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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7/NT
- Date added: December 24, 2009
- Total Downloads: 902,947
- Downloads last week: 1,997
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 245 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
If you're tired of that old cell phone ring and ready to make yourself a Radiohead or Beyonce ringtone, ToneThis is a fair starting point. The freeware application has the muscle to make ringtones (or the higher-quality true tones), video ringtones, or wallpaper out of files in your collection, and send them to your phone or to a friend. It's also dead-easy to operate, letting you select a small segment of a song or video to turn into a ringtone, or crop an image to fit your cell phone's interface. Once selected, the ringtone or image is uploaded to the cell phone carrier, and then downloaded to the phone. You'll also be able to search Flickr from the ToneThis interface for free, legal images to use as wallpaper.
An optional Firefox toolbar, new in version 3.6, helps you cut out the fuss of downloading legal media from the Internet by sending media directly to ToneThis for editing and processing. At least in theory. Our success rate was so variable, we'd almost recommend opting out of its installation entirely, at least until ToneThis' developers can iron out the kinks.
Despite these obvious snags, ToneThis's simpler settings compared with other ringtone software makes it a good fit for novices, and therefore a worthy download. After seeing the toolbar deliver its promised functionality, we'd like to see a few more features, especially more controls for exacting ringtone-length. ToneThis is supported by advertising, but no nagging pop-up ads. To rid yourself of ads and to get advanced betas and premium ringtones and mobile games, a pro version can be procured for $20. ToneThis works with specific carriers, countries, and phone models--it's wise to check the Web site before installing to make sure your phone is supported.
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Publisher's description
From ToneThis :ToneThis desktop software allows you to create MP3 ringtones, truetones, realtones, cellphone wallpaper and mobile video ringtones using your CD, MP3, WAV, iTunes, image (JPEG, GIF, BMP), and video (AVI, MPEG) collection. With ToneThis, FireFox users can also send content from the web to your phone including web pages, images and Flash video. Create an unlimited number of cellphone ringtones, wallpapers, and videos. Access to free mobile music, image, and video content. Access to 1000s of free mobile games. Almost all global carriers supported.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.6 has an updated supported device and carrier list.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.2 stars out of 245 votes
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Version: ToneThis Ringtone Maker 3.6
Pros: It makes ringtones (barely)
Cons: Lacking more advanced features, almost impossible to be accurate with timing.
Summary: This ringtone maker is very nice as far as looks go, but as far as using it, it down-wright sucks! When I tried to make a ringtone I instantly realized its biggest problem. You can't control specifically where it starts. Say I wanted a ringtone to s... read more >>
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Version: ToneThis Ringtone Maker 3.6
Pros: Does what it says, is very simple to use
Cons: Would prefer option to enter more than one phone
Summary: Good product. It does what it says it waill and is easy to use.
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Version: ToneThis Ringtone Maker 3.6
"Now my phone dosen't suck when it rings!"
Pros: 1. Super easy to use. 2. A breeze to edit tones. 3. I can put anything I want on my phone!
Cons: Haven't found any cons yet.
Summary: My phone came with totally sucky ringtones. I mean it was like an embarassment whenever it rang in public. But I did not want to join some ripoff "Ringtone Service".
With Tone This I had great, head turning, ringtones 15 minutes after download... read more >> -
Version: ToneThis Ringtone Maker 3.6
Pros: easy to use
Cons: I really did not find any thing negative with this program
Summary: I found it easy to create and download ringtones from CDs
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Version: ToneThis Ringtone Maker 3.6
"I like BitPim better, so that's what I returned to"
Pros: Really, I don't know what to say is good about this program, mainly because I didn't really bother testing it out. Upon installation and opening the program, I saw that it wasn't going to make it as easy for me as BitPim did, so I returned to BitPim.
Cons: See above. I didn't take the time to really explore this program when I saw it didn't seem to be as functional or easy to use as BitPim is. So I went back to my comfort zone.
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