mSpot Movies is a cloud-based movie service with a different kind of business model. First of all, the service is doing something right by having support for PC, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices. Then again, in order for mSpot to really take off, it has to differentiate itself from other online movie rental services. mSpot lets you rent movies (including new releases) for $3.99. You have 10 days to start watching a movie, but the rental period can vary from 24-hours to “several days” depending on the movie studio’s demands. Then there’s something called the Movie Club that makes things confusing for users.

AT&T has announced two new music applications; mSpot’s Make-Ur-Tones and mSpot Remix. Likewise, AT&T also announced its plan of expanding the Napster Mobile service it gives under the AT&T network. All three music applications provide mobile music lovers the freedom to choose the music they want to listen to and use in their AT&T mobile phones.

Available for a monthly subscription of $6.99 for three ringtones, the mSpot Make-UR-Tones allows customers to search for music tracks from the AT&T Media Mall, cut a 30-second part of the song using the a built-in editor, preview the output and then download the personalized ringtone to their phone. Unfortunately, mSpot Make-UR-Tones will only work with the Samsung SYNC, Samsung A737, Samsung A747 and the Motorola V3xx.

As an alternative to cable side-loading, Alltel Wireless has launched its first over-the-air (OTA) music syncing service in partnership with mobile media services provider mSpot. Powered by a funky music service mSpot Remix, it basically enables mobile users to easily stream and wirelessly synchronize all the songs and playlists stored on their PCs or laptops more »