January 27, 2005
PhoneBites "interrupt tones"
San Francisco start-up Phonebites, a company that allows people to "razz" others by injecting sound clips into their phone conversations, said last week it has raised a first round of $3 million in financing, reports SiliconBeat via Techdirt.
So it seems "interrupt tones" may have a future, at least amongst teenagers.
"Its patent-pending RAZZ technology allows tech-savvy teenagers and others to download audio clips found online and elsewhere -- into phone conversations, thereby impressing, or annoying their interlocutors.
We dread what will come: Eager CEOs interrupting a conference call to play a snippet from Martin Luther King's rousing "I've been to the MountainTop" speech, to inspire the troops, or a teenage relative slipping in a high-decibel "I love you" from their latest favorite pop single?"
Related articles:
-- Making the call as silly as the ring tone
-- ”Bushisms” Become the Latest Cell Phone Craze as Consumers Get the “Presidential Razz”
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