Scott Fisher

A new service from Amp'd that seems to have a unique interface and strong emphasis on content. Announced this summer and about to be released next month, expect to see a lot of efforts like this aimed at the mobile youth market. Amp'd has also signed an exclusive with WIlliam Morris agency for talent and content aquisition.

Founded by the same guys who started Boost, Nextel's youth-oriented pay-as-you-go service, Amp'd is a new carrier aimed at teens and twentysomethings. Its phones will have dynamic, Flash-style user interfaces, lots of content from familiar TV shows and musical entertainers, as well as the ability to connect to your PC to download content you already own.... Amp'd appears to be making wide-ranging deals with TV networks and music labels, and will even run its own exclusive broadcasts of events using its own satellite truck.

News from PC Magazine: Amp'd Announces First Handsets and via Gizmodo