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Force Your Ringtones on Friends

by Tim Stevens on April 23, 2007 at 08:43 AM

Have you ever noticed which ring tones your friends have assigned to you when you call? Are they flattering ones, like Aerosmith's "Angel," or maybe something less desirable, like "Baby Got Back?"

Wouldn't it be nice if you could choose the ring tone that played when you called your friends? If Emotive Communications gets its way, you'll be able to do just that with your cell phone in the not-too distant future. The company has a product called Ringjacker that currently enables users of Skype, the free Internet-based phone system, to "push" custom ring tones to the person being called. The folks at Emotive are hoping to bring that same service to the world of cell phones through deals with a number of major players in the mobile and tech worlds, according to MobileTechNews.

Soon enough, you'll be be able to add video ring tones to the mix. Sending your own ring tone to a friend's phone is a cool idea, but think of the potential problems here. How many jokesters will choose the loudest, most irritating ring tone possible just to prank their friends? And don't get us started on the sorts of images people can expect to see flashing on their phones. This could certainly turn into one of the most interesting, but most frequently disabled, new features on cell phones in years.

From MobileTechNews

Tags: pushtones, Ring Tones, Ringjacker, RingTones

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