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The AstroTwins now offer their famous readings on Phonezoo.com!

Phonezoo users can now read their own zodiac and Chinese horoscopes at their favorite mobile-entertainment website Phonezoo.com. Also, users can choose to send your daily reading to your phone or email.

Check out our new astrology section today!

Choose your sign and read your horoscope!

Select your Chinese animal according to the year you were born

Free games galore at the premier online and mobile entertainment site

The online gaming world has transformed player interaction and has evolved since the days of game consoles. Luckily, one can get their fix at Phonezoo for free and without the proprietary hardware.

Pre-installed games take up computer memory, time and money. Phonezoo offers free online games that allow players to play instantly without installing any software on their computers. This allows for safer and easier access to popular games.

With tens of thousands of daily game plays, Phonezoo’s gaming community has grown immensely. Award-winning games like Cannon Man and Monster Truck Maniac integrated with leader score boards are available for free. Users can also rate the game accordingly and provide tips via comment boxes to aid other players.

Phonezoo differentiates itself with the fact that 96% of its user base is in the U.S. Users are active and engaged with every section of the website. Via exciting partnerships with leading gaming networks, Phonezoo is bound to be the next online gamers’ haven.

Phonezoo made an appearance at the fresh start of a new fall semester at San Jose State University, located in Downtown San Jose, CA in the heart of Silicon Valley. Alpha Kappa Psi, a prominate organization on campus, has featured Phonezoo at their informational booth in front of a busy quad.

AKPsi members dawned Phonezoo-sponored t-shirts while giving out free academic planners and information about their organization.

Thank you to all the supporters at SJSU!

Because free ringtones are much better than paid ones

Schools across the country will be soon back in session with students filling the hallways with hustle and bustle. With the costs of tuition and books on the rise, college students are always looking to cut expenses. Phonezoo.com offers an easy-to-use, free alternative to purchasing mobile content for your phone.

With today’s economic slump, meeting growing costs of education can be stressful. Financial situations may tighten, but that does not rule out students wanting the latest and greatest content for their mobile phones.

This is based on the cost of each ringtone being around $2. Some carriers charge premium content downloads cost upwards of $2.99 to $5.99 each before standard data charges. Phonezoo.com is a free service that allows users to create ringtones from their own song files or search other users for shared content. Some organizations such as Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and causes like Breast Cancer Awareness have shared their content to promote awareness without cost.

“Phonezoo has saved me over $30, if not more, in ringtone/photo purchases from my carrier. I mention this site all the time to people asking about ringtones” commented on Phonezoo’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/phonezoo) by Kevin J. Smith, a frequent Phonezoo user. With over 10 million registered users already, Phonezoo.com continues to offer students and cost-conscious people alike, a free-for-all ringtone haven.

UT Athletics uses Phonezoo.com in promotional campaign

Popularity of leading US online & mobile entertainment site enables unique reach

http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2009/jul/21/berry-extensive-campaign-heisman/

Eric Berry is an All-American safety. He’s the reigning SEC defensive player of the year. As of Tuesday morning, he’s officially a Heisman Trophy candidate.

And if Tennessee has its way, he’ll soon become an Internet sensation.

UT’s Heisman campaign for Berry will include some traditional components — an Eric Berry “Word of the Week” calendar mailed to national media members, for instance, and a giant jersey with his No. 14 will be on display before and after games. But the bulk of Tennessee’s first Heisman marketing plan since Peyton Manning’s in 1997 will take place in cyberspace.

There’s already a dedicated Web site (Berry4Heisman.com), pages on Facebook (Berry4Heisman) and Twitter (Berry4Heisman).

There’s even a free ringtone of fans chanting Berry’s name during the Mississippi State game last fall available for download at PhoneZoo.com.

Soon, there will be a series of YouTube videos, all in hopes of generating a buzz around the dynamic junior safety.

UT director of public relations Tiffany Carpenter, who is heading up Berry’s campaign, said there are other elements that will be revealed throughout the season as well.

“Viral marketing is something that can be very useful,” Carpenter said. “It’s inexpensive. It’s immediate. There’s so many social networking tools out there that we need to use effectively. We’ve got a series of ads we’re creating that we’ll send out sometime in August. It’s just ways to get people talking about Eric and get some buzz surrounding him. It’s also to change people’s way of thinking that it always has to be a quarterback.”

Although a quarterback has won the award eight of the last nine seasons, precedent does exist for a defensive back winning the Heisman Trophy — not that most Tennessee fans need a reminder.

Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson edged former UT quarterback Manning for the award in 1997, largely due to playing some on offense and returning kicks. UT coach Lane Kiffin said Tuesday that Berry could return kicks this fall, but the 5-foot-11 junior won’t factor in the Vols’ plans on offense.

“I would never play someone somewhere based on any award,” Kiffin said. “I was hired here to win games and do the best thing for our team. We’re going to do whatever it takes to win (games). To put Eric over there, I really don’t see that helping us win.”

He also said Berry, who caught a pass at wide receiver against Alabama, and rushed for 37 yards on seven carries in 2008, needs as much time as possible on defense so he can become fluent in Monte Kiffin’s Cover 2 defense.

“This defensive scheme is even going to make him better,” Lane Kiffin said. “Remember, he’s learning a brand new scheme, so it’s not like he’s going into his third year of a scheme and, ‘OK, let’s take him over to offense this week because he knows the defense so well.’ He needs all the reps. … I want to make sure that he’s the best safety in America.”

There’s little competition for Berry on that front.

Heading into his junior season, the Atlanta-area native needs just 15 interception return yards to break former Florida State star Terrell Buckley’s 18-year-old NCAA career record of 501 yards. Last season, he tied for the lead nationally with seven interceptions.

He also was one of three finalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s best defensive back. Southern California’s Taylor Mays, another Thorpe finalist from last year, also returns. However, Kiffin said Berry is more versatile, albeit smaller, than the 6-foot-3, 230-pound Mays.

The versatility, and his ability to return interceptions, is one of the reasons many NFL draft analysts have Berry landing somewhere in the top 15 picks if he elects to turn pro, as most expect, following the season. And Kiffin knows that Berry likely won’t return for his final season in 2010.

“I’ve already given up that Eric won’t be here for his last year,” joked Kiffin, who coached at USC from 2001-06. “I’ll be interested to see how the NFL looks at it, because there will be certain teams that’ll want to draft one instead of the other because of that.”

In many ways, that’s a tribute to what Berry has accomplished in only two years on campus. Plans have been in the works since the middle of last season — perhaps longer — to market Berry for the Heisman this season. Berry found out in February that UT was planning a campaign and received approval from Berry’s parents, including his father James, a former Vols standout, in April.

Berry, who was not part of Tuesday’s press conference, was “floored” when told of the plans, Carpenter said.

UT athletic director Mike Hamilton was a little less surprised.

“For me, it’s hard to believe he didn’t win the Thorpe Award last year,” Hamilton said. “I think he represents everything that’s right about what Heisman candidates should look like. I fully support the staff’s efforts to make sure that the national media and the public knows that Eric Berry is worthy of that kind of consideration.”

On July 6, 2009, Charlee Drew debuted on Phonezoo.com. Nearly 3,000 ringtone downloads in three days; contributing to the massive ensemble of 70,000+ ringtones already available on Phonezoo.com, the singer put up his three most popular songs: “Sugar Rush”, “Do You Love Me”, and “Run Away” respectively.

“When your phone rings, I sing!” the singer rejoiced.

With over 25,000 total ringtone downloads on Phonezoo.com, Charlee can add the brood of Phonezoo users to his U.S. fan-base. This English guitar-playing, pianist is an unsigned singer and songwriter but he manages to have thousands of visits to his websites from all over the world for his put-it-on-repeat worthy music. Achieving over 250,000+ music plays on his website (CharleeDrew.com), his original track “Sugar Rush” has recently been added to the MySpace online series soundtrack of “Freak”. It’s no surprise that he was crowned “the U.K.’s new hottest unsigned singer” by various online blogs.

“Uploading my tracks to Phonezoo has really helped me gain some loyal followers over the big ocean. It is amazing yet bizarre to think that so many people are walking around with my tracks on their phone” commented Charlee. “I feel warm and tingly inside, and a little bit excited that I am the first international feature artist on Phonezoo!”

Currently, Charlee has not set a date to release any of his songs but they are available as free ringtone downloads on his profile at Phonezoo.com.

Many artists, like Charlee Drew, have gained tremendous exposure to a young and engaged audience through sharing their songs as downloadable ringtones for free. Phonezoo.com has become preferred channel for undiscovered, independent artists to gain publicity for their music and to network with other unsigned artists.

Mea culpa leads to better things ….

When we introduced messaging on Phonezoo we had no idea it would become so popular. As the social network on Phonezoo grew, users started visiting their feeds section to keep checking on messages they got from friends & other users. A long time request was to allow users to see messages in a separate area.

When we reformatted the feeds functionality last week, we overlooked the effect of mixing feeds with messages – boy, did we hear about it from you guys …. thanks! We quickly pulled the design team together and came up with an INBOX area on Phonezoo. This will be an easy tab off of the main menu and will allow you to see messages sent directly to you. Updates and content creation messages will go to My Feeds.

Note that this is an initial implementation of the INBOX functionality and will not have all the features associated with a mail program like Outlook or Yahoo!. However as we continue to evolve this section, we will look for usage patterns & feedback from you guys to let us know what features you want added. So, go ahead and fill up the Phonezoo_support feeds section …err, INBOX  enjoy!

Phonezoo Team