June 13, 2006
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
Apologies. I posted this yesterday and deleted it by error. Here goes again - with some changes.
The New York Times picked up on the Teen Buzz ringtone story - the one with a frequency too high for most adults to hear (links to previous posts below). And described how some freshman honors math class students, tried it out on their teacher at Roslyn High School on Long Island.
Here's the MP3 audio. Can you hear it? I can't - which makes sense, I'm way over 20. My son who's 16 can hear it - he says it's annoying. So it really does work.
Knock offs are sure to proliferate. I found one on a Swiss ringtone site - but it's not the real thing, as I can hear it loud and clear.
This story has been so good for Ringtonia, the smallest sister of the Textually blog network. The New York Times article was digged and gathered hundreds of comments, many of them pointing out and linking to the teen buzz story posted weeks ago. Kevin Maney on USA Today mentioned it too. Thank you!
Related:
-- Mosquitotone - Teen Buzz/Teenager Repellent ringtone available
-- Teenager repellent "Mosquito" turned into ringtone
-- Teen Buzz Ringtone to be made available by "Mosquito" manufacturer
Related side stories:
-- Manilow music as another teenage repellent scheme
-- Web Hosting company registers mosquitone.net and exploits teen buzz ringtone
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