Vodafone Germany releases Toshiba TS 803 with Oasis music
Open it up and make a call or close it and listen to music: the new Toshiba TS 803 is now exclusively available from Vodafone in Germany. Music fans will be delighted with the phone’s integrated, stand-alone MP3 player with control panel on the outside of the handset, unlimited access to Vodafone Music Downloads and stereo speakers for top-class sound. The mobile phone also comes with a mini SD memory card (512 MB) which already has exclusive music content by the British band Oasis stored on it. Even the other technical features of the silver and black clamshell phone conform to the highest standards. For example, the Toshiba TS 803 has a 2.3 megapixel camera with flash and offers practically every available option for the synchronisation of data with the PC. In connection with the UMTS Per-Minute Package Plus 200, the Toshiba TS 803 costs EUR 159.90.
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Microsoft execs have complained that iPod isn’t ‘open’ enough – but that hasn’t stopped MS engineers from working around the iPod by leveraging some of the iPod’s functionality and making it – sort of – compatible with XBox, albeit in a limited way. For instance, you can play Project Gotham Racing 3 on the XBox 360, and switch the soundtrack for something on your iPod, which plugs right into the USB port. You can’t use FairPlay AAC songs bought from the iTMS, but you can use unprotected AAC tracks, as well as MP3s.
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