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Apple axes RingTone iTunes Plan?

I don't buy it...

And I certainly hope that wasn't a headline software announcement for MWSF - I'm expecting much more than that! 😉
 
Thank goodness, because scientists have recently developed an even-better, truly amazing ring technology!

The way it works is this: your phone rings, but no sound comes out! Instead, you "feel" the ring. Pyschic phone? Not exactly, it's a vibration produced by the phone, so only the person wearing it or very close to it feels the vibration. It's like a vibrating pager... only it's a PHONE! Seriously, there are products in the market today that have this exciting option.

The benefits:

* You don't have to bother everyone in the room with your noise. Common courtesy comes to the digital age! Imagine a day when people can get calls in a restaurant or movie theater and nobody else has to hear the racket!

The downside:

* You can't show off that you are so cool and own a mobile phone 😉 No more joy of seeing everyone's heads turn, and imagining how much you are impressing them.


Pulls plug on sarcasm machine. It was starting to overheat.
 
Its better that they take it out now before it ever was made into a product. I am still disappointed at the way they took away broadcasting your iTunes library over the internet. They made it so easy.
 
reyesmac said:
Its better that they take it out now before it ever was made into a product. I am still disappointed at the way they took away broadcasting your iTunes library over the internet. They made it so easy.
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You can thank the RIAA for that.
 
Rats

I mean ringtones weren't annoying enough before some moron who can't carry a tune remixed them with GarageBand.

David 😎
 
I actually would have liked this feature. It would have enabled me to put my own band's ringtones on my phone so people could ask me "wow, who was that?" and I could reply "why, it was me, lets make out."
 
Is it just me or has nobody heard anything of this ringtone thing up til now?

Not only has this whole thing being sprung upon us, but since when have the The Register been a rumour site, sounds like bull to me. 🙄
 
narco said:
I'm sure it has something to do with the cellular carriers. They're almost as bad if not worse than the RIAA.
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Let's get all the carriers back to providing just connectivity!
 
abrooks said:
Is it just me or has nobody heard anything of this ringtone thing up til now?

Not only has this whole thing being sprung upon us, but since when have the The Register been a rumour site, sounds like bull to me. 🙄
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Luckily I haven't been aware of this rumor yet.
I wouldn't want to think of Apple building such a "feature" into iTunes.
What would've been next, modding stuff from Apple?
 
otter-boy said:
A part of iLife cancelled from the iTunes Music Store? This sounds like a fundamental misunderstanding of the Apple product line.
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iTunes and Garageband are part of iLife, ergo, it's a feature cancelled that was part of iLife.
 
This news is purely designed to get folks away from the REAL stuff happening at MWSF2006..

A purposefully designed news story to try and deflect the rampant rumors surrounding MacWorld.
In otherwords ....It was planted by Apple..
 
unfaded said:
I actually would have liked this feature. It would have enabled me to put my own band's ringtones on my phone so people could ask me "wow, who was that?" and I could reply "why, it was me, lets make out."
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Can't you do that already?
 
I, personally, cannot stand ringtones. However, I think it would be neat if you could create tunes through Garageband and convert them into ringtones. Not a very purposeful application, but a fun one similar to the photobooth ap that is found on the new iMacs.

It would coincide well with the motorola/cingular/iTunes phones and maybe actually help sales... not like it would hurt sales. 😉
 
rendezvouscp said:
Headline feature? Integration with GarageBand and Flickr? I just don't get it.

First off, ringtones as a major feature? Doesn't make sense, or they've somehow revolutionized a ring. Right.

GarageBand, alright, but Flickr? What in the world does Flickr have to do with ringtones?
-Chase
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Oops. Next time I'll read previous posts. But I agree with you.
(Read my previous post if you have no idea what I'm talking about.)
 
So with the myriad of rumors surrounding what will be released at MWSF 06, we now find out about one thing that was supposed to be released which is being axed - something which never came up as a possible rumor, not even once. Geez, what else is Jobs going to surprise us with during the keynote? 😉 We're so busy discussing things we think will be announced, yet there may be things we have no clue about! Ah, it is indeed a fun time of year... 😎

As for the concept itself, it sounds neat, I wonder why it was axed...
 
~Shard~ said:
...what else is Jobs going to surprise us with during the keynote? ... As for the concept itself, it sounds neat, I wonder why it was axed...
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Perhaps Apple has come up with something better than ringtones. 😱 😕 😎
 
Doctor Q said:
Perhaps Apple has come up with something better than ringtones. 😱 😕 😎
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Well, they already have those "true ringtones" or whatever they are marketed as, which are much better than the basic ones... and this concept sounded like it definitely would have had potential to be "better than ringtones", yet it was axed... odd... leave it up to Apple to always keep us guessing!
 
narco said:
I'm sure it has something to do with the cellular carriers. They're almost as bad if not worse than the RIAA.

Fishes,
narco.
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Can't agree more. After all, they're the ones who are charging 2.50$US+ for a 15 seconds polyphonic ringtone and/or 30 seconds clips of real songs (which are 4 minutes long and available for 0.99$ on the iTMS).
 
Interesting thought here, can the ROKR and the new iTunes Razr andle AAC ringtones? I'm intrigued on it. Would make sense given loads of phones can handle MP3 tones, and these too include Apples DRM.
 
I do prefer ring tones over the harsh, unflattering sound of a cell phone ring, but $3 a ring tone is the real piracy here. But if the model is successful and Apple were to include such a feature, it would really be a cash cow.
 
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