Mixipix Makes Monsters - Halloween Horrors Come To Cartoon Messaging

Mixipix has created an entirely new form of animated mobile messaging. They have updated their service for Halloween, with the creation of 'Spooksville' cartoons.

(PRWEB) October 8, 2004 -- Cartoon Messaging specialists Mixipix today launched an entirely new range of spooky and scary content for mobile phones, just in time for Halloween.

Mobile phone owners can now create and send ghastly greetings, horrifying hellos and mortifying messages to friends, family, ghouls, goblins and creatures of the night, which they can save on their phone and use as wallpaper, screensavers, ring alerts and welcome messages.

Cartoon messaging is a unique new service for mobile phones. It allows users to select from a a wide range of different animated pictures, add their own personal message and send it to almost any other colour mobile phone. Unlike picture-messaging, the recipients phone does not need to have an MMS account. As long as it can connect the wireless Internet the picture message can be received.

However, cartoon messaging doesn't end there. The Mixipix site allows visitors to create and edit their own animated cartoons. Characters, backgrounds, props and movements can all be changed and rearranged to create unique and personal animations, which can be be made by anyone for everyone.

Spooksville, Mixipix's new Halloween themed area, offers a wide range of terrifying 'toons, from ghosts and ghoulies to witches, wizards and funnybones. So in addition to pumpkin lanterns and trick or treating, Halloween 2004 will offer fright fans a whole new way to say Boo!"

Mixipix cartoon messages have dozens of different uses," says Lesley 'Killer' Keen, the managing director of Mixipix. They can be used to invite friends to a party, instead of a text message, or as a greetings card, or even as a gift. Updating our service to include themed offerings for holidays and events like Halloween, Christmas or Valentine's Day, gives us a regularly updated range of content, that keeps people coming back for more. Our cartoon messages are quite personal and special, which makes them very attractive to a lot of people. We're delighted to introduce Spooksville to the Mixipix line up and we're looking forward to a chillingly fabulous Halloween."

About Mixipix

Mixipix was founded in 2002 by Lesley Keen, a veteran of the new media, animation and interactive industries.

The company has created a unique technology system which allows animated cartoons to be created and sent to all colour, wap-enabled mobile phones. Mixipix's system renders each message individually to ensure it is tailor made for each phone it is sent to. This allows users to modify existing pre-made cartoons or create their own unique animations. Once the animation has been created, users can append a personal message to create a personal cartoon message, which can then be sent directly to a mobile phone. Unlike a text message (SMS), Mixipix cartoons can be saved and used as wallpapers, screensavers, ring alerts etc. to personalise the user's phone.

Mixipix operates across the consumer and trade markets. In addition to the consumer facing messaging service, the company works with marketing and creative industries to offer a turnkey solution to companies wishing to send animated messages to mobile users worldwide.

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