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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Sony Ericsson Expand PlayNow Ringtone Service

Responding to a continued growth in the mobile ringtone market, Sony Ericsson are expanding their PlayNow ringtone and music download service. The will be an increasing number of new and breakthrough artists appearing on the new service M-Buzz, which will launch in early October. Read more...

Monday, September 25, 2006

GoDaddy Email Users Get SMS And Free Ringtones

GoDaddy, the company behind many domain names, cheap web hosting offers and memorable Superbowl commercials have announced a nice add on to for people who are using their email services. As well as the ability to send SMS messages to mobile phones, users get access to a range of free GoDaddy ringtones. Read more...

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Newscorp Buys The Crazy Frog And Jamster

In another big deal, Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, the company behind such monumental brands as MySpace and The Sun newspaper have bought Jamster. The $188m deal will give the company a commanding share in Jamba, the people who brought us the Crazy Frog ringtones. Read more...

RealNetworks Get Their Own Ringtone Provider

Interesting business news from the world of ringtones, the much maligned media player and music provider RealNetworks have aquired a South Korean based ringtone company. The deal is one of a number of big link-ups between media firms and ringtone comapnies in recent weeks. Read more...

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Ringtone Kiosks In New Zealand

Residents of New Zealand will soon be able to download ringtones directly from kiosks, when an ambitious new push to bring the kiosk technology to the country comes into full swing. Icon Digital Entertainment are trying to give the people of New Zealand the same services as many overseas already enjoy. Read more...

Monday, September 11, 2006

Rap Ringtones Rule

A consumer report from the NPD Group has shown that the leading genre for ringtones in the US is Rap / Hip Hop. The genre of music held a massive 27% of the market in the USA during July 2006. The report also showed the biggest uptake of ringtones was amongst the 13-17 year old age bracket. Read more...

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Lewd And Crude Ringtones All The Rage

Farting, belching, swearing and climaxing. If you hear a strange noise coming from a phone, then the owner is one of the increasing army of Cellular owners who are turning on to crude ringtones. Offensive it seems, is the latest mobile fashion. Read more...

Monday, September 04, 2006

Mosquito Ringtones Taking The Classrooms By Storm

Designed and developed in Wales to keep pesky Chav teenagers from congregating outside the local SPAR, the Mosquito alarm was hailed as a great new invention. In the spirit of modern remix and hack technology, some inventive teenagers turned the tables on this device by appropriating the idea to use as a ringtone. The idea being teens could use their mobiles in schools and not have teachers hear them going off. The resulting ringtone is quickly taking the world by storm and becoming a massive seller - looking set to knock the Crazy Frog of his perch as the number one ringtone. Read more...