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Does the sound of a panicked protester about to get a 10,000 volt shock from a ‘taser make you laugh? Well, Verizon Wireless is betting that it will. They’ve just started offering a new ringback tone – musical tones that your caller will hear in place of a more traditional ringing sound. The “Don’t ‘tase me bro” ringback tone features the infamous Andrew Meyer pleading with security officers to not pump his body full of electrons.
Is this in bad taste? Verizon actually paid Andrew Meyer to use his recorded voice, so he obviously consented to the ringback tone. Apparently, it’s funny as long as the victim gets paid in the end.
Verizon Wireless subscribers will find the new ringback tone on Verizon’s website. Go ahead and give your callers something more annoying to listen to than that Britney Spears ringback tone you love so much. We’ll stick with out old-school ringer, thanks.
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
