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- Kalibr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+70I hope you can turn it off on the receiving phone. Otherwise I don't like this.
- FloppyLlamaDigg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+68"Baby Got Back"? I was thinking more along the lines of "HEY EVERYBODY I LIKE GAY PORN"
- LogicBomB, on 10/12/2007, -5/+72I ***** HATE ringtones. I don't see why ANYONE wants to hear bad songs being played by bad speakers. Half the time you can't even make out the song. My current ring is a normal "ring ring" and 99% of the time it's on vibrate anyway.
If I *EVER* get a call that pushes a tone on my phone, I won't pick up. Ever. And I suggest you do the same. Even if it's my closest friend I'll simply say "I don't appreciate it, and I won't answer it, so stop using it". - mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+63Yes, for a fee of just $2.99/month they will sell you the new Push Tone Rejection Service (local and state taxes and other fees may apply).
- selrahc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35"Is that your phone ringing?"
"Nope, that's not my ringtone" *shrug* - fkr3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27I can see me answering my phone with "How about you call me back when you're not a stupid *****" more often.
- mookiemookie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26I will block calls from any of my "friends" who sign up for this piece of ***** service.
- Madhatter73, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Great, next step is the telemarketers ringing with "Please Buy SpamCo Viagra" to music...
They better offer a way to exorcise your phone of this evil if it ever does get off the ground. - RedHerringHack, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Won't happen. Think of the bandwidth increase which costs money. This will be optional, and will cost. And I won't be using it. Think of the intrusiveness of this. Imagine: you are in the middle of a meeting and "Baby Got Back" starts playing from your phone. Nope. Don't like it.
- robbh66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Where's the "block-your-ass-for-pulling-that-*****-on-MY-phone" service?
- Shroomie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16What the ***** ever happened to phones just ringing? Do you really need to blast a ***** quality snippit of some song every time you phone rings?
- catalysis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I'm sure you will need a phone that is compatible with the service and there will certainly be an option to turn it on and off. It's just for myspace kids.
- RedHerringHack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Phones ringers should sound like phone ringers.
- McTendo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13so it's a bananaphone?
- robdiggity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Don't panic. First of all, the article references Skype (and other soft-phones)... hardphones realistically are at least one generation away from allowing this type of service en mass. The phone you have on your belt right now is not going to do this.
Expect this NOT to gain traction (in the US at least). Focus groups generally bury this concept as a non-starter right out of the gate, and subscriber equipment manufacturers are not keen about licensing the tech for incorporation into their new models for a service that has such low appeal. But beyond that, there is a potentially serious conflict in the form of regulatory concerns that essentially stymies services of this type. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14The world is not ready for the amount of humor that would come out of this. It's like the episode of South Park where Cartman met the family with butts for faces and couldn't find anything else funny from that point on.
- PARAPA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9All I can say is why?
Why would anybody EVER want to do this.
If I wanted a ***** ringtone, I'd have it
Idiots - dancerobots, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9instead of ringing my phone SAYS "ring ring ring"
- fatdog789, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Likely to get blocked by most cell companies for a few big reasons:
1) People like to customize ringtones so they know who is calling them.
2) People like to customize ringtones so they don't get the offensive tones while they're at work (or school).
3) People like to customize the ringtones OTHERS hear when they're calling AND phone companies make a chunk of money off of this.
AND the big one:
4) This service is ripe for abuse; call someone and push an offensive ringtone on them.
The first time that happens to a professional (business, law, etc), this forced-ringtone service will get blocked by the phone company. Businesses provide the most important and most stable portion of every phone company's clientèle. - Blarbo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It's a phone with appeal!
- Novagenesis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6you don't have to, someone else can... The point is that the solution will work from a -sending- phone...cell companies get paid to put it on YOUR phone's firmware..
wait... I'm saying wireless companies would get paid by someone -else- to give YOU this service? Yup...
Howabout this for a ringtone:
"Hi, this is WalMart offering you a 10% discount on your next purchase. Pick up the phone!"
dialed to you every day until you pick up... - 1310nm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. I do NOT want to get phone calls from people who just so happen to enjoy "50 Cent's" lyrical stylings and have to hear that crap.
- Tygell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It grows in bunches!
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badgerphone.php - willi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The thing about this is that it can be commercials in disguise as ringtones. That would like commercials be played on demand. that would be annoying!
- Ender2007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah, besides the annoying aspect of no longer being able to recognize your own ringtone, what will this do to your text message / data transfer quota? I will forever be keeping my phone on silent in order to keep my friends from being able to screw with my using this service.
- betterth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I'll do my part to ruin this company.
I'll record on my computer a bunch of profane, racist and sexually oriented words, boost the volume to the designated maximum, then push this to people. We'll see how long this lasts. - mt066, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If I was a communications engineer I would use my powers for good, instead of evil as these people have clearly done.
- carltonsmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I would never buy this.
- fkr3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Should have known better than to ring a friend ...
- androidqueen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Oh thank god. A reason for everyone in the world to remember to put their phones on vibrate!
- Pottersquash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Companies will just use it to push thier jingles on you. Imagine at lunch time here "Ba Da Ba Ba Ba" Sure, you didnt pick up the crazy #, but McDonalds just got thier jingle across to you at time you might be considering where to get food.
- strabes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@badbox: It takes an equal amount of keystrokes to type "at" as it does "@." I can't believe I just explained that.
- Travisty2012, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4It's bad enough when a common ring tone causes several people to all check their phone at once. Now people will be ignoring their own phone and letting it ring away because they don't recognize the sound...which means you have to listen to the crappy ring tone even longer.
- deepstar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm waiting for a ring tone that will allow me to push a TASER SHOCK back to telemarketers. ZAPPPPPPPP!
- MadOgre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Strange ringing from my phone?
"Hello? Where you at?"
Then I'm going to go there and kick their ass and stomp their cell phone into itty bitty bits. Cellular spam/pop up equivilant. I don't like it. Only a serious ***** would do this. - liquidcola, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Uh, what if your push ringtone is a copyrighted song? Will the RIAA be all up on your ass? Of course they will.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wow... it annoys me enough when I call a friend and they have the service that makes you listen to some stupid song of their choosing while you wait for them to pick up the phone. And now they want to make MY phone ring with their horrible music? STOP FORCING ME TO LISTEN TO YOUR HORRIBLE MUSIC. Good grief.
- bjornski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The amount of 2-3 second audio clip advertisement is going to go thru the roof.
"Enjoy a whopper!"
"Built Ford tough!"
Little ***** like that is going to be exploding from peoples phones. It will cause me to cancel any service that allows it. - Spr0k3t, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Follow the sound of my voice and kill who ever is holding this phone." Foamy
- dfiguero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Now telemarketers can record an ad-ringtone and force it down your phone! Thank you!
- gab00n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Bad idea.
- KineticShampoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Thank god I don't live in a first world country!
*sips papaya juice from coconut* - Shuk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Ugh, I can just see this. I'm sitting in class when my phone suddenly starts blaring "My humps". "Guys... its not my ringtone... seriously... why are you all staring... I'm telling the truth! Please!"
- dunstdunst, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://pushtone.org
- flooker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1video ringtones are on the way: "Until now, you chose a ring tone for yourself - for instance The Rolling Stones, and that describes something about you to those around you when your phone rings. But otherwise it doesn't tell any story about yourself. In enabling people to share video clips - a snippet of comedy show or a joke, or to their own 10-second video message with their cell phone camera saying something like "Get up!" or "Why are you avoiding me?" - then it becomes something that you're not creating for yourself, but for your friends."
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1550&enSearchQueryID=8&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Technology& - wurtis16, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I can't wait till my cell phone starts yelling at me to buy a buncha crap I don't need (after telemarketers get ahold of this).
- goldpress, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This service will be great for helping you with friend matching like the online sites. I have to say I'll be opting out of certain friends the first time this crap plays over my phone.
- betterth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@Strabes
Many people online use certain symbols and what not because it is humorous. While we may be perfectly capable of college level grammar and spelling, we constantly degrade what we say for humor.
When I'm chatting on IM and what not, I frequently will say "lawl @ " or "Lulz @ ". It corresponds with an online fad or online joke. - spindrift, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6This'll take off. Just make sure it's only enabled for platforms like Helio, Sidekicks, and the iPhone -- then you'll be assured that the target audience won't actually be in any kind of professional office environment.
- 3amfriday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Anyone seen the Japanese horror movie One Missed Call? Peoples cell phones ring with a strange surreal ringtone, they miss the call from an unknown person, then they die horrible disfiguring deaths. Scared some of my friends *****. Whatever this service costs I'll be paying for it and putting it to good use.
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