Mobile ESPN is Done

[Shapecity]

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> The start-up cell phone company, which started operations earlier this year, was never able to compile enough customers for the service that specialized in selling phones that keyed in on offering sports content. ESPN met with too much competition from larger wireless firms.

ESPN said it would try to market the content offered on the phones to larger wireless providers. The company said that although it was shutting down the phone service after a short tenure, it is now able to better sell the mobile operations.

"ESPN is now able to take advantage of market opportunities that simply did not exist with our content before we built the [network]. We remain committed to serving fans in the wireless arena," Salil Mehta, ESPN Enterprises executive vice president, said in a press release.

The company said the service will remain active until Dec. 31. Those who bought phones through the service will receive a full refund of their purchase price upon final settlement of their bill, the company said.</div>

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[Mr. J]

Wasn''t Murder Mook 2K4 getting an ESPN phone?

 

[Shard]

Can't say i'm surprised. With the price and the limited amount of people who would want a sports phone and who don't want to break current contracts, I would've been shocked if they lasted longer.

 

[Moo2K4]

I was planning on getting the Samsung Ace...so much for that plan. Oh well, I'll upgrade to something else at some point this year.

 

[Krstic]

if that phone came to verizon,millions of people would buy it