That's an awesome idea, if my phone wasn't stolen (
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Slightly off-topic, but that fucking frog has been censored on Australian TV for apparently having some kind of frog penis. The Director of the Australian Broadcasting Authority realised that Jamsters dick was bigger than his own and consequently censored the extra appendage.
More information on 'Jamster' if anyone's interested.
QUOTE quite possibly one of the worlds most annoying commercials. You've all seen and heard them. Sometimes twice in one commercial break. You know the ones that have Sir-Mix-a-Lot rapping. Pick Up The Phone, and the ever popular "Its your baby's daddy" ring tone.
I'm talking about Jamster of course. The Jamster Company, is a child of VeriSign, an industry leader in wireless content. They specialize in cellular downloads and market research. Basically this company figures out shady ways of getting your cell information. Jamster began an aggressive campaign in late December, pushing their annoying ring tones and blingin' dub screensavers to the general public. They target 16-24 year olds and what better way to do that then spamming MTV, VH1 and of course Comedy Central. They offer screen savers, ringtones, and a naughty text service.
The commercials say that a ring tone is $1.99 but you're not just getting a ring tone... when you send a text message to the Jamster company you're entering a legal binding contract with them. Depending on the download, your "contract" is a week or a month long. They charge your cell company and can continue to charge you per week if you don't specify what type of download you want.
That's not even the worst part. When you text Jamster to download your ring tone, you're sending them more information than you know. You're phone number, sites you visit from your phone, and vital account information. Because you've agreed to their privacy policy, they can then sell your information to other companies for research purposes.These research purposes then lead to telemarketers. If you think your cellular phone is safe from telemarketers, then think again. In January the cell phone directory became available to telemarketers. It has been slow going but expect a few calls from mortgage companies and prescription drugs companies within the year. You can save yourself from these minute hijackers by putting your number on the National Do Not Call List call 1-888-382-1222 or register online at www.donotcall.gov.I thought telemarketers would be the worst part, but they're not. Delving deeper into the ring tone hierarchy I've found countless other knock off companies like Ringtopia, Ringtonia, and of course Blingtonia. These sites are hungry for users and offer cheap ringers to get them. Once they get you, they use your information in a more deviant way.
Every cell phone has its own identity. Once you send them yours they can spam your phone. For those of you who don't have internet service on your phone it could cost you up $0.89 per minute just to check your text messages which is in reality just a cellular pop-up. Hackers are developing viruses to go along with these downloads.I talked with Sara Loose from the Wireless Zone in Detroit about cell pop ups and the threat of cellular viruses.
"We're on the verge of a mobile phone virus melt down, the technology is there, its just a matter of time," she said.
