Racist ringtone raises concerns in SA, Immersion's vibrating tones...

In Ringtonia.com today:

-- Racist ringtone sets off alarms in South Africa - A cell phone ring tone describing violence against black people is spreading from phone to phone in South Africa via Bluetooth, raising concerns in the post-apartheid country.

-- Vibrating Ringtones SK Telecom is launching vibration ring-tones, applying Immersion's vibration technology, so that users can feel the beat of the ringtones, announced the mobile operator on Monday.

-- A new speech-conversion system Replicates voices in any language is being touted as hip-hop's next big thing - for global markets where their music - as well as the clothing, ringtones and other lifestyle extensions of their brands - is sold.

emily | 3:31 PM | Message from textually.org |
The Permanent Link to this page is: http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2006/07/012957.htm