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DudeFactory.com Offers Microsoft Alternative in the Personal Avatar Market
- MSN Display Pic
- AIM Buddy Icon
- Yahoo! Display Picture
- Forum/Board/Blog Avatars
- Mac/PC Desktop Wallpaper
- Windows XP User Tile
- Mobile/Cellphone Background
"The response from the launch has been fantastic, especially from many younger web users who've written thanking us because they could not afford the Microsoft avatars, or in most cases had no way of paying for them. A new Dude or Dudette is now being created every five seconds," said Stuart Cam, chief Dude of Cholo Consultancy Ltd.
Microsoft, who operates the popular MSN Messenger service, recently released version 7 of their client software which charges users up to $3/£3/€3 to build their own personal avatar. When downloaded through the Microsoft service they are locked to a single computer and delivered in a format not compatible with competing services from Yahoo! and AOL.
The global personalization market of over 500 million instant messenger users and 1.1 billion cell / mobile phones represents an ideal opportunity for Dudefactory.com, which generates revenue through Google's contextual AdSense system instead of charging the end-user.
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