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Comments on: Making the call as silly as the ring tone

PhoneBites' cellular service inserts sound clips into conversations. Ridiculous? The same was said of the multibillion-dollar ring tone market.

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Ringtones Like Rockets
by October 29, 2004 11:51 AM PDT
Ringtones are not as popular in the U.S. because the U.S. is behind when it comes to phone technology.

However, I think that ringtones will become more popular in the U.S. in the next year. I am therefore expecting the amount of revenue from sales to Sky Rocket.

PhoneBites seem to be a neat idea... Just two questions...

1. How many in a $2 package?
2. It works on only 2 phones?

http://allwaysmusic.modblog.com/
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fun, yet worthless
by David Arbogast October 29, 2004 1:50 PM PDT
Ringtones and these soundbites add absolutely no value to the product... they simply shape the experience in a minor way. Myself, I don't expect sales of either of these items to skyrocket any time soon, for any reason. And honestly, if I was talking to somebody on the telephone and they started playing GW quotes and JerkyBoys quotes in response to what I said, I'd hang up. Imagine.. you pay for the clip, and you pay for the airtime to play it to somebody who is pissed of because they have to listen to it.
ugh.
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Ringtones Like Rockets
by October 29, 2004 11:51 AM PDT
Ringtones are not as popular in the U.S. because the U.S. is behind when it comes to phone technology.

However, I think that ringtones will become more popular in the U.S. in the next year. I am therefore expecting the amount of revenue from sales to Sky Rocket.

PhoneBites seem to be a neat idea... Just two questions...

1. How many in a $2 package?
2. It works on only 2 phones?

http://allwaysmusic.modblog.com/
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fun, yet worthless
by David Arbogast October 29, 2004 1:50 PM PDT
Ringtones and these soundbites add absolutely no value to the product... they simply shape the experience in a minor way. Myself, I don't expect sales of either of these items to skyrocket any time soon, for any reason. And honestly, if I was talking to somebody on the telephone and they started playing GW quotes and JerkyBoys quotes in response to what I said, I'd hang up. Imagine.. you pay for the clip, and you pay for the airtime to play it to somebody who is pissed of because they have to listen to it.
ugh.
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One more example...
by Earl Benser November 3, 2004 7:29 AM PST
... of a hype generated product with no serious or even semi-
serious utility. But that's the way it goes. People lose themselves
in games, which are little more than electronic forms of heroin.
Bloggers write endlessly on irrelevent subjects for a universe of
non-readers. Even in computers, people get wrapped up in
contesting platforms and OS's and applications, without any
significant understanding of functional utility.

Technology seems to have sponsored terminal stupidity, tho one
might argue that that stupidity was there long before
technology.
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One more example...
by Earl Benser November 3, 2004 7:29 AM PST
... of a hype generated product with no serious or even semi-
serious utility. But that's the way it goes. People lose themselves
in games, which are little more than electronic forms of heroin.
Bloggers write endlessly on irrelevent subjects for a universe of
non-readers. Even in computers, people get wrapped up in
contesting platforms and OS's and applications, without any
significant understanding of functional utility.

Technology seems to have sponsored terminal stupidity, tho one
might argue that that stupidity was there long before
technology.
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