In addition to options for getting policy documents texted to your cellphone, you can also get Obama ringtones. Obama's Mobile info page has links to preview the ringtones, and to have them texted to your phone. If you want to avoid texting fees and have a way to transfer files to phone, you also download them directly from these links (below the 'fold'):
The most annoying, worst idea for a campaign tool ever! I'm sorry, but if there's one way to turn people off real quick, it's with an Obama ringtone. Whoever thought it was a good idea to greenlight Obama's voice over a heavy drumbeat ringing out "We can have universal healthcare in this country! We can do that!" or the synth disco beat behind "America, it is time to start bringing our troops home!" Seriousy?!
This was a bad call, simply obnoxious. Sorry. At least the Daily Show had some fun with it.
With so many issues directly affecting young voters, it is exciting to see the overwhelming support our campaign is receiving from this new generation of voters. As Barack has said many times before, "our nation is at war; our planet is in peril," and it truly is time for the next generation to carry the torch. Please view this online video of how the young voters are not just voting for Barack Obama, but organizing for him.
MySpace and MTV are doing another "Presidential Dialogue" in the final days before the Super Tuesday Election. You can watch it live on MTV or online at MySpace.com.
New Ringtones!
A few days ago we launched a mobile text messaging program. Not only can you sign up for texts, you can also download wallpaper and ringtones for your cellphone (try texting ringtone1 to OBAMA).
The ringtones are an innovative way to get Senator Obama’s message out there. As John Della Volpe, director of polling at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics and founder of SocialSphere Strategies, puts it the ringtone is “going to create conversations.” When it plays while you are out in public and someone asks you about it, just ask them to text GO to OBAMA and they will get more information about Senator Obama.
We hope you will find these ringtones fun and enjoyable. For those times when your cell might ring out at an inopportune moment, such as class, I suspect that teachers might be a bit more lenient when they realize that its public policy and civic participation coming out of your cellphone.
Jon Stewart has gotten the Obama ringtone fever ( Daily Show clip). Shortly after our launch he did a hilarious segment highlighting the new ringtones in a variety of means from referencing a bus equipped with spinning rims adorned with Obama logos to Stewart himself dancing to the beats. Stewart’s glowstick dance moves paired with Obama’s ringtones must have been a hit –downloads of the ringtones doubled following the show’s airing.
