Electric Pocket Updates Ringo, Ringtone Manager for Treo Smartphones, and Announces New "Vocal" Caller ID
Electric Pocket's Ringo application, the best selling ringtone manager for palmOne's Treo-brand smartphones, has been updated with new features that allow users to more quickly identify incoming callers and customize their user experience with high-resolution icons that leverage the vibrant screens of Treo 650 smartphones.
Wye Valley, UK (PRWEB via MobilityNewswire) March 22, 2005 -- Electric
Pocket’s Ringo application, the best selling ringtone manager for palmOne's
Treo-brand smartphones, has been updated with new features that allow users to
more quickly identify incoming callers and customize their user experience with
high-resolution icons that leverage the vibrant screens of Treo 650 smartphones.
Further, the company announces EPSpeak, an add-on to Ringo that identifies
incoming callers with a voice that verbally announces the caller’s
name.
Since its inception, Ringo has enabled users to associate a picture
or assign a ringtone to a caller or group of callers within the smartphone's
Address Book. In response to requests from Ringo users, the newest version of
Ringo allows users to add pictures for all incoming callers (regardless of
whether or not the caller is listed in the Address Book).
Another new
feature of Ringo permits its "Friends" function to use multiple phone numbers
for each contact. Since most contacts in an Address Book have multiple phone
numbers (work, home and mobile), this new feature makes it quicker to assign
ringtones and pictures to a caller by not having to repeat the process for each
phone number.
For those who want to be the "coolest" Treo user on the
block, Electric Pocket’s new vocal caller ID is an essential Ringo add-on. For
only US$9.95, Ringo users can identify incoming calls with a voice announcing
the name of the caller, coupled with a personalized ringtone and on-screen
graphic. Ringo’s voice feature gives Treo users the opportunity to be among the
first to have such a vocal ID feature, regardless of the type of mobile phone
being used.
"Ringo was the first Treo ringtone manager to associate
pictures with callers, the first to enable users to assign favorite MP3 tunes to
friends and family, and now the first to verbally identify callers by name,"
said Iain Barclay, Electric Pocket’s Chief Product Officer. "We enjoy being
first out of the block with new smartphone products because that means our
customers can be first to 'wow' their friends with features they won’t find
anywhere else."
About Ringo
Ringo enables Treo smartphone users to
establish customized ringtones or MP3 tunes and assign photographs to specific
callers or caller groups. When the Treo user receives a new call, the incoming
caller can be identified both by a customized ringtone and a picture or other
icon. Ringtones can be installed from an SD card, purchased and downloaded "over
the air" via a link to a dedicated online ringtone store, or composed with
Ringo’s innovative Ringtone Mixer. Ringo is available from Electric Pocket’s web
site at http://electricpocket.com for US$29.95.
About Electric
Pocket Limited
Electric Pocket is a privately held company offering
leading-edge mobile and wireless computing solutions and services from its base
in Wye Valley, UK. The company’s product portfolio includes a rich set of
wireless messaging solutions, mobile commerce and configuration toolkits.
Electric Pocket’s consulting group has provided solutions to global companies
such as Ericsson, PalmOne and Vodafone. For more information, visit www.electricpocket.com.
PalmSource, Palm Powered and Palm OS are trademarks or registered
trademarks of PalmSource, Inc. or its affiliate in the United States, France,
Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and other countries.
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