Reliance makes phones talk

NEW DELHI: Reliance IndiaMobile is trying in every possible way to fulfill the fancies of the strata which had to do without a mobile phone so far. Having sold a million phones in 10 days under the new Monsoon Hungama offer, the company on Thursday launched a virtual no extra-cost, but smart tack in form of human voices as ring tones.

The tones are actually attractive wordings in various regional dialects and accents. These can be downloaded from Reliance Web World menu on to the Samsung and LG CDMA 1X handsets that the company is offering with the WLL connection.

The colloquial Hindi voice tone approach could click well with the customers in Hindi belt. Voice tones will enable the user to hear the phone “talking”, instead of the normal ring tones. In addition, Reliance has also launched fx sound ring tones.

It will also be possible for Reliance customers soon to record the voice of their loved ones and download them as voice tones on their phones. Many new age GSM handsets also offer the recording feature which makes this possible. The world over, downloadable ring tones are the most popular service in the wireless world after messaging.

But Reliance has pre-recorded voice tones with humorous wordings and made them downloadable.

For instance, some of the Hindi voice tones include, Apki Ghanti Baj rahi hai ; Maina Kahti Thi Phone Bajega ; Phone Bajing and Bajing and Bajing ; Huzoor, Aap ka Phone Uthaayie na ..., Uncle Uncle ... Aap Ka Phooone and Arre, phonewa utha bhi lo mere bhai , incoming free hai .

The special sound effect ring tones available include animal sounds, techno sounds, mechanical sounds, and many more specialised sounds. Some of these include, bird chirp, cow moo, wind whoosh, plane take-off, cuckoo’s clock, door bell, church bell, bubble sound, water drip, liquid pouring, American police siren and camera click.