A start-up called Oxy Systems announced Monday new software that allows people to use a cellular network to sync music libraries stored on their PCs with their mobile handsets. Mobile music is turning out to be a hot market. Three of the four major mobile operators in the United States have announced music stores that allow customers to access a music library from their cell phones. Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel allow users to purchase music over their wireless networks and download it directly onto their phones. These carriers also allow subscribers to "side load," or use a cable, to download music stored on their PCs directly to their cell phones.
But until now, "side loading" music from a user's own collection on a PC has required the use of the cable connector. Oxy claims its new service, called Phling, is the first to offer this capability over a wireless network, which streams the music from the PC to the handset.
