Our friend Russell Buckley at MobHappy has blogged about a new Fanta tennis game played on mobile phones with Bluetooth. So far so good. The really clever part - the ball makes bouncing noises on the phones - which are of such a high pitch, that us older folks can't hear it !!! These sounds, that are also called mosquito noises, have been used a couple of times in the past, but now kids have a cool Fanta game to enjoy the sounds that their parents certainly cannot hear. It must be weird to know they can't hear. And it must also be a sad sign of growing old, for the 18-19 year olds now, when they notice in a year or two, that they no longer hear the game...
Anyway, there is also a "youth rebellion" side to the phenomenon. Of course some clever kids have now stored the sounds as their ringing tone. To their elders, like their teachers and parents - the phone is totally silent. But the kids hear it. Ha-ha, seems almost like the phone can read my mind. The game was developed by our friends over at Ogilvy, so congratulations to them as well.
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