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Vringo Mobile Application (Java)

CNET Editors' review

by: CNET Staff on January 14, 2009

It's easy to appreciate Vringo's reshaping of the classic ringtone from an audio clip the recipient attaches to an inbound call, to a short video clip that the sender wants played. The result is a fun, social service for self-expression on the cell phone. Vringo's Java application lets you manage on the mobile phone what you would otherwise have to tweak online--from previewing and setting new video ringtones (vringos, in the lingo) to sharing vringos in your collection with friends. As a bonus, you'll be able to upload videos from your mobile phone into Vringo's mobile application for conversion into a Vringo. Of course, video ringtones only play when both ends of the line have the application installed.

While the video quality has improved for phones running Java's J8 operating system, there's always room for more. We'd likewise like to see snappier speeds while downloading and previewing the vringos, and we're looking forward to an expanded selection of ringtones when Vringo goes freemium and introduces videos good enough to pay for.

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Publisher's Description

From Vringo:

Vringo is the next-generation ringtone. With its award-winning video ringtone application, Vringo takes a sledgehammer to the traditional call signature, transforming the basic act of making and receiving mobile phone calls into a highly visual, social experience.

By installing Vringo's application, which is compatible with more than 200 handsets, users can create or take video, images and slideshows from virtually anywhere, including Vringo's 4,000-clips-and-counting video ringtone library or the Web, and make it into their personal call signature. In a first for the mobile industry, Vringo has introduced VringForward, a technology that lets its users select which video ringtone their friends will see when they call.

What's new in this version: Version 2.0 is the first version on CNET Download.com.

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    January 15, 2009  |   By escanive

    Version: Vringo Mobile Application (Java) 2.0

    Pros

    software seems good from description

    Cons

    trouble with download

    Summary

    When I clicked the download link, the jad file that was downloaded contained HTML. The error seems to be caused by the file beeing hosted on Google Groups. In order to get the working file, go to: http://secret-stuff.googlegroups.com/web/Vringo-J2ME2-2_0_213-en_US.jad and click the link to download it from there. (In other words, this is NOT a direct link, so users with download managers should NOT copy the URL I pasted here into their download manager).

    Updated on Jan 15, 2009

    edit: the .jar file can also be downloaded directly from http://www.vringo.com/landing/Vringo-J2ME2-2_0_213-en_US.jar

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