
Europe
: Toshiba Mobile Communications Division announced an agreement to
bring exclusive live and pre-recorded content from Oasis to its music
mobile phone Toshiba 803. As part of this agreement Toshiba has been
appointed exclusive mobile sponsor for Oasis live dates across major
European territories up to Christmas 2005.
The Toshiba 803 handset,
which will be launched in Europe in October, will be bundled with
exclusive audio and video from Oasis on a 512 MB SD card. This content
includes the first chance for Oasis fans to see the video for the
new Oasis single “Let There Be Love” as well as five exclusive
live audio and video tracks recorded at Oasis amazing homecoming concert
at the City of Manchester Stadium in July 2005.
Oasis exploded into the
rock scene in 1994 and has since sold over 40 million albums worldwide.
The group embarked on their biggest ever world tour this year, which
will see the band play to over 2 million people before the year is
out. Toshiba has been awarded exclusive mobile sponsor status for
the European leg of the tour commencing 20th October through to 22nd
December, including Paris, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Belfast, Dublin
and the instant sell-out Cardiff Millennium Stadium end of year festival
event.
“Oasis are an incredible
success story in the UK and Europe.“ said Chris Bignell at Toshiba’s
Mobile Communications Division. “Oasis has existed for more
than 10 years because people love their music and we think it is fantastic
that we can offer our customers exclusive audio and video of the band
to play on their mobile phone.”
The Toshiba 803, available
exclusively on the Vodafone network, is the company’s first
combined 3G phone and music player. It features an external music
player with stereo twin speakers, allowing users easy access to music
on the move. The external 1.3 inch screen displays artist names, song
length and other details so that users can find and play music at
a glance, as well as scrolling through tracks and saving files in
playlists. The handset is capable of playing music while users surf
the net or perform other functions which means they can enjoy the
complete functionality of the phone, without compromise.
The Toshiba 803 SD card
will include the following content from Oasis:
§ Let There Be Love
(audio and video)
§ Let There Be Love – exclusive demo track (audio only)
§ Live audio and video exclusives from the band’s Manchester
gig of: Live Forever, Wonderwall, Rock ‘n’ Roll Star Acquiesce
and Lyla.
The Toshiba 803 was announced
in September 2005 and will be available exclusively on the Vodafone
network. The slick, clamshell handset also features a 2.2 megapixel
camera, stereo twin speakers and BluetoothTM. It has a standby time
of up to 270 hours and talk time of up to 320 minutes*.