Fun Friday: Create & Share Ringtones

Filed in archive Companies , Innovation on May 11, 2007

MyxerTones is an Internet service that takes all the technology out of ringtones. Enter your phone number and phone model. Badabing! You're set. Use it three ways.

1. SURF THE STORED RINGTONES. Select and play a tone online to test. Hit Send. MyxerTones sends the tone in the right format in the right way so that you can save it as a ringtone on your phone. Pretty simple, eh?

2. CREATE YOUR OWN TONE. Upload an open format tune. Cut it to make your tone snippet. Hit Send. MyxerTones creates and send your selected tone. It couldn't be much simpler.

3. SHARE & SELL IT. Create an artist account. Create your tone. Pick a price or make it free. Hit Save to publish it on their directory. Or send a web link or SMS code.

Uploading was not generally reliable when I tested. I recommend uploading to a web server and then using the URL with an artist account.

MyxerTones is the product of Florida-based mVisible Technologies, which landed $3 million in Series A funding.

The only problem with MyxerTones is that it's TOO cool and easy to use. Just like YouTube, there is nothing to stop users from posting copyrighted content. And they do. If the site gets too popular, it's only a matter of time before it invites a visit, and lawsuit, from your friendly neighborhood RIAAman.