As I mentioned before on this blog, I do not like it very much when people use personalized “ringtones”. This means that you are forced to listen to the favourite song of the person you are calling, instead of the traditional beeps. More and more people are using this service, because China Mobile is actively pushing the product.
But things seem to be getting worse according to Pacific Epoch. According to them, a Chinese WAP site recently launched a service that allows users to select a tone or song that will play in the background of their mobile phone conversations. This means that when you call this person, both the subscriber to the service and the person they are talking to will hear the song… I have not experienced this yet, but I can only imagine that it is extremely annoying to have a song playing when you are trying to have a serious conversation. It may become popular among high school students, but I hope that the general population will stay away from it. Does such a service exist outside China already?