Catch the Buzz with Mozzy Tones - the Ringtone That Only the Kids Are Meant to Hear!BIRMINGHAM, England -- A ringtone The audible sound made by a telephone to announce that a call is coming in. The traditional ringtone was in the 440-480 Hz range, but as cellphone usage grew, it became obvious that ringtone differentiation would become important. that sounds like a buzzing mosquito is sweeping the nation - and only kids are meant to be able to hear it! The official Mosquito Ringtone(TM), 'Mozzy Tones', gives youngsters the chance to outsmart out·smart tr.v. out·smart·ed, out·smart·ing, out·smarts To gain the advantage over by cunning; outwit. outsmart Verb Informal same as outwit Verb 1. parents and teachers at home or school. Many adults won't be able to hear the 17-kilohertz 'teen buzz' because of age-related hearing loss. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, this condition begins after the age of 20, first affecting the highest hearing frequencies (18 to 20 kilohertz One thousand cycles per second. See Hertz. ), although most common in persons over 65. 'Mozzy Tones' is being distributed globally by Opera Telecom, in conjunction with Melodi Ltd. Gary Corbett, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Opera Telecom, says, "Kids will love 'Mozzy Tones' because only they are meant to hear it. Some adults will literally have to put the phone right up to their ear in order to make out the sound of a mosquito, and if they stand a few feet away they won't be able to hear anything at all." Iain Kerr, Director of Melodi Ltd says, "Kids will also be able to text each other silently, with the notification of an arriving message being effectively hidden from any adults, but very obvious to the recipient." The company behind the mosquito sound is UK-based Compound Security. Simon Morris, Marketing Director for Compound Security, says, "The high-frequency buzzer device that we originally developed was actually designed to irritate youngsters and deter them from hanging around outside shops. However, someone managed to reinvent the mosquito noise A distortion that appears near crisp edges of objects in MPEG and other video frames that are compressed with the discrete cosine transform (DCT). It occurs at decompression when the decoding engine has to approximate the discarded data by inverting the transform model. as a ringtone and it has proven to be extremely popular - you've got to give the kids credit for ingenuity!" For more information on 'Mozzy Tones', the official Mosquito Ringtone(TM), visit www.mozzytones.com |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion