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iRingPro offers "professional" ringtones
Like many of you, I love the convenience and fun of owning a mobile phone. However, I detest loud and obnoxious ring tones, not to mention the disappointment of a great conversation interrupted by an ear-shattering rendition of The Hamster Dance. I'd prefer it if people used their phone's (least annoying) default tone, but I know that some users can't resist fiddling around. Here's hoping those people will check out iRingPro.
Billed as "...smart, attractive, livable alerts," these aren't your nephew's ringtones. Instead, you get a serene but noticeable series of notes that won't elicit strange looks in the board room. Additionally, the pause between repetitions is longer than most, eliminating that sense of "I've got to answers this now!" urgency. There are few samples you can check out on the site, and they're quite nice.
A collection of 21 tones in M4R format will run you $9.95US. Please, if you're the downloading type, consider iRingPro.
Alternatively, you can try your hand at making your own classy tones with GarageBand.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Fernando said 3:09PM on 12-05-2008
I never thought someone else then the carriers would be selling ring tones. Wow.
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Che said 4:16PM on 12-05-2008
21 weird tones worth the price of 9.99. Not sure, yet.
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Jinto said 4:13PM on 12-05-2008
$9.99 dollars when I can make ringtones (and edit them to size too) with iTunes? No thanks!
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CaptSaltyJack said 4:16PM on 12-05-2008
Color me unimpressed. I expected much more, but instead found overly simple ringtones comprised of just a few tones. I can do that myself for free!
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Kevin T said 5:23PM on 12-05-2008
Seems to me like http://macmost.com/iphoneringtones/iphone_ringtones_Zen_Tones.html would work just as well, and with a $0 pricetag -- is even MORE Zennier.
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mark said 11:42AM on 12-14-2008
Not the same thing. Not even close....
The fact that someone uses the word "Zen" does not mean that he/she knows what it means. This free collection to which you've linked is Asian, *not* Zen.
Johnny said 4:56PM on 12-05-2008
Yeah, I'm also unimpressed. The preview ringtones are horrible and there are plenty of free options if you know where to look. Really, $9.99? Good luck.
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BT said 5:40PM on 12-05-2008
Compared to the cost of iTunes ringtones or ringtones from service providers, these are pretty cheap. But, I don't think I'd notice that it was my phone ringing.
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Jason said 5:51PM on 12-05-2008
$10 is pretty steep. I'd probably pay $5 for those, though - it definitely beats those people who blast "Usher" or hearing marimba for the 200th time.
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YodaMac said 5:57PM on 12-05-2008
Yay! Please save us from annoying ring "tunes"!!!!! I hate 'em!
These Zen tones are actually not bad. Nice for a CEO or something, and I could see James Bond's nemesis' phone ringing that way. ;)
Myself, I used some of the garage-band provided sound FX to find some nice "techy" tones that are NOT songs but work well for a ring when repeated.
As most have pointed out, you can do a lot for "free" with Garage Band and a little imagination. Still - better a $9 calming tone than a free version of "Bolero"... :P
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Andre said 5:58PM on 12-05-2008
I don't mean to put anyone down, but why would anyone PAY for a ringtone? There's enough free ones out there, plus if you want something truly your own, you just make it yourself.
I'd compare it to someone paying to use an Internet search engine that works about the same as Google.
I guess I'm just not one of those rich people who don't mind supporting these companies. I guess if someone started a pay-per-use search engine, some people would pay.
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Pinto said 6:55PM on 12-05-2008
Vibrate: the most professional ringtone (and it's free)
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macxprt said 1:30AM on 12-06-2008
When on business trips, I would set my phone to vibrate, stick it in my pocket and have my wife call me and hang up for 20 minutes.
Just kidding!
Jack said 5:38AM on 12-07-2008
Thank goodness the iPhone vibrate mode is so nice! Some other smartphones have a vibrate mode that is like an old electric razor!
CKay said 7:44PM on 12-05-2008
I understand the "Why not make your own" comments, but you have to realize that there are many people that would have no idea how to make their own ringtones.
Really I like this idea, especially the "I heard you the first time" feature. Sure its a 5 second pause inserted after the tone. But it's a nice feature.
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Aaron said 9:24PM on 12-05-2008
I wonder how much of a cut Mr. Caolo is getting from the company for spam blogs.
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William said 9:29PM on 12-05-2008
Props for the link to a page with the old school Hamster Dance that I remember 10 years ago!
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navstar said 9:46PM on 12-05-2008
If I could change my text alert sound, I'd totally buy these!
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Frank said 10:44PM on 12-05-2008
I am selling Solid color backgrounds - Blue, Green, Red
$10.00 will get you one of each color already sized to fit the iPhone. These are professionally done backgrounds and guaranteed to have all pixels in place.
No more annoying photographs to view or embarrass you. Nothing but a beautiful primary color.
Maybe i should reserve the domain iColorPro? Try mixing some Primary colors to get secondary color backgrounds? Wow! who knows where this could lead......
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Alex said 11:34PM on 12-05-2008
These aren't bad at all and (someone passed this great tip on to me which I can attest to actually working) when you go to checkout, you have to option to pay using TrialPay (trialpay.com) which lets you exchange signing up for a service in return for a free license. I paid using trialpay and signed up for a free 14 day trial of realplayers superpass. I then cancelled my trial and received a free copy. Never billed a cent. I like these a lot and find them much nicer than the usual ringtones I've had/bought in the past, that come with the phone, or that I made myself. That said, I couldn't see paying 9.99 for them.
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