It's music to their ears but a nuisance to us

Not everyone thinks music phones are a good idea, and one of them is Auslan Cramb, who voices his displeasure over at The Telegraph. Basically he refers to them as tiny reincarnations of the ghetto blaster.

But he's not alone, petition containing several thousand signatures was handed yesterday to the mayor of London, on a blanket ban of mobile phones and mp3 players playing out loud in public transportion. The issue is to be raised in parliament.

"For the first time since the invention of the Sony Walkman, and its earphones, music that you have not chosen to listen to is back in the public domain.

The proliferation of mobile phones with built-in music players has resulted in an increasing number of people playing downloaded songs through their phones, without the use of earphones.

And while the ghetto blaster beloved of urban music fans in the 1980s came with no shortage of bass, the tiny speakers on mobile phones produce a sound about as relaxing as nails scraping on a blackboard."

[via SMSTextNews]

emily | 3:51 PM | Music Phones |
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