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Apple adds "Top Ringtones" feature to iTunes store (US)
Just 24 hours after enabling ringtones in the US iTunes store, Apple has added a "Top Ringtones" tracker [iTunes link] to the front page. As of this writing, Nickleback has a lock on the #1 slot [iTunes link]. This demonstrates that someone is buying these (just not very many TUAW readers). I'll admit that the next time my iPhone rings, everyone around me will be treated to Eddie Van Halen's solo from Unchained. I hope they like it.
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Eric said 7:25AM on 9-12-2007
Has anyone seen any real "ring"-tones on iTunes? Like, the sound of something ringing instead of a song? I used the hack to upload ringtones to my phone, but only because of a lack of good loud ringing sounds. I've never cared for songs as ringtones...
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PayneO said 7:38AM on 9-12-2007
Who the heck is Nickleback? Rock-on Van Halen!! Long live Rock!
I have to admit I have Macarina as one of my ringtones!! hehehehe
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mjenkins said 8:23AM on 9-12-2007
I am thankful that Apple added the Top Ringtones but it would be nice if they would offer some sort of ability to browse just ringtone-able songs or an advanced search for it. I searched for 30+ songs yesterday and only one song actually had a ringtone option. I gave up in frustration.
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Chris Coleman said 8:45AM on 9-12-2007
Wow, anybody who would buy a Nickelback ringtone deserves to have their money taken.
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Danny Cohen said 9:02AM on 9-12-2007
You can tell what kind of gids are buying ringtones by the top ringtone being by Nickelback
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daniel said 9:03AM on 9-12-2007
I have to wonder if this feature is incomplete right now, when I visited the link in the story iTunes is listing 10 our of 100 songs as not available in Ringtone format. Someone else confirm this?
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Ross Byers said 9:21AM on 9-12-2007
This makes me wonder if most iTunes users know that the ringtones are for iPhone, and not just whatever phone they happen to have. A lot of drunk frat guys like nickelback and own iPods, but not iPhones. They are however, drunk and dumb enough to think iTunes can magically put ringtones on their RazR or Sidekick.
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ModernDoug said 9:21AM on 9-12-2007
I am so bummed that all of the Van Halen songs I purchased from iTunes were different versions (different albums/compilations) than the ones selectable for ringtones. Very frustrating because there are usually 6 versions of any given VH song. So, I would have to buy a second "version" of the exact same song to then be allowed to buy the ringtone!! BTW - I want the Mission Impossible ringtone I had through Verizon back.
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kevin said 11:31AM on 9-12-2007
Does anybody know how to edit a ringtone down to a small portion of the song, as opposed to jsut playing the entire thign?
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Christopher said 1:13PM on 9-12-2007
That short list right there is exactly why this is a bad idea.
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Reg said 9:55PM on 9-12-2007
I may be old school, but I preferred the days when ringtones were midi based. Then at least the tunes had a clear melody.
Once phones went beyond polyphonic to being MP3 capable, they became pathetic little ghetto blasters that simply didn't have the acoustics to preserve the identity of the complex waveform they were rendering. It's really an insult to music to hear it played so distorted from a tiny speaker.
I wouldn't mind at all if 20K .mid ringtones came back on the scene, or as #1 suggests, recordings of simple phone sounds were made available.
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steve campbel said 8:37PM on 9-16-2007
i use www.create-ringtone.com to make and send custom ringtones, wallpapers, MP3's and Videos for FREE to cell phones around the world
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