Sony offers 1,000 ringtones for iPhone for 20 bucks. Pass.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, iPhone
Let’s file this under ‘really bad ideas done poorly.’ Sony would like to sell you 1,000 ringtones, sound effects, and comedy voices on a data DVD that’s just oh so ready to import into iTunes. Sony doesn’t seem to offer a comparable product for other cellphones, like maybe the Sony Ericsson brand, so I can only conclude this is a plot by Sony to make iPhone owners look dumb when a call comes in.
I listened to some of the samples on the Sony website, and the DVD seems to be a collection of bad and unmemorable production music, obnoxious sound effects, and jokey voices saying things like “Dude — everybody keep your voice down, I think it’s my Dad calling.”
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