Movie Goodies on Cell

Phonemag.com: This summer, moviegoers walking through theater lobbies in three cities might have felt a sudden vibration in their cell phones, the work of a nearby Bluetooth promotional kiosk.
Last month, 20th Century Fox signed a deal with Loews Cineplex Entertainment to distribute movie trailers, ring tones and pictures through kiosks in three Loews theaters, in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The promotional material can be picked up by anyone with a cell phone equipped to handle Bluetooth, a form of short-range wireless transmission.
Downloading a full-length movie trailer from the kiosk takes about 30 seconds, and there is no fee from the phone’s service provider. One ring tone offered is an emphatic voice from the movie “Kingdom of Heaven” that declares, “Protect the stones!”
Moviegoers can also download cell phone screen “wallpaper” of Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” (Pitt has been downloaded more often.)
“Everyone in the entertainment space is looking for creative new ways to access consumers,” said Grant Wakelin, chief executive of the WideRay, the San Francisco company that developed the wireless technology behind the service. “This is a cool new approach.”
A cell phone, a movie lobby and a message [Phonemag.com]