Hi, how will the release of the iphone affect the ringtone industry? especially us azoogle publishers who mainly promote ringtones.
ringtone sales will decline due to newer phones which support real music "PC to mobile transfers" ... in fact trends are already showing a decline ... but don't worry it won't happen overnight.
Even more than that, the bluetooth technology has really hampered the industry. I wrote a blog post about it here: The Death of the Ringtone Market :: Reasons Revealed
Right now you can't even put ringtones on the iPhone. The only ones you can use are the default ones. I'm sure we will see an update allowing ringtones though.