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Am I the only one who finds music ringtones annoying?
No you're not. I find many equally annoying and in many public situations, rude as h@#$.
I like how Steve's phone number was included in the picture.
408-996-1010
You know it is someone close to Apple since 408 is the area code for San Jose and the Silicon Valley.
408-996-1010
You know it is someone close to Apple since 408 is the area code for San Jose and the Silicon Valley.
Actually it's one of Apple's phone numbers (not Job's personal number). It shows up in a bunch of spots in things related to Apple.
Eh, I'm sure at some point people thought any "weird" ringtones were annoying and rude. That cricket thing for example. Now those are acceptable but playing songs not. I'm sure in five years people will be fine with songs, and something far more obnoxious will be commonplace (although I honestly can't imagine what).
i'm with you...
i have a motorola L6 that i bought unlocked on my own (as in, not from a cell phone service provider) that i use with fido (rogers) in canada. i can use any sound clip that i want as a ringtone. i edit them on my mac and send them wirelessly to my phone via bluetooth. easy-peasy. one of my friends had a ringtone for awhile that was just a recording of himself saying 'telephone'...it was creepy...!
point is...it boggles my mind that the wondrous device that is the iphone is specifically built to not be able to use any of the possible 4-8 GBs of music on the ipod part of the phone as a ringtone. all that music is sitting right ****ing there...and you have to pay to make it your ringtone!?! i only hope that the cell service provider business model doesn't seep any further into the apple realm of things. pure evil.
Up till now I always used Nokia phones and you can use ANY .mp3 as your ringtone. It can be a song, sound or whatever you can come up with. And its FREE. I would never ever buy a ringtone! And shame on apple if they are gonna charge for it
i have a motorola L6 that i bought unlocked on my own (as in, not from a cell phone service provider) that i use with fido (rogers) in canada. i can use any sound clip that i want as a ringtone. i edit them on my mac and send them wirelessly to my phone via bluetooth. easy-peasy. one of my friends had a ringtone for awhile that was just a recording of himself saying 'telephone'...it was creepy...!
point is...it boggles my mind that the wondrous device that is the iphone is specifically built to not be able to use any of the possible 4-8 GBs of music on the ipod part of the phone as a ringtone. all that music is sitting right ****ing there...and you have to pay to make it your ringtone!?! i only hope that the cell service provider business model doesn't seep any further into the apple realm of things. pure evil.
What you have said doesn't make any sense. If something is impossible, it is usually not illegal, since it can't be done, there's no need to write a law against it.
DRM is simply music companies trying place barriers in the way of rampant intentional illegal or accidental activity by making it dificult and inconvenient.
If DRM goes too far we'll have stupid situations like the holographic doctor on Star Trek Voyager, who once you downloaded him, he disappeared. That was just dumb.
The only ringtone I ever bought was an actualy normal phone ring because my samsung phone didn't come with just a plain ringtone. All it had was all these stupid melodies that annoy everyone.
I truly hope that the iPhone has just a plain ringer. I guess it doesn't matter to much since I will keep it on vibrate anyways.
One feature that my samsung phone has that is WONDERFUL is that it has a setting so that it will vibrate on silent for the first two rings, and then it will actaully ring for the last two rings. This is great because when i have my phone on me then I can always cut it off before it starts to actually ring, and I still don't miss the call if my phone is in another room when i'm at home. I never have to worry about turning silent off and on.
I truly hope that the iPhone has just a plain ringer. I guess it doesn't matter to much since I will keep it on vibrate anyways.
One feature that my samsung phone has that is WONDERFUL is that it has a setting so that it will vibrate on silent for the first two rings, and then it will actaully ring for the last two rings. This is great because when i have my phone on me then I can always cut it off before it starts to actually ring, and I still don't miss the call if my phone is in another room when i'm at home. I never have to worry about turning silent off and on.
Hopefully, this is true, and will allow some method of uploading ringtones from other sources. And if not, I'm sure some hacker will come up with a method to transform audio files into ringtone files that iTunes will upload to the iPhone.
I think you probably want to direct that question to the "gods" and "administrators". Us "demigods" don't know anything.
I think you probably want to direct that question to the "gods" and "administrators". Us "demigods" don't know anything.
Yep your right - for some reason all my audio books come up under Music still (even ones I purchased via iTunes.)
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I wish theyd cost 99 DOLLARS. They are a blight on humanity. All phones should be set to permanent vibrate. Bloody noise pollution!!
Amen to that. I'm sick of some moron's phone blaring the most popular rap song every time he gets a phone call. Or some stupid Japanimation soundtrack. If phones ring at all, they should sound like telephones. And the volume should be capped at a reasonable level.
+1.
Whenever I am in public, my phone is on silent/vibrate. Only when I am home is it not, and then it *rings*, like a phone should.
The only time mine rings is when it's plugged in to charge - because it's not in my pocket, and I wouldn't know it's vibrating. But I have it set to always be on vibrate only once I unplug it.
It's so easy to silence your phone; why must so many people use loud blaring (and tinny sounding) songs to disturb the peace? (Especially in Church, in classes, and in quiet environments).
Yes, the major record companies are out of touch, and I bet in about 10 years many of them will be gone. With the Internet for promotion and iTunes for distribution, artists don't need the major labels as much as they used to.
Think of it this way: for $2 you get a ringtone and the full song
. With many of the other companies you only get the ringtone.It is a matter of perspective. You think you are buying the song. The record labels think you are buying the right to listen to the song when played directly from the CD, and nothing more.
The record labels want to sell you:
- the right to listen to the song played directly from the CD
- the right to listen to the song on your computer
- the right to listen to your song on a mobile device
- the right to listen to the song as a ringtone
I create my ringtones from unprotected MP3 in garageband for free
I wonder if you can use your own creation on the iPhone without paying someone
? In other words, even if you create "the song" from scratch in Garage Band, AT&T/Apple may require you to pay $.99 for the right to use it as a ringtone.I guess we will have to wait until this weekend to get confirmation of some of these more nuanced issues.
I do not play rap songs, but I think anyone has the right to do whatever they want with their cellphone. They paid for it; you guys cant go around telling people what to do or what to listen to.
Anyone can make their own ringtone without the use of "fancy" ringtone software.
I've made my own ringtones with ripped songs from CDs.
Throw them in garage band, crop about 30 seconds of the part of the song I want and then send it to iTunes.
Once in iTunes, I lower the encoding quality to say...32kb or 64kb; depends on your speakers, and convert it to an MP3.
Then transfer it to my phone via bluetooth.
Did this, and my ringtone sounds very clear and it was free. All it took was a little of creativity.
I think it's absurd that they charge extra to create ringtones, however.
I've made my own ringtones with ripped songs from CDs.
Throw them in garage band, crop about 30 seconds of the part of the song I want and then send it to iTunes.
Once in iTunes, I lower the encoding quality to say...32kb or 64kb; depends on your speakers, and convert it to an MP3.
Then transfer it to my phone via bluetooth.
Did this, and my ringtone sounds very clear and it was free. All it took was a little of creativity.
I think it's absurd that they charge extra to create ringtones, however.
What about music I ripped to mp3 from CD's I purchased and want to get 'fair use' out of?
I put them in my iTunes Library and also on my iPod, why can't I use a clip of that as a ringtone?Either way, I'm still buying one, tho cutting or making my own ringtones for my iPhone would be nice, I enjoy this on my SLVR. Oh well.
Some of you are willing to spend $600 for the phone plus over $700 a year to run it, but you're whining about spending 99 cents for a ring tone? Do you plan to switch ring tones every other day or something? I'd pick ONE and stick with it, personally (maybe even an actual 'ring' sound because I know how annoying it is to hear those little jingles, especially the "Nokia" one...ugh).
Changing ring tones constantly (so that you'd worry about 99 cents) seems strange to me. It's a ring replacement people! If you want to listen to music, do so. Pick a ring and move on. Of all the lame things to argue over....
Changing ring tones constantly (so that you'd worry about 99 cents) seems strange to me. It's a ring replacement people! If you want to listen to music, do so. Pick a ring and move on. Of all the lame things to argue over....