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Creating Ring Tones to a Different Tune
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Access that Web address over the phone's Internet connection, and suddenly, the clip is on the phone, ready to be played for incoming calls.
One big caveat: Although Xingtone works on most phones, it's not compatible with phones running on the Verizon Wireless network, though newer phones are expected to be compatible by the end of the year, Miles said.
The tunes can be programmed to ring for different callers, so Miles, for example, keeps about 20 ring tones on his phone.
Ringtone Media Studio, made by Avanquest, is similar to Xingtone except that it also allows for the transfer of digital photos and videos to phones.
The company launched its program in the United States in August and has sold thousands of copies, said David Wright, executive vice president of Avanquest.
Unlike Xingtone, Ringtone Media Studio transfers data to the cell phone using either a wireless Bluetooth or infrared connection or a USB or other cord that connects the phone to the computer. The company is developing a way to transmit the tunes over the air.
Ringtone Media Studio only works on Windows computers. If the phone cannot play real music, the software will convert the sounds to a ring that sounds like polyphonic beeps.
"We don't ask any technical questions of the user," Wright said. "It's very, very simple."
And having a customized ring tone has proved to be handy -- especially in a crowded place such as the airport.
"When my phone rings, I know it's mine," he said.
