Vringo, the next-generation ringtone pioneer,
today released the first social caller ID and video ringtone application for
Google Android phones, Vringo for Android: Beta.
Available as a free beta at http://android.vringo.com, the Vringo application
redefines the traditional caller ID experience letting users find, create and
continue to share full screen video ringtones with their friends. As with other
Vringo applications, Vringo for Android: Beta, turns every phone call into a
unique, highly visual experience, where users can make their own video ringtones
with the touch of a button, either by using their phone's camera to develop on
the fly creations or by uploading any video stored in their phone's memory.
Additionally, Android users can browse, in-app, a catalog of thousands of free
and premium video ringtones from Vringo's collection, including premium content
from Marvel Entertainment, Cartoon Network, Mobstar, Adult Swim and more.
Vringo brings video caller ID to Android users by utilizing VringForward(TM),
Vringo's 'inverted ringback' technology. Coupled with Vringo's
'create-your-own-ringtone' feature, users can pre-record various status or mood
updates and quickly send them to their friends without talking to them. This
feature lets Vringo for Android: Beta users share videos not only with other
Android device users, but also those with BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Mobile
and J2ME devices.
"In this era of net-connected, application-centric,
'able-to-do-a-million-and-one-things' mobile devices, it's easy to overlook the
most basic aspect of phone usage: making a call," said Vringo CEO Jon Medved.
"We've been obsessed with making this fundamental aspect of the phone experience
as dynamic and personal as any other, which you'll notice immediately when you
fire up Vringo's new Android application."
Vringo for Android: Beta is available for free at http://android.vringo.com.
During this beta stage, feedback and product suggestions are welcomed via e-mail
at feedback@vringo.com or Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/therealvringo.
About Vringo
Founded in 2006, Vringo is bringing about the evolution of ringtones. With its
award-winning video ringtone application and Web platform, Vringo revolutionizes
the traditional call signature, transforming the basic act of making and
receiving mobile phone calls into a highly visual, social experience.
By installing Vringo's application, which is compatible with more than 300
handsets, users can create or take video, images and slideshows from virtually
anywhere, including Vringo's library of 5,000-and-counting video ringtone clips
or the Web, and make it into their personal call signature. In a first for the
mobile industry, Vringo has introduced VringForward(TM), a technology that lets
its users select which video ringtone their friends will see when they call.
Vringo's WAP and Web solutions complement this technology by enabling a rich
mobile video experience for nearly any handset with video capability.
Vringo is backed by Warburg Pincus and by private investors. The company has
been heralded by The New York Times as "the next big thing in ringtones" and by
USA Today as having "to be seen to be believed." To witness the next generation
of ringtones and see a list of supported handsets, please visit
http://www.vringo.com.