Cynics may think mobile ringtones, screensavers and games are frivolous but Sprint PCS is proving that entertainment is a valuable revenue channel for operators. According to Sprint executives, since the company launched its PCS Vision service in August 2002, the company has sold more than 10 million ringtones and screensavers and over 2M mobile games. According to Wireless Week via TechDirt.
According to the Hindustantimes, cellphone ringing in tune to a hit song is plain boring in wireless-loving Japan, and forget the regular buzz: trendsetters here are showing off ringtones that copy the voice of Mona Lisa or a roar of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"The technology, which is similar to what's used by criminologists to figure out voices based on skull shapes, is just one of the just-for-fun mobile-content offerings from Index Corp. The Tokyo-based startup has grown over the eight years since its founding into one of Japan's most successful companies at a time when the country is long stuck in the doldrums.
In coming up with Santa Claus' voice for the ringtones, it worked off a portrait in Finland and used voice-montage technology from a Tokyo lab. The painting by Leonardo da Vinci is behind Mona Lisa's voice".
This Independence Day, patriotic Americans can show their spirit for the red, white and blue with personalized ring tones on Verizon Wireless.
Customers can salute the nation by dowloading "America The Beautiful", "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic", "The Star Spangled Banner", or rock with the "American Pie" by Don McLean, according to PR Newswire.
Customers need a Get It Now-enabled handset and Verizon Wireless digital service to access the Get It Now virtual store. Get It Now-enabled phones are available in more than 1,200 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, at participating RadioShack locations, or on the Web at Verizonwireless.com.
This Independence Day, patriotic Americans can show their spirit for the red, white and blue with personalized ring tones on 