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Mobile Content Bits: 7Digital’s Blackberry App; Spinvox On iPhone; Virgin Media-Bebo

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image7Digital: British iTunes rival 7Digital has launched its mp3 download store via a BlackBerry app due for release either late this month or next month. BlackBerry users will be able to browse and download the site’s thousands of DRM-free tracks from the big four major music labels and a host of indie labels. For playback, the app will automatically change sound quality depending on whether the phone is in 3G or wi-fi coverage. More details and a video of the app in action at Crackberry.com.

Spinvox on iPhone: iPhone users can now convert speech to text emails using nFinity’s QuickVoice app, using an API from voice-to-text platform Spinvox. The app was updated yesterday to include the feature, which can be used to create text versions of spoken audio. Spinvox says 400 developers applied to be part of its API developer programme but only 20 were chosen. Release.

—- Virgin Media-Bebo: Virgin Mobile UK is to launch a new line of hansdsets in partnership with the AOL-owned social network Bebo. Virgin has joined Bebo’s Open Mobile programme which lets telcos create phone with in-built chat and messenging functionality from Bebo.com. Telecom New Zealand also joined the Open Mobile programme in March. From Gomonews.com.

Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) mobile games: UK newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has signed an exclusive mobile games deal with Manchester, UK-based developer Million-2-1 to provide games for its roster of national newspaper websites and mobile sites. Million-1-2, a subsidiary of IGT-UK, says it is carrying out the deal “on behalf of” Trinity’s long-standing mobile partner Bluestar Mobile. Release.

May 8, 2009 8:18 AM ET
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  • Scott,
    Thanks for pointing that out - we've corrected the error. Virgin Mobile is Virgin Media's mobile brand in UK and is, as you say, unconnected to Virgin Mobile USA.

  • Scott

    Patrick and rest of Moco team: Please get your facts straight.  Virgin Mobile USA and Virgin Mobile (Virgin Media) almost nothing to do with each other. You guys always post news about Virgin Mobile (Virgin Media) and put the VM stock ticker or describe it as if it is a Virgin Mobile USA news item.

    Other than the logo/brand and a minority investor (Virgin Group) these companies are not at all related.  In fact, they cannot even communicate with each other due to network competition (VMUSA is on Sprint and VM UK is on T-Mobile). 

    Not only is it confusing, it's factually incorrect because it gives the impression that Virgin Mobile USA is somehow involved.  VM is a publicly listed in the US and writing about initiatives that they are not in any way involved with is not a good practice.

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