NEW YORK — MySpace’s new music service managed to bring major record labels together, but a group that licenses song rights for thousands of independent labels feels left out and angry, partly because indie musicians were a big reason the social networking site rose to prominence in the first place.

Nokia, the worldwide leader in mobility, announced today that the first Nokia Music Store in the Middle East will be opening its virtual doors in the United Arab Emirates in December 2008.

Are you thinking about getting a new cell phone plan? Are you looking at phones and family plans that will allow you to purchase cell phone service for everyone in your household? Once you find the most affordable phones for you and your family, you may want to personalize your mobile devices. Getting downloadable ringtones will help to add a little happiness to your day when you hear your favorite songs, and when you log onto the sites that have ringtones available, you’ll find that other features like wallpapers and screensavers can be downloaded as well. Here are some of the best sites to get downloadable ringtones, as well as a few tips for creating your own ringtones.

One of the best places to visit is www.hotlink.com. This site will help you to customize all your ringtones and you’ll even be able to play the songs you download at different times. You can program your phone to play different downloadable ringtones at certain times of the day, or you can arrange to have holiday ringtones played during Christmas time. You can even program your ringtones so that a different song will play depending on who is calling. Hotlink also offers Caller Ringtones, which is music that your callers will hear when they’re trying to get in touch with you. So, instead of listening to the phone ring and waiting for you to pick up, your friends and family can enjoy some of their favorite music before you answer the call.

You can also check out Funtonia if you’re looking for downloadable ringtones. This site has songs that are compatible with most phones, and you’ll be able to hear a sample of the songs you want before you buy. You can get the songs you want for as little as one cent per song, and there are lots of selections to choose from. Sites like www.mobiles24.com are also great for finding the ring tone selection that you want. There are lots of free polyphonic ringtones on the site, as well as MP3 downloads that you can program into your phone, so you can change the songs whenever you want. There are even mobile games that you can download for your phone, as well as software that may be compatible for your phone so that you can add more features to your mobile device.

You can also check out the sites for the phone companies that you are receiving service from. Downloadable ringtones information can be found on sites like www.sprint.com, www.verizon.com, or www.alltel.com to find out more about how your phone works and which downloads are best for every phone on your plan.

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With the return of Strictly Come Dancing and again the likely presence of a sportsman in the final - Austin Healey is the 3-1 favourite and Mark Foster my outside bet - it seems a pertinent time to consider the options open to our sporting heroes once the sun sets for the last time on their field of play.