Shiny new RAZRs, 25 Ringtones, and ICE, ICE, baby

( The roommate decided he liked my new RAZR... (drama-free) )

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25 Ringtones

I have two rhetorical questions: (I don't need an answer.) How come I can get a full 3-minute song off iTunes for 99¢, but if I want to buy that same song as a 15-second "ringtone" from the phone company, it's gonna cost either $1.99 or $2.49? Simply put, "wuddupwiddat"?

And, please tell me why most of the 25 different selections they give me as buyable ringtones are hip-hop/rap? Can't I get something that sounds like a telephone ringing? The sudden blaring of a "gangsta rap" selection in the middle of a corporate environment is so disconcerting, and that at&t tone is going to drive me bonkers!

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ICE, ICE, baby.

In South Florida, there was a campaign to have everyone add a new entry to the phone book of their cellphones and label it "ICE". Should something catastrophic happen and rescuers find you, they'll know who to call by dialing the number for "ICE" - "In Case of Emergency".