Quick Contest - Xingtone Software

Man to bad I have Verizon did anyone use this Joe?

 

I will do it. Joe, I've sent you a PM with my info if the offer is still on the table.

 

If you did it let us know how it went.

 

Well, I've got to tell you, Xingtone is pretty sweet. It took about 40 minutes to download but I was using a dialup ISP so it would probably take about 2 minutes with DSL or a cable modem. You need to have text messaging and WAP access on your handset and, as JFB said, you must have one of the following providers... Cingular, Sprint PCS or T-Mobile.

The user interface is simple. You load tracks from CD or from MP3 or other audio files on your PC. The instructions say that loading them from CD or sounds you record yourself are better ringtones because they are not compressed. I didn't have a chance to test this out since I was using tracks straight from CD.

Once you get going it's pretty easy. The controls are straighforward. You pick the file you want to load and it displays the graphic representation of the sound waves. You then use the mouse to select the section of the file you want to use as a ringtone and select a little razor blade icon to cut it, then you can fine tune your selection using the fade-in, fade-out, lower volume and higher volume controls. Then you name the ringtone and hit the send button. In about 20-30 seconds you receive a text message with a WAP link which allows you to download the ringtone. After I had done a couple I could go from raw CD track to ringtone playing on my phone in about 5 minutes and the ringtones sound as good if not better than those you could download direct from your carrier.

I have a problem paying for ringtones... especially since I know how easy it can be to create your own. If you like downloading ringtones I would purchase Xingtone and just make your own because it's much more fun. Definitly cool software.

 

Wow, sound's like a good program to use. do you have to download it via WAP or can you transfer the tones via a usb cable?

 

You have to download the program to your PCU but the ringtones are transferred to your handset via a WAP address sent to your phone in a text message. Looks like right now you have to have WAP in order to use it.

 

Thank you for the quick reply & excellent write up on the program, I don't use the mMode on my phone, usually do things thru MPT, but it seems simple enough to use this program & download it pretty quickly.

 

Yes, I was surprised at how fast it was, literally 20-30 seconds from upload to ringtone on your phone.