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Buy Your CDs From Your PCS Phone

Posted by Hemos on from the interesting-commericial-application dept.

guido_sst writes: "SprintPCS has inked a new deal with *CD to allow its users to buy CDs with their PCS phones. Basically, you hear a song on the radio, dial *CD (*23) on your PCS phone, type in the station's call letter and your credit card number, and viola, you just bought that band's CD. The service is also available for wireless members of the 3Com Palm family. Read more at starcd.com."

6 of 130 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Impulse Buying by John+Jorsett · · Score: 4
    . I can [see] some ex-girlfriends of mine using this service. "I loooove that song let me order the CD"

    You forgot the last part: "What's your card number?"

  2. Re:Spam alert! by Vegeta99 · · Score: 5

    To tell you the truth, they CANNOT. If a tele-fucker calls you up on a cellular line, YOU CAN SUE THEM. If they refuse to pay up, the FCC can fine them, something along the lines of $50k. It's no joke. If a telemarketer calls you up on a land line and refuses to identify themselves and give their number, you can easdily get $500 out of them.

  3. Great by Sharkey+[BAMF] · · Score: 4

    Another reason to stay off the road....SUV DRIVER: "Oh MAN! Carribean Queen by Billy Ocean! I love this song, I gotta get it! Let's see... B-I-L-L... Oops, cut that guy off, sorry... Y.. O-C-E *SCREEEEEECH* SHIIIIIIT! *BOOM*Sharkey
    badassmofo.com

  4. I'll bet it's cheap by ajs · · Score: 4

    They probably offer big deals, since usage is what they really want. Think about it. The big win here is that they're turning into a demographic database of what people listen to on the radio. They can then turn around and:

    * Sell info to the stations on *when* people listen.
    * Sell info to the labels on what radio stations sell the most CDs

    Oh yeah, this is a great business model for them. For the consumer, it's only a lose becuase it's one more thing feeding the cycle that's homogenizing entertainment "content" down to a gruel that doesn't offend anyone "much".

  5. This would be cooler by Ex+Machina · · Score: 4

    if you could have the mp3 placed in an idrive for you or something. that would be a viable mp3 biz model.

  6. just tried it by tdrury · · Score: 5

    Pretty cool. You enter in the number of the station; for example, "961#" is 96Rock in Atlanta. Then you can hit 1 to hear what was most recently played or you key in the time of the song. You can preview the song first so you don't accidentically buy Barry Manilow.

    You can hear samples of other songs on the CD too. Not bad.

    -tim