On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:01:27 +0100
"Mayall, Steve" <Steve.Mayall@informa.com> wrote:
> has the market become so saturated that the value of ringtones is now
> diluted?
<upshields type="japanese language lawyers">
Right now the latest thing in Japan is "chaku-uta." (Ringtones are
called "chaku-mero" from "chakushin" (arrival signal?) plus "mero" melody.
So "chaku-uta" are ring tones that play a song ("uta") usually a clip
from a well known band. Once this is popular I think most people will
dump their tinny melodies for the real thing.
</upshields>
However on Au phones, at least, it is possible with a bit of
jiggery-pokery to make your own mmf file from a wav file and mail to
yourself so you can then have any sound you like as ring tone, though
doing so with copyrighted material would cause you burn in the fires of
hell for all eternity. :-).
Received on Fri Jul 25 05:18:41 2003