December 5, 2003
Tone This: Real (MP3) Music For Your Phone
Xingtone and MyPhoneFiles have competition with ToneThis, a small startup based in Los Angeles founded by 3 students with time on their hands, who have just launched a service that allows customers to wirelessly transfer music, sound effects and voice from their desktop computers onto their cellphones.
Users can create their own cellphone content from their personal music collections, instead of choosing from a library of songs provided by the cellphone company.
Instead of charging per download, the service offers unlimited use for a one-time fee of $14.95.
Traditional cellphone ringtones known as “Polyphonic ringtones” are not capable of playing voice or music and sound very computer-like / robotic. ToneThis targets next generation cellphones that support “PureVoice ringtones” that allow music, sound effects and voice to be a cellphone ringtone.
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