UpSnap has launched “a catalog of premium radio services for mobile phones”, including Broadcast Comedy Network, Juice, Batanga Radio and Alerts USA. The cost of each service ranges from $1.99 to $4.99 per month.
It’s subscribed to by sending a keyword to UpSnap’s shortcode and charged as a premium SMS, but I’m not sure how it works.
“Through premium SMS, we are able to deliver compelling radio content to mobile phones, leveraging its most basic audio capabilities.” said Tony Philipp, President and CEO of UpSNAP. “UpSNAP can literally turn any mobile phone into a radio, allowing consumers to receive a library of audio content wherever they might be. And unlike other services like mobile video, our streaming audio works on every mobile phone.”
It sounds incredibly like they actually call the person, but I’m pretty sure that’s not the case. Streaming sound can’t be sent via SMS, is there any other technology apart from voice calls that is available on every handset?
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