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Apple Launches Store for Text Message/Alert Tones
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I really miss Zedge on my old Evo now. All the tones, backgrounds, and ringtones I ever wanted for FREE...
This has been the #1 request from users of our custom Text-to-Speech ringtone creation apps, so this is very cool!
You really want a 30 sec sounds for sms or email alerts. I think that would get old quick.
No thanks!! This is one thing Apple can't take my money with. No ma'am!
But for those of you on Windows, trying to create ringtones (which apparently can now be set as text alert tones), here's an free and easy solution. Works great:
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Keep in mind you can shorten the length of the file to however many seconds you want. If used as a ringtone, it'll just loop a lot faster, but as a 2-second file, it'll work great for texts.
But for those of you on Windows, trying to create ringtones (which apparently can now be set as text alert tones), here's an free and easy solution. Works great:
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Keep in mind you can shorten the length of the file to however many seconds you want. If used as a ringtone, it'll just loop a lot faster, but as a 2-second file, it'll work great for texts.
I think the point is the price is $0.99 to $1.29, i.e. the same as a song, but the alert is short. It's not that the alert should be longer, but the price should be lower (or free if you own the song for example.)
You can do this - each contact has the option to change the ring tone or the text tone. (Contacts -> Edit)
so in other words. Apple charges for things that the rest of the world has been able to put on there phones (including dumb phones) for the past say 7 years?
I been installing my own ring tones (txt and ring) since oh 2004. I am not paying for something that I can easily do for free. Even double for a smart phone which it should be a true cake walk for.
I been installing my own ring tones (txt and ring) since oh 2004. I am not paying for something that I can easily do for free. Even double for a smart phone which it should be a true cake walk for.
Thanks for posting this! I've got all my familar jailbroken sounds on a stock iPhone.
some of these tones are from copyrighted materials. thus the cost.
there are ways to make your own and sync them to your computer.
lol. Consider $0.99 a stupid tax for people willing to pay it.
Garageband has a 'Send ringtone to iTunes' menu option, so it's really just two steps to get your own tones onto the phone (hint: export, then sync).
As for 'poor' iPhone users having to deal with the same tones up until now, some people dont have directional hearing so it's actually a big problem in some cases when everyone has identical message tones. Why it's taken so long to get this 'magical' feature is a mystery.
Garageband has a 'Send ringtone to iTunes' menu option, so it's really just two steps to get your own tones onto the phone (hint: export, then sync).
As for 'poor' iPhone users having to deal with the same tones up until now, some people dont have directional hearing so it's actually a big problem in some cases when everyone has identical message tones. Why it's taken so long to get this 'magical' feature is a mystery.
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Excellent, although I won't know who is using an iphone anymore. When I hear the bell alert tone in a crowded room and see 5 other people check their iphones at once.
Nobody is stopping your from creating your own. This is just another option. Besides, just a few short years ago, ringtones for dumb phones were sold for about $3 a piece from all the major telcos. Still feeling mighty?
A lot of "Droid" alert tones there.
I so like the stormtrooper one - someone has a sense of humour.
R.
I so like the stormtrooper one - someone has a sense of humour.
R.
Excellent, although I won't know who is using an iphone anymore. When I hear the bell alert tone in a crowded room and see 5 other people check their iphones at once.
For the best effect, hang out in an Apple store and have someone call you, using the default ringtone!
