Cell Phone Company Provides Creative Outlet

Posted by Mark on October 26, 2007

A very cool new opportunity for cell phone users is out there; well it is available at this time for only users of Virgin Mobile. Two of the more popular accessories for cell phones are ringtones (the music you can set to play when someone calls your phone) and wallpaper (the displayed image on the cell phone’s screen behind the text). But, what about those people that want to express a little more of their creativity and not follow the herd with the latest ringtone or wallpaper.

Virgin Mobile is offering the opportunity for people to create their own ringtones and wallpaper, and then use them on their own phones. Someone could call a cell phone user and instead of a ring or a generic ringtone, that user’s own musical composition would play. Additionally, a cell phone user could use a digital version of their own piece of artwork as their wallpaper – it’s hard for a cell phone to be more personalized than that.

Those features alone make this new technology service outstanding, but there is more. Virgin Mobile is also making it possible for the creator of these ringtones and wallpapers to share them with other users. Other users could download a ringtone or wallpaper for them to use, and in exchange the creator would receive ten cents credited to their account. A prolific creator might be able to have their entire cell phone bill paid for by others downloading and using their creative output. This program should appeal greatly to anyone involved in mobile website design or wap site design.

The more technology develops, especially in the wireless network and wireless device arena, the more we are going to see offers like these. The future is wireless – and the creative people will be leading the way.