According to some industry analysts, the business in mobile phone ringtones in future would not be as profitable as was previously estimated. Mobile network operators offering true ringtones, real ringtones, mp3 ringtones, polyphonic ringtones and monophonic ringtones cannot be totally assured of enhanced revenues from the sale of these different categories of mobile content.
The mobile telecommunications marketplace has witnessed several trends in the past few years. Several online providers of mobile content have come up, to cater to the evolving needs of mobile phone users from diverse parts of the world. The market for downloadable mobile content has become highly competitive.
The tastes of mobile phone users have also been changing. It has been observed that more and more teenagers and young people want to listen to music on their handsets, and they are bored with even the latest downloadable mobile ringtones. This factor has contributed in reducing the economic viability of the business of ringtones. We can say that the perception of novelty of real ringtones, true ringtones and mp3 ringtones is on the decline.
Unscrupulous activities have also played their part in reducing the credibility of the process of downloading of ringtones. As a matter of fact, several users have been cheated of large sums of money, on signing subscription agreements offered by certain online providers of mobile content. Many mobile phone users have been disillusioned with the entire system of downloading ringtones, which in turn has adversely affected the business in the same. All the above mentioned factors have worked together and restrained the booming business in different types of mobile phone ringtones.


Cell Phone Celebrities: Stars on your cell phone
Maybe you like how they look and the clothes they wear, admire their talent or the role they currently play on the TV, or simply like having their faces on your cellular phone screen. Maybe you took pictures of when you met them, and you intend to prove to everyone you know that you did meet them. Whatever the reason, celebrities continue to occupy the mobile phones of many subscribers.
A camera phone makes a convenience out of taking photos of friends and odd sceneries, and practicing basic photography skills. Doing so will provide a whole range of options for changing wallpapers and screensavers on your phone. On the other hand, for the eager entertainment fan, a mobile phone equipped with a good digital camera proves useful, particularly in documenting his or her celebrity encounters. After all, what better way to tell your story than with a visual aid?
However, not all celebrity fanatics have the time, energy, or interest in becoming the paparazzi. Thanks to the innovations developed by mobile telecommunications providers, your pictures are just one of the ways through which celebrities can occupy your cellular phone. Some service providers also offer voice tones of your favorite celebrities, as well as ring tone versions of songs of your favorite musical act. Other similar products are cell phone wallpaper versions of movie posters, photos of the celebrities taken on the red carpet, awards night pictures, and sometimes even prison mug shots of celebrities who were previously arrested.
Aside from the pleasure of having the latest photos and images downloaded right to your cell phone, the primary use of these features, if nothing else, is to provide you with choices to fiddle with to pass the time. For instance, your cell phone can look like Angelina Jolie one day, and Ewan McGregor the next. You can also switch songs for ring tones to match your mood, or change movie themed wallpapers according to what's showing in the theaters. Sometimes you may even want to swap your photos with those of another celebrity fanatic through Blue Tooth. If a day comes, however, when you suddenly feel like trading your cell phone celebrities for cartoon like images, feel no despair. It is, after all, just a download away.
Other wallpaper options for your phone are pictures of scenic spots, such as the beach at sunset, the city skyline, and snow-covered mountains; cute photos of babies, pets, dolls and little trinkets; graphic illustrations of your favorite characters; farm animals; holiday themes, such as Christmas and Halloween; cartoons in 3D and manga; tattoo designs and calligraphy; country flags, jets and cars. Meanwhile, other ring tone options include advertising sound clips, video game sound bytes, as well as excerpts from musicals, movie and television themes, and even the national anthems of different countries.
You need not be among the stars to be able to have photos of your favorite celebrities. Visit www.ringtones.lt to download pictures of your favorite celebrities as wallpapers and screensavers, as well as ring tones, logos and games.

Ringtones.lt is a site specialising in the different genres of mobile ringtones, and Nokia wallpapers including celebrity wallpapers.


The Changing Face of Email
I remember as a kid growing up with the black and white TV set and being absolutely delighted when color came on the scene.
Wow how things have accelerated. The mobile phone is no longer a "brick" and a computer sits on the palm of your hand with more number crunching power than what had filled a room a couple of decades ago.
Anyone remember the Commodore 64?
Back then the internet was unheard of and email? What was that?
(I can remember feeling a huge sense of achievement when I sent my first text email).
Now email is as common as a newspaper and even newspapers can be read online and internet communication has itself begun to change.
So what is the future of internet communications?
With faster computers and internet connections transforming from dialup to broadband Streaming
Video is the next online revolution we can expect this decade.
Emails sent as videos instead of text will become commonplace in the next few years.
A brief definition...
Streaming video is a set of "moving images" much like standard video (Remember the old VCRs?) that are converted to a digital signal and sent in a compressed form over the Internet.
Unlike a file that needs to be downloaded first, pictures are seen by the viewer as they arrive. (Streaming media by the way, is simply video streamed with sound).
The user needs a player, which is a program that uncompresses and sends video data to the computer screen and audio to speakers. A player can be either an integral part of a browser or downloaded from a website although one company has turned the tables on this issue by producing a codec (the program that compresses and converts the media) that makes the video readable by different players so they can be viewed by any device, computers, handhelds and even cellphones.
Streaming video is usually sent from a server containing the pre-recorded video files that will be shown, but can also be distributed as part of a live broadcast.
In this situation,the video is recorded via a webcam or video camera and immediately converted into a compressed digital signal and transmitted from Web server that then sends this signal out to several viewers at the same time.(Kind of like conference calls with a phone and multiple phone lines - (but as video to multiple computers) which is probably an oversimplified description but the concept is similar).
So It looks like "black and white" text email is going color...
Working examples of streaming video can be found at http://www.hellovideos.com/communicate