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They include Little Britain The Office League of Gentlemen South Park Premier League Greatest Moments and Music Video Anthems.
ROK chairman Jonathan Kendrick said: "These six new titles will be available exclusively online before we release them into selected mobile phone shops over the next few weeks."
The titles cost £16.99 each. ROK Player memory cards are compatible with 18 handsets.
His unexpected departure is believed to be the result of a personal clash with boss Kyle Whitehill Vodafones director of enterprise business unit.
Vodafone refused to be drawn in to the details of his departure but a spokesman revealed: "He is leaving to pursue other career opportunities."
Sources familiar with the company admitted Huggett did not attend a 400-strong internal Vodafone sales conference that he was due to participate in at the Newbury head office a couple of weeks ago.
Huggetts exit follows a number of high-profile executive departures at Vodafone over the last year. A rift in the company is reported to have grown between the so-called "Newbury Boys" a group of executives led by Sir Christopher Gent who oversaw the firms rapid expansion in the 1980s and 1990s and other senior management figures including chief executive Arun Sarin.
In March this year Gent further fuelled rumours of boardroom politics by stepping down from his position as life president further severing ties with the company.
The loss of other key figures includes the ousting of marketing director Peter Bamford in March and the imminent retirement of deputy chief executive Sir Julian Horn-Smith in July both thought to be part of a wider boardroom strategy by CEO Arun Sarin.
Other notable departures include former finance director Ken Hydon senior manager for business partnerships Jason Rigby and head of dealer sales Iain Graham.
This latest departure is likely to cause further concern for the company which has undergone significant changes over the past year including the sale of Vodafone Japan for £8.3 billion in March and the return of Bill Morrow from Japan to head the networks operations in Europe.
This follows the news that Gnarls Barkley hit Crazy reached number one this month on the strength of digital downloads.
Planet Funk´s single Stop Me will be sold exclusively via downloads on 3 from May 8.
Band member Alex Neri said: "It makes perfect sense for us. People´s musical habits are changing and millions of people now effectively have a record shop in their pocket 24 hours a day."
Mobile downloads already account for four per cent of the singles chart and mobile networks claim more than 16 million music video sales or song downloads in the past two years.
Virgin Mobile users simply send a blank text to 22SOS (22767) and Virgin founder Richard Branson calls back within five minutes with a range of light-hearted messages you can use as your excuse to get you out of a bad date or meeting. If you already know you´ve got a tough situation coming up you can organise a specific time for him to call you.
The service is predicated on research by the network that found 76 per cent of women and 65 per cent of men wish their mobile would ring during a bad date or work meeting to let them escape.
Messages include a personal welcome to the mile-high club which notes that cameras have been fitted in aircraft toilets.
The handset also includes MP3 ring tones a voice recorder and handsfree speaker. The phone comes with mobile Internet access via a WAP browser. The handset will cost around £55 and be available in-store this summer.
Williams helped design the phone which offers a live recording of the opening song along with a video clip and six wallpapers of the singer´s world tour.
Robbie Williams commented: "Working with T Mobile is a great way to get my music and videos out there and the Walkman phone is our latest collaboration. It´s great."
Fans will be able to install unreleased live´ mobile music content including backstage experience of the world tour.
T-Mobile International chief marketing officer Ulli Gritzuhn added: "With the special edition W300 we are once again providing fans with a chance to personalise their mobiles with exclusive live mobile music content a never-before seen video clip and photos all on one device that was creatively influenced by Robbie Williams."
The W300 is a quad-band MP3 player with storage for 70 tracks and power for 30 hours´ music play. It also comes with a 4x digital zoom camera and built-in FM radio.
Sony Ericsson head of sales and marketing Jan W¤reby added: "The special edition W300 will provide fans with a unique memento of the tour. This level of personalisation is a first for Sony Ericsson and we are delighted not only to be a tour sponsor but to be able to bring T-Mobile this very individual phone with designs influenced by Robbie himself."
Monstermob chief executive Martin Higginson said: "W-Infinity complements our existing Chinese operations. Our enlarged business will have a strong position in the world´s largest mobile market."
W-Infinity is based in Beijing and sells most of its ringtones wallpapers and games directly to consumers via SMS.
China is the world´s largest mobile telecommunications market and is forecast to grow by 225 million users by 2008.
Monstermob China managing director Yongqiang Qian said: " I believe this will drive strong medium-term organic growth."
The 24-hour streamed news channel will deliver worldwide and local news every 15 minutes.
The weather channel produced alongside the Met Office will provide weather updates across nine UK regions as well as five-day forecasts.
This service builds on ITN´s existing arrangement with Vodafone that already provides bulletins entertainment news and soap updates.
The company has relaunched its web site as a transactional site. According to CEO Andrew Fisher the market for music products sold through music recognition services could reach nearly £1 billion worldwide within the next two years.
"There is a high incentive for carriers to push this service" he said. "Music is a champion category. People don´t choose their carrier for great location-based services but they will for music people are passionate about downloading and sharing music."
So far the service has 5.5 million users worldwide. In the UK alone it has had 1.85 million callers since its launch four years ago and boasts 8.85 million completed calls.
Shazam is also launching packages of £3 per month for unlimited identification requests or £4 per month for unlimited requests plus two free products a month.
Aimed specifically at women the pink and silver handset has an MP3 player and 50MB of internal memory expandable to 250MB.
Samsung Mobile head of product management Ender Yavas commented: "The clamshell form light weight and great range of features are ideal for modern women who are constantly on the go."
The phone has a large 262000 TFT colour display and comes with a free pink Bluetooth headset.
It is free on Anytime 200 and above.