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Sony offers 1000 Ringtones for the iPhone
Music, sound effects and spoken word files on a DVD 5 November 2009 10:19 GMT
Sony Creative Software has announced the launch of "1000 Ringtones", a DVD containing ringtones designed for the Apple iPhone.

As well as music, the ringtones include sound effects and spoken words and users can select tones for incoming calls, emails and...
Pay what you want ringtones offered
RCP Tones launches electronic collection from $0.00 26 January 2009 17:28 GMT
Taking a leaf out of Radiohead's book, RCP Tones' latest mobile phone ringtone album is being offered on a "pay what you want" basis.

The "Electronic Ringtones Volume 1", a collection of 45 tones recorded on recorded vintage synthesizers, is said to be designed...
MSN Music offers mobile downloads
Full tracks for £1.50 21 January 2009 10:01 GMT
Microsoft has launched a new music download service on its MSN Mobile portal for UK consumers.

The site offers downloads of full tracks, "Realtones" and music videos from thousands of major artists as well as up and coming stars for consumers with internet-enabled...
Telefonica does music downloads deal with IODA
iPhone operator to offer indy tunes 27 June 2008 12:15 GMT
Telefonica and IODA have announced a worldwide partnership that will make IODA's catalog of independent music available to its users in 24 countries.

Telefonica, parent company of O2, and an official Apple operator partner for the iPhone, will make IODA's more...
O2 to offer exclusive Indiana Jones mobile content
With extra goodies for Samsung owners 8 May 2008 12:01 GMT
As Indiana Jones takes to the big screen for a new adventure on 22 May, O2 has partnered with Samsung to offer its customers exclusive access to mobile content from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".

All O2 fans of the Indy films can enjoy...
Phone industry investigated over download prices
£350m-a-year biz put under scrutiny 1 May 2008 19:54 GMT
Rising complaints have prompted an investigation into the money being charged for premium-rate services for mobile phone users.

The prices for ringtones, downloads and games provided by the £350m-a-year premium-rate industry will now be scrutinised by the watchdog...
Jamster's got exclusive Simpsons gubbins for your mobile phone
Woo-hoo! 18 July 2007 10:31 GMT
Mobile phone subscription service Jamster is getting some exclusive Simpsons content in the UK, no doubt to celebrate the release of The Simpsons Movie at the end of July.

Simpsons fans can get voicetones of Homer's classic phrases such as "Woo-hoo!" or ringtones...
Chinese mobile capable of 120 decibel ringtones
Reaches recognised "threshold of pain" for sound levels 9 July 2007 9:37 GMT
The QKphone 911, manufactured in China, is capable of playing music and ringtones at an ear-splitting 120 decibels.

This level of sound, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, is recognised as the threshold of pain.

It manages this incredible...
Singtones creates a ringtone from your voice
Sort of like mobile karaoke 8 November 2006 15:11 GMT
If you thought the Crazy Frog ringtone was annoying, just wait until Singtones catches on.

The new website lets people record themselves singing into their phone in time to a backing track sent by Singtones. The software then synchs the voice to the track,...
Over the air music downloads to increase in the next five years
Widespread 3G network and music handsets to account for growth in popularity 2 August 2006 18:10 GMT
Mobile music revenue is to shift away from ringtones and be generated more by over the air music downloads, according to analysts.

The latest report from Jupiter Research shows that annual mobile music revenues will reach $14 billion world-wide by 2011, and that...
Mozzy Tones alert kids to their mobile without adults hearing it
The high-pitched sound was originally developed as a deterrent against young troublemakers 15 June 2006 15:12 GMT
Earlier this year, Swindon installed devices that emit a high-pitched ultra sonic tone that only young people under the age of about 20 around problem areas of the town to deter anti-social behaviour.

It was hailed as a great success, except that teenagers turned...
Skype launch ringtone service
Get playback tunes for your VoIP phone 26 April 2006 10:08 GMT
Skype is to start selling Ringtones from bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Madonna, the company announced today.

In a move away from its core business, the Internet telephony company owned by eBay announced that it has signed licensing agreements for world-wide...
Polyphonic ring tone album - what ever next?
29 April 2004 21:30 GMT
One of the more wacker albums you might buy on the web comes from a German band, Super Smart, who have decided that rather than release its latest album on vinyl or CD it is going to cut out the middle man and release it straight to its fans in the medium of polyphonic ringtones....