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Repel Bugs With Your Cell Phone

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the making-the-mosquitoes-quit dept.

telstar writes "Starting Monday, SK Telecom Co. in South Korea will begin offering a ringtone designed to repel mosquitoes for the one-time price of $2.50. The ringtone, inaudible to humans, has a range of three feet, and functions just like any other ring-tone from your cell." Now if only there was a ringtone to repel bugs in code! Sorry, I'm full of bad jokes today.

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  1. Why? by FunkyMarcus · · Score: 1, Troll

    1. Come up with ridiculous business model

    Wouldn't you think that it'd be easier to package a simple oscillator circuit and a speaker in a plastic box and charge $5 for it?

    2. ???

    Now, I know what you're saying: when you do it with cell phones, you get to charge $2.50 a month, and recurring revenue beats one-shot, right?

    3. Profit!

    But this is Korea we're talking about, here. When was the last time a Hyundai lasted longer than a month without needing to be replaced?