While we weren’t paying attention (at least your’s truly), Kingston Technology Co. somehow became a player in the cell phone industry.

The Fountain Valley computer memory company (as in internal PC DRAM memory) found an in through the tiny flash-memory cards used by a growing number of cell phones everywhere. This week, it jumped into the mobile game market, thanks to a partnership with Movaya, a Seattle distributor of mobile software. Consumers who drop by Kingston’s Mobile Phone Village site can request a free game every day. 

Today, it’s “David Coulthard GP,” a racing game with Scottish Formula 1 racing driver.

Okay, it’s not really free. It’s a limited trial, good for about 5 minutes of game play. If you really want to see what else is out there, then go to the main site, at BustedThumbs.com, which has a bunch of games available for a limited free trial.

Still, it’s always nice to try before you buy. And in this case, you just enter your phone number and the game will be sent directly to your phone.

Kingston launched Mobile Phone Village back in June 2006, according to public relations manager David Leong. Since then, the company has done a bunch of partnerships, like one featuring musician Ricky Martin, another with free college ringtones, and its ongoing free-music download of the day with eMusic.com.

“The mobile space is growing by leaps and bounds for us,” he said. “…At one point, we were shipping out more 1GB microSD cards than anything else, including DRAM! Mobile is still a hot commodity and one of the largest growth areas for us going into 2009.”

So, if you’re not into games, you should stop by for the free song each day. There’s no catch either. Just go to the Kingston site and download the MP3 file straight to your PC.  Today’s track: Beethoven: Mass In C – Sir Colin Davis.

Free game reports from around the web:

• Get some free games at GOG (Good Old Games) (The Escapist)
• Free games for Christmas: Great back ups for when Santa lets you down (The Guardian)
• Free web games at AddictingGames.com
• Free games daily at GameGiveawayoftheDay.com

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• T-Mobile offering free airline tickets
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• RadioShack offers gift cards for your old electronics
• Free Wi-Fi for iPhone users is back, really!

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