Mobile17

Mobile17 is a Boston, Massachusetts-based website that allows users to create custom ringtones for a wide variety of mobile devices.

History

The service originated as a popular website called smashTheTONES which soon evolved into Mobile17.com.<ref name='Mobile17 Website and App 'About' Page'>"Mobile17 Website and App 'About' Page". Retrieved 2011-09-01. </ref> This Boston-based mobile startup creates ringtones available to every mobile phone user in the United States via an online toolset and applications for the iPhone and Android-operated devices.[1] Among the first to provide custom ringtones online,[2] Mobile17 rose to prominence after mentions on Tech TV’s The Screen Savers,[2] CNet,[3] Life Hacker,[1] Men’s Health Magazine<ref name='Men's Health 2007 Tech Guide'>"Men's Health 2007 Tech Guide". Retrieved 2011-09-01. </ref> and Popular Science.[4]

Popular Science calls Mobile17 “the easiest way” to create ringtones online.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Make a ringtone from any MP3". Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  2. 1 2 "Sarahs Damn Good Download". Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  3. ↑ "Make your own ringtones online". Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  4. 1 2 "Can I use my own songs as ringtones?". Retrieved 2011-09-01.

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