Monday, February 9, 2009

Cell Phone Rings Annoy

I read an article on regarding cell phone usage (cnn) that piqued my interest as it was in regard to cell phone rings, an all so common topic in today's modern society. In the beginning of the article there is controversy on whether or not ringtones are appropriate depending on the location-- one woman in Virginia had "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" as her ringtone and it went off at her wedding rehearsal dinner, causing upheaval and mistrust among the groom and his family. The article also discusses how the older generations (that don't necessarily understand how to customize ringtones or retrieve them) are allowing their younger counterparts to customize and set their phones to ringtones of their choice. When the phone goes off, a message is sent (regarding the political and message of the song choice) to the outside world that the older member of society who has an unequal view of technology might not have chosen, might not approve of, and might not know how to remove. Lasty, the article talks about the million dollar industry that is being created  as people are intrigued by this "new" feature and constantly purchase. People that can not spend money on rent, per se, are therefore buying  on average, about 10 ringtones, at about $2.99 a piece. It add's up. Money is being wasted on a fleeting trend that people may not know how to use, may not know is hurtful to their image and may not be able to remove.
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  1. Mason FriebelFebruary 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM

    There is a definite amount of money being spent wastefully in the US, and pointless things like cell ringers are one of them. Another point you should make is that uninformed people are more likely to get sucked into the ringer scam monthly plans that are advertised on television. As far as a method to how this can be prevented? Im not too sure. Maybe welfare agencies can contact poverty households and inform them of the financial schemes out there. It is true that some people cant control themselves when it comes to spending

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  2. PaigeFebruary 17, 2009 at 5:30 PM

    It surprises me how much ringtones can affect people's images, but it is so true. It may give a false impression of someone, or give off a very bad first impression. And the money aspect surprises me also, it seems like with our economy being in the shape it is in people would be trying to save every last penny. I think to find out more information about this topic, the researchers should use an interview/ survey method to find out how many people buy ringtones, how many they buy, and how they afford it with the economy in such a crunch.

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  3. Axel HFebruary 17, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    Ha yea. I like the "free" downloads on the internet scam. Usually i tend to keep my phone on vibrate just because ill feel it in a loud area. But i went back home to Milwaukee and its funny how phone stores are becoming like liquor, drug, and fast food joints in the inner city. Its ridiculous how many phone places are there. One particular company which is cricket wireless has probably 30 stores or places they sell in milwaukee and they just sent up the network in November. It seems like people take advantage of peoples ignorance to technology and kind of con them into buying things. Like cell phones or all the deals online.

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