing contest. Contestants used the Levis MAX phone based ringtone remixer to create tracks for submission. The wining track, "Open Your Soul" by Habibur Rohmanm, is now released as a 12" single and as digital download.  Full Story

Yamaha SMAF Global updated ATS-MA7-SMAF to version 1.6.0  Full Story

Khronos Mobile Media Developer podcast Episode #2 - Open SL ES, a cross-platform foundation for audio on mobile devices with support for interactive sound for games, streaming audio, music mixers and ringtones. OpenSL ES offers a cross-platform, common API, with support for current standards built in.  Full Story

Research and Markets announced Ringtones: Past, Present and Future Volume 2, exploring the new role of record labels in the real music ringtone economy.  Full Story

Forum Nokia recently published an updated version of the S60 Platform: Music Application Developer's Guide v1.1.  Full Story

USA Today posted an article by Jefferson Graham examining the pros and cons of the music phone in the US market.  Full Story

Bluetooth SIG recently launched the "Experience Icon Program" to help consumers purchase products implementing the Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP).  Full Story

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