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Consumers would unknowingly be subscribing to an ongoing and costly service rather than acquiring a one-off purchase of a particular ring-tone, wallpaper or game.

ACCC Gets Tough On Dodgy SMS Services | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Pharoah Sanders didn't know it in 1964, but he was actually performing the ultimate 9-minute alarm clock ring-tone.

Clicky Shuffle: Random songs for Firday morning 2010

At the first downbeat we hear not the orchestra, but the opening of the piece as a ring-tone on a cell phone in the hall.

More on Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Motel 6 has a radio ad with Tom Bodett saying “there was only one ring-tone, and it sounded like…the phone.”

Choices, choices 2010

As I heard "Half a Person" by the Smiths pour out of my phone I wished that I had anything else as a ring-tone.

All Falls Down 2009

Gone was the indignant "¡Soy inocente!" of the trial's opening day - a phrase that became an instant viral ring-tone, percolating throughout Latin America.

Scott Gilmore: The Fujimori Verdict and the Justice Cascade: Ending Impunity 2009

Nindy spoke with an American accent, had a South Park tune as her ring-tone, didn't wear a veil and read Noam Chomsky, Edward Said and Christopher Hitchens.

Antony Loewenstein: Life in Aceh, Indonesia 2009

The ring-tone and mobile-app industry is very surprisingly HUGE.

Scripting News for 1/13/2007 « Scripting News Annex 2007

We may even be able to get a free ring-tone or possibly receive a Macy's gift card all with the push of a button!

Erica Watson: BCC: Bitchy Computer Complaints 2009

I fell asleep there, drunk, staring up at the Christmas lights, occasionally hearing my ring-tone from some unreachable crevice.

All Falls Down 2009