Roxio Enters Ringtone Business

By Ian Bell June 6, 2005

Roxio, now a division of Sonic Solutions, plans on introducing their new Xingtone Ringtone Maker software to retail stores across America. Xingtone Ringtone Maker was previously only available on the company’s online store.

A recently published report by Consect, a leading provider of U.S. mobile market analysis, indicates that global mobile phone ringtone sales will total $4 billion in 2004. The report also reveals that in the U.S. total sales have doubled from $150 million in 2003 to more than $300 million for 2004, making the U.S. one of the fastest growing and largely untapped markets for mobile music.

Xingtone Ringtone Maker works by allowing you to transfer portions of an audio file from your PC or an audio CD to your mobile phone; without cables. Xingtone Rintone Maker will be available for both Mac compatible and Windows compatible systems.

Xingtone Ringtone Maker supports more than 100 handsets from budget-buy to high-end devices and works with all major US carriers, including Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, Cingular (including AT&T Wireless), and T-Mobile. Consumers may test their phone’s compatibility with Xingtone Ringtone Maker at www.Xingtone.com.

Xingtone Ringtone Maker is expected to sell for around $19.95.

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