Rogers and Live Nation team up

I just so happen to be really into live music so Rogers’ new Wireless Box Office application really tickled my fancy. Not only can you buy tickets to your favorite band’s concert in your hometown, but the ticket is delivered directly to your phone. Sure it saves paper, but the ticket in your phone gets you through a special door. That means no waiting in line like everyone else! I’m thinking one of the major networks in the U.S. needs to work out something like this. Please AT&T?

Windows Mobile News

There’s a lot of Windows Mobile news flying around the day before CTIA, mainly concerning its 6.5 update as well as Windows Marketplace modifications. Remember when iGoogle allowed for homepage customization via flashy designer names? Well, Windows Mobile has teamed up with Design Museum London and the Council of Fashion Designers of America to offer designer themes for 6.5 – with the first schnazzy design coming from Target’s Isaac Mizrahi. If designer dudes aren’t your bag, you will be happy to know a Theme Generator will let you customize your interface and wallpaper then send the batch straight to your phone.

Good news also comes for developers, as they can now submit unlimited updates to their applications free of charge (as opposed to $99 a pop). Marketplace customers can purchase applications on a credit card or they can choose to be billed through their carrier. Customers will also be able to return applications they didn’t like within 24 hours for a full refund. Very cool!

DirecTV gets iPhone App

The DirecTV iPhone application is now available at the App Store in all of it’s remote scheduling glory! It’s free and it requires iPhone 2.2.1 or higher as well as a slue of compatible DVR’s: DirecTV Plus DVR (models R15, R16, R22), DirecTV Plus HD DVR (models HR20, HR21, HR23) or TiVo Series 2 receivers with software registered to DirecTV.com. This handy-dandy app just gives me another reason to wish I was with DirecTV instead of my current provider.

AT&T announces six new handsets

AT&T just beefed up its device options with official word of six new handsets, including the delayed Nokia E71x. The new offerings include two smartphones (E71x and Samsung Propel Pro), three quick messaging devices (Samsung Impression and LG’s Neon and Xenon) and a candy bar (Samsung Magnet).

Nokia E71x

The thinnest smartphone on the market, the Nokia E71x, will be available in the coming weeks for $99.99 and features a black steel finish and award-winning design. The Nokia smartphone, based on S60 on Symbian OSTM offers the Wi-Fi and the flexibility of many Symbian-based applications, in addition to AT&T’s most popular services, including AT&T Navigator. The Nokia E71x is just 10 millimeters thin and will turn heads when you text friends, or check your corporate or personal email. Customers can learn more at http://www.att.com/nokiaE71x.

Samsung Propel Pro

The Propel Pro, a full-QWERTY silver and chrome compact slider smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1 allows users to run full enterprise applications on the same platform they use to text and send photos. Evolving from the popular Samsung PropelTM, business users and consumers looking for a full-feature smartphone with Wi-Fi will look to the Propel Pro, available in April for $149.99.

AT&T is giving away BlackBerry Bolds?

For all of you out there still holding out on buying a smartphone, AT&T might have just forced your hand. The BlackBerry Bold is pretty much as good as it gets when it comes to BlackBerrys, and even though they’re refurbished and you have to sign a two-year AT&T contract, I’d say it’s worth it. These are available online and today only!