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You have questions, Phonezoo now has Answers.

We are excited to announce our newest channel: Phonezoo Answers! Our hope is to encourage the members on Phonezoo to interactively answer and ask questions they may have related to their mobile phones.

As a member of the community, you can ask a question, answer a question that has been asked as well as vote for your favorite replies. It’s a great way to meet new friends and become a well-known user on Phonezoo.

Join the hundreds of thousands who have already discovered Phonezoo Answers!

Recently, Phonezoo determined that our mobile games for phones was not up to par with our gaming section. Most of the games were unplayable on certain handsets due to compatibility; this was a disappointment for many of our users.

With our site quality in mind, we decided it was best for the mobile games to be removed. Users who already have our mobile games on their phones will able to continue to play them as they wish. The games will not be available for re-download on Phonezoo.

Future considerations will include mobile games for smartphones such as those on the Android, iPhone and Blackberry platforms. In the meantime, all of our online web-based games will still be available to play on Phonezoo.com.

Memorial Day is full of picnics, BBQs, family and friends… But what about downloads?

Phonezoo is ready to give you $25 of movie certificate for Fandango.

How do you win?

1. Create your content
2. Post your link as a comment under our “Download Madness” post on Facebook as a comment to enter. – Do not post it as a wall posting! It will not count!
3. The winner of this contest is determined by the # of downloads it gets on Phonezoo (1 download is when a user presses “Send to Phone” or “Save to PC”)

Please, one entry per user

On Tuesday, June 1st we will announce the winner with the most downloads!

Here is the link to the FB contest:  http://www.facebook.com/notes/phonezoo/memorial-weekend-download-madness/395341159623

May 9th marks the day in which mothers are recognized for being the best mom’s around! Mother’s Day on Phonezoo presented a variety of wallpapers and ringtones:

Your Momma’s Calling Back ringtone

Mom – Hittin’ You Up!

Flowers for Mother's Day!

Mum Rocks!

The Nicest Things

Phonezoo celebrates April 22 as Earth Day with a variety of green-conscious ringtones and wallpapers.

Reflections of Earth ringtone

Sunny Day II ringtone

What the World Needs Now is Love

Gandhi Quote

Earth from Space

Media partnership brings indie artist ringtones to more than 12 million users

January 5, 2010, (Sunnyvale, CA) – Mobile phones are everywhere. Independent artists are in local communities. What can connect these two?  Underworldmixradio.com found the answer in Phonezoo.

Independent artist have always looked for an outlet to expose the world to their music. Underworldmixradio.com allows independent artists to gain exposure through the mobile content scene via ringtone downloads. Phonezoo has played a significant role in Underworld’s quest for promoting their artists by offering their hidden gem music as available ringtone downloads to the over 12 million U.S. users already on Phonezoo.

“We have our artists in mind,” said Reggie Simmons, Program Director of Underworldmixradio. “These guys need to be able to get their music out without being dragged down by costs or services that do not help them. We help those who seek a jumpstart into the music industry.”

“Phonezoo is about mobile, music & your social graph. Our users have always had a knack for discovering new tunes and artists. We’re just giving them what they want,” said Manish Vaidya, Co-founder and Vice President of Phonezoo, “This is reflected in the huge number of downloads and fan following that Underworldmixradio artists have been generating on Phonezoo.”

About Underworldmixradio

Underworldmixradio.com is a flagship promotional site geared towards unsigned artists who seek exposure without high-cost. Their artists are featured through outlets such as live streaming radio on Itunes and Myspace. They are a BMI licensed station. What makes Underworldmixradio.com unique is that their station is completely automated. What that means is users can go and request their favorite unsigned artist at anytime. Having automated listener requests is definitely something new and different in Internet radio. Underworldmixradio.com is truly powered by the artist fans. Their audience includes 150 markets and over 3,500 real-time radio stations, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Leading US mobile content and social networking site teams up with premier local radio station (FM105.3) to promote the hottest music event of the year

Sunnyvale, CA, and San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 1^st 2009

Phonezoo Communications, Inc. has partnered with the Bay Area’s premier radio station, Live105, to promote their upcoming Not So Silent Night 2009 concert. The concert will be held on Friday, December 11, 2009 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA. This event will feature prominent artists like Muse, AFI, Vampire Weekend, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and Metric. Users signing up for a free account at Phonezoo.com will be entered for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the concert. Three randomly selected winners will be announced.  One lucky winner each day for three days starting Monday, Nov 30, 2009 will receive a pair of tickets to the sold out show.

With 96% of its 11 million users in the US, Phonezoo continues working to provide exciting online and mobile content to its users. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, Phonezoo.com focuses on making it extremely easy for users to customize their mobile phones with the free ringtones, photos and games that best suit their personality. Phonezoo also makes it easy to keep track of the artists and people that are important to users with feeds on the website, via email, on the mobile (WAP) site and/or by a text message.

“Partnering with Live105 to sponsor the Not So Silent Night Concert is a perfect avenue for us to reach out to the audience that makes music a part of its lifestyle,” said Manish Vaidya, Phonezoo’s Co-founder and Vice President.  “Live105 has put together a phenomenal event and the lineup is extremely popular with the people we want to reach.  Reaching out to this audience and introducing them to the free mobile content services at Phoenzoo.com is a win-win scenario”, he continued.

About Live105

LIVE105.com provides users with a unique music format, playing modern alternative rock with an evolving fresh, hip playlist. You’ll hear artists like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Foo Fighters, The White Stripes, Nirvana, Sublime, Nine Inch Nails and Weezer. Comprised of an audience of bold and progressive consumers, LIVE105.com delivers 90,000+ monthly unique visitors who view over one million pages. LIVE105.com’s individualistic users lead an active lifestyle, want to be entertained while challenging the norm, and respond well to new consumer products and services.

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!