Will MP3 Ringtones Take Over All Other Ringtone Formats?
Will MP3 take over as most supported ringtone format from cellphone manufacturers?Global ring-tone sales are estimated to approach the $3 billion mark. In the US, market figures for 2005 range from $146 million to $300 million in annual sales. Some analysts predict growth upward of $900 million by 2008. [according to
MercuryNews]. With legal music downloads steadily
increasing, it seems inevitable that there is synergy between the two markets.
It is said that full song downloads to mobile phones are also on the increase and with the rise of higher bandwith services as 3G and 4G, the Eastern markets are already enjoying the benefits.MP3 has been a controversial part of the Internet's history. It's been so controversial that it has actually rooted the file format into the computer industry (because there's no such thing as...). With so many MP3 players being sold annually it will probably be a good few years before another file format dethrones it. The marriage between cellular phones and mp3 players have long ago taken place. Most phones had problems with memory not being large enough to handle full songs, but there are already phones that take flash cards of up to 1 Gigabyte of data so that bridge has been crossed quite a while ago.This brings me to one of the oldest conspiracy theories which I'll discuss as a comparison.
I am sure that cars would have been able to run off any type of waste (or old cooking oil for what it's worth) long ago if it was not for the monopolies of the large oil cartels in the world. It's not a direct comparison, I know, but what may you ask have oil cartels have to do with MP3 playing cell phones? Well, for one, gas (or petroleum as some call it) is a 'proprietory fuel' which can be controlled in a way, by oil suppliers as it's made from oil. Just like that, in the ringtone industry, there are proprietory formats of ringtones which many manufacturers rely on to make extra profits, as well as whole industries of ringtone suppliers.Surely it would be easier if all cell phones could just play MP3? Yes, but with the large availability of MP3, it might be a risk on the music industry's behalf for loss of profit on the one side, and then loss of profits on the manufacturers. It's a catch twenty two situation with the users losing out in the end! Some cellphone manufacturers do support though and I've got an idea it is in order to capture market share in the mp3 player industry. That's a good move.To the question whether MP3 will take over as fully supported ringtone format my answer is, quite possibly.
I do think there is value in supporting MP3 (and MP4 which includes video for future) and hope that we'll see more of it soon..
MtraX runs the Free Ringtone Download Blog at http://mtrax.tblog.com, which has regularly updated links to sites with free ringtones. The blog also points out sites that claim to be free, yet actually charge the users as well as providing ringtone related news.Bling Your Ring - Phone Couture Creates Sparkling Conversation
A Rose Pink Swarovski rhinestone covered mobile phone is now a girl's best friend as hot fashion and cool technology create a love child.Less than a month after US hip hop star and occasional actor Sean ?P Diddy' Combs announced that he was going into customised mobile phone design, English company Krystali can reveal that a Rose Pink Swarovski rhinestone covered mobile phone is now a girl's best friend. Their range of mobile phone customising kits allow the fashionable to ?bling their ring' with Swarovski rhinestones at a fraction of the designer price."Rose Pink for the girls and Iced Diamond for the boys. Our most popular colours" said Philip Parrott of thephilipgallery.co.uk who developed and sell the Krystali kits. "Mobile phones have traditionally been judged for what they have on the inside. Now they are increasingly viewed for how they look on the outside" he added.
The fashionable see their phones as extensions of their identity like watches or cars. "The mobile phone...
Bling Your Ring - Phone Couture Creates Sparkling Conversation
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Silansys joins Texas Instruments OMAP? Developer Network to Provide Advanced Polyphonic Sound Synthesis
Silansys Technologies Ltd (www.silansys.com), a leading developer of embedded multimedia firmware and silicon for mobile devices, today announced that it has become a member of Texas Instruments Incorporated's (TI's) OMAP? Developer Network, joining a group of leading applications developers driving the next generation of multimedia applications for wireless devices.The highly innovative Silansys MoMedia audio solution performs high quality, high polyphony sound synthesis, especially targeted at low-to-mid ranged phones.
The extremely low MIPS, low memory architecture now enables high polyphony sound synthesis through software for low-cost platforms with baseband processors and delivers ultra-low power in handsets with high performance applications processors.
Utilizing TI's industry-proven multi-core OMAP architecture, MoMedia gains an additional dimension of performance optimization, enabling an extremely...
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Designer Ringtones Boutique The New Radical Chic
New York, NY (ContentDesk) April 12, 2006 -- The artist known as Noqontrol opens an online ringtone boutique powered by Xingtone. The small collection is just the beginning of his expansion into mobile content media. It allows him to publish ringtones which are often deemed, by entertainment industry standards, to be unsuitable for the general public. There are plans to expand the store as soon as Xingtone upgrades its site. You can find it online at http://www.noqontrol-ringtones-wallpapers.com/ Being an artist involved with mobile media is to be everywhere and nowhere in the same time.
The ringtone format is the shortest musical form ever, not unlike the Japanese form of haiku. The ringtone is not only a messenger but a personal statement. The beauty of it is in its simplicity and its pragmatic poetry says Noqontrol, a self styled maven of everything chic from ringtones and wallpapers to new media...
Designer Ringtones Boutique The New Radical Chic
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Designer Ringtones Boutique The New Radical Chic
New York, NY (ContentDesk) April 12, 2006 -- The artist known as Noqontrol opens an online ringtone boutique powered by Xingtone. The small collection is just the beginning of his expansion into mobile content media. It allows him to publish ringtones which are often deemed, by entertainment industry standards, to be unsuitable for the general public. There are plans to expand the store as soon as Xingtone upgrades its site. You can find it online at http://www.noqontrol-ringtones-wallpapers.com/ Being an artist involved with mobile media is to be everywhere and nowhere in the same time.
The ringtone format is the shortest musical form ever, not unlike the Japanese form of haiku. The ringtone is not only a messenger but a personal statement. The beauty of it is in its simplicity and its pragmatic poetry says Noqontrol, a self styled maven of everything chic from ringtones and wallpapers to new media...
Designer Ringtones Boutique The New Radical Chic
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Is it REALLY Safe Getting Free MP3 Downloads Using File Sharing Networks?
Many people use P2P file sharing networks to get free MP3 downloads - and variety of other free file downloads including; movies, games, ringtones, videos, tv shows and software files.
However, the truth is that in using a free P2P file sharing network, you could be putting your computer and online privacy at risk. And if that's not bad enough, using a free MP3 downloads file sharing program could also get you in serious trouble with the RIAA and the MPAA.
It's no secret that the RIAA has been actively seeking out music file sharers online who illegally download or share copy-righted music online. And recently, the MPAA has started their own campaign to sue file sharers that are downloading and sharing movies illegally as well.
Furthermore, besides possible RIAA MPAA copy-right infringement lawsuit risks, there's more to be concerned about. In using file sharing networks to get free MP3 downloads, there are a variety of hidden dangers you...
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ZaptoPhone Opens the Web to Cell Phones
Boston MA, (ContentDesk)
September 28, 2004 -- Unwired Appeal announced the launch of ZaptoPhone, a mobile entertainment service designed to easily enable websites to offer their photos, graphics, sounds, and music files to cell phone users. Websites can begin using the service by simply following the instructions on www.zaptophone.com. "We were kicking around some ideas on how to help new independent bands promote their music as ringtones,"
recalled Stephen Nye, director of business development at Unwired Appeal, "when it quickly became apparent that managing such a diversity of files from a large number of bands just wasn't realistic. So we came up with the idea of simply letting the individual websites host and manage their own content and we developed Zaptags that are inserted in their web pages to identify their files and make them accessible to cell phones."
The ZaptoPhone service now...
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Is it REALLY Safe Getting Free MP3 Downloads Using File Sharing Networks?
Many people use P2P file sharing networks to get free MP3 downloads - and variety of other free file downloads including; movies, games, ringtones, videos, tv shows and software files.
However, the truth is that in using a free P2P file sharing network, you could be putting your computer and online privacy at risk. And if that's not bad enough, using a free MP3 downloads file sharing program could also get you in serious trouble with the RIAA and the MPAA.
It's no secret that the RIAA has been actively seeking out music file sharers online who illegally download or share copy-righted music online. And recently, the MPAA has started their own campaign to sue file sharers that are downloading and sharing movies illegally as well.
Furthermore, besides possible RIAA MPAA copy-right infringement lawsuit risks, there's more to be concerned about. In using file sharing networks to get free MP3 downloads, there are a variety of hidden dangers you...
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