Cingular taps Real for mobile video

Deal is a key win for RealNetworks over archrival Microsoft. "This is version 2.0 of the media player battle," an analyst notes.

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[Earl Benser]

Cingular was between;...

.. a rock and a hard place. Real and MS, both second rate software
designs, but if not iTunes, then there really aren't any other
choices. But then, music on a cell phone is just a sales gimmick,it's
not really a practical concept. And as far as my experience goes,
Cingular still hasn't figured out how to make a BASIC cell phone
work.

Maybe Cingular and Real are a better match than I first thought.......

[Andrew J Glina]

BASIC

Wow! A phone with BASIC! That would be interesting. My old Psion has BASIC and it was handy.

(Yes I am joking.)