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Verizon Adds Faces to Ringtones to Create Facetones

Oct 6, 2011, 7:38 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of a new application called Facetones. Facetones, which was developed by Vringo, automatically pulls photos from users' Facebook accounts to create a slideshow that plays on the phone's display when the phone rings. The service works on about 20 Android and BlackBerry smartphones. It can be downloaded through the V CAST Apps store and costs $0.99 per month or can be purchased for a one-time fee of $2.99.

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jt82

Oct 6, 2011, 1:39 PM

Old news - Android does it already

Android already does this for anyone who has facebook connected to their phone.

roachman

Please tell me how to do it on android phone. Thanks

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