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Ringtones are a lucrative business and the evil-ol’ record industry knows that. They (record labels) want to extend their partnership with Apple to additionally charge users for downloadable song snippets and ringback tones. And while somehow I can see their point (or can I?), I don’t understand why would they think ringtones should cost more when purchased over a hypothetical 3G iTunes Store than the current Wi-Fi option. Record industry keeps losing profits and obviously change is just too hard for some people. CDs are dead people, long live the new age of downloadable music (and other digital content for that matter).
Anyway, I don’t want to rant about RIAA, you can surely read bad things about these folks on many places around the Web. Let me just say that according to The New York Times we’ll see Apple updating its ringtones offering by mid-June. That’s WWDC time folks. We don’t care about ringtones that much – give us the 3G iPhone. 
[Via: Gizmodo]
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
