Released on: January 16, 2008, 4:56 am

Press Release Author: Andrew Perlman

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Meez, the leading consumer avatar service, and Vringo, the
pioneer in video ringtone sharing, today announced an alliance to fully integrate
Meez 3D avatars into Vringo's video ringtone service.

Press Release Body: Alliance Brings New Level of Personalization and Fun to Mobile
Phones



SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK-Sept. 11, 2007-Meez, the leading consumer avatar
service, and Vringo, the pioneer in video ringtone sharing, today announced an
alliance to fully integrate Meez 3D avatars into Vringo's video ringtone service.

Using Vringo, mobile phone users can now seamlessly load their 3D Meez avatars onto
their mobile handsets for free. When a call is placed, the animated Meez appears on
the recipient's phone screen as a video ringtone, or Vringo, graphically identifying
the caller. Additionally, every time a user updates his or her avatar on Meez.com,
the Vringo will automatically be updated. Users will also be able to personalize
their mobile handsets by selecting Meez avatars as wallpaper that appears on handset
screens when idle.

"Vringo's video ringtone technology helps fulfill the long-awaited promise of
avatars in the mobile world," said Sean Ryan, Meez CEO. "Meez avatars make great
wallpaper, but what our users really want is the ability to share their animated
avatars with friends. Now they'll be able to put their Meez on display whenever they
make a call."

With the Meez-Vringo alliance, users can now simply and easily deploy their Meez on
a wide variety of mobile handsets, including devices made by Nokia, Motorola,
SonyEricsson and Samsung. This means that the Meez avatars that users post as
digital IDs on their favorite social media Web sites and instant messenger services
can now be shared on yet another "screen"- the highly portable mobile phone screen.

"When we developed Vringo, we knew there was extensive graphic content on the
Internet that wasn't being utilized to its fullest extent," said Vringo CEO Jon
Medved. "By taking Meez avatars and blending them with Vringo, we're able to deliver
additional value and widen the audience."

More than 2.8 million people have already created their own unique Meez avatars,
choosing from more than 4,500 digital assets on Meez.com, including virtual
clothing, accessories, hairstyles, tattoos, physical attributes and 3D animations.
It takes only minutes to create a Meez that expresses each user's personal style and
passions. Users can also gear up with premium items and branded clothing, such as
virtual jerseys from Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League.

Current phone models that can be used with Vringo are listed in the FAQs section of
the Vringo Web site: www.vringo.com/corporate/faq.html.


About Meez
Meez provides sophisticated avatar services for the mainstream. At Meez.com, users
can create and animate highly-customized 3D avatars that express their personal
style and passions. Meez avatars can then be exported and used all over the Internet
as a 3D ID. The company has secured strategic partnerships with leading consumer and
social media sites who have integrated Meez's avatar-building tools and services
directly into their sites, including Glam.com, CBS Sportsline, PalTalk and
Photobucket. Based in San Francisco and developed by Donnerwood Media, Meez is
backed by Battery Ventures, Transcosmos Partners, Allen & Co., and other individual
investors. For more information, please visit www.meez.com.


About Vringo
Vringo is creating the world's first video ringtone sharing community. The company
is making Personalization 2.0 a reality by enabling users to experience rich media
ringtones on a wide variety of mobile devices and for the first time to share that
media with others within a community. Vringo is backed by Warburg Pincus and by
private investors. More information can be found at www.vringo.com.



Author details:
Here Andrew Perlman writes about the alliance between Vringo, the pioneer in video
ringtone sharing, and Meez, the leading consumer avatar service, to fully
integrate Meez 3D avatars into Vringo's video ringtone service. For accessing more
services in Phone Video Sharing, video phone, free cell phone video, video sharing
community, mobile video sharing, visit www.vringo.com.


Web Site: http://www.vringo.com

Contact Details: 85 5th Ave
New York, NY 10003, United States
phone: 646-525-4316
mail: submissions@vringo.com