Verizon Ringback Buddies Managed on Facebook

By Reporter Wireless and Mobile News on September 9, 2008 12:26 PM

Verizon Wireless said has launched Ringback Buddies. Ringback Buddies, available as an application on Facebook Platform, allows customers to browse, purchase and manage their ringback tones and jukeboxes while on the site.

With ringback tones, people who call your wireless phone hear music instead of a traditional ring. Ringback Buddies allows users to easily view the music their friends like or want, purchase those ringback tones, then assign them to their friends, so they hear the music they like when they call you.

Using Ringback Buddies, customers also will see "top 10" lists of tones and jukeboxes available to sample or to buy. The application allows users to make recommendations to their friends and see their wish lists. Music lovers can also rate the most popular or undiscovered ringback tones or invite their friends to add Ringback Buddies to their profiles.

When logged on to Facebook, users can search the word "ringback" to find and install the application. When on Verizon's Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/verizon), users click on the "music" tab under Featured Applications to access Ringback Buddies.

Ringback Buddies is delivered using the envIOWorks platform from Andover, Mass.-based envIO networks. It is available as a free application on Facebook Platform, which enables companies and developers to integrate with the Facebook Web site and gain access to its more than 100 million active users. Individual ringback tones are available from Verizon Wireless for an annual fee of $1.99, and prices vary for pre-made jukeboxes or groups of ringback tones. Regardless of the number of ringback tones purchased, a 99 cents monthly subscription applies to customers using ringback tones.