Sharetones for Android 1.0 beta Video
Sharetones for Android 1.0 beta Video Transcript
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>> Jessica Dolcourt: What's the easiest way to get a ring tone? Sharetones is a new application in beta for Android that gives a clubber answer. I'm Jessica Dolcourt let's take a look at Sharetones 1.0 beta. When you launch it Sharetones takes stock of the music on your Android phone. It sends your tunes to its database and looks for ringtones that other users have marked out. Note that if another user hasn't created the ringtone you won't get a result, sorry. Sharetones returns the ringtone options to your phone. You'll see the number of matching ringtones right below the song name and artist, tap it once to see the time stamp and tap again for an audio preview. The screen is really basic from here. You can pause the ringtone or chose to save it. Saving uses the time settings on the original ringtone to rip your song into a tone and then it saves it locally onto your phone. So you're not actually downloading an MP3. What you're really downloading is a formula or a recipe and using that to carve out a ringtone from your own song. Ordinarily saving a formula will prompt you to commit to a subscription but Sharetones will be free during its beta period. After that it will cost about $1.50 for 3 ringtone recipes, $2.50 for unlimited use for a month or $7.50 for unlimited use for a year. The app isn't the prettiest but what it really needs are navigation tools to scroll back and forth through the previews in the preview screen. A built in editor will also be helpful if you feel so inclined to add a new ringtone to the Sharetone data base. We'll also suggest a way to flag or rate other people's ringtone recipes. Since the program is still in beta we'll hopefully see some of these improvements transpire until then what we've got is a decent start [background music] especially since you can get ringtones for free before Sharetones publisher starts charging. Start by downloading Sharetones beta from the Android marketplace. I'm Jessica Dolcourt this has been Sharetones for Android, version 1.0 beta.
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