BlackberryTunes

BlackberryTunes.com: Eases the pain of creating 7100/7105 ringtones

I went ahead and subscribed to this service ($20 a year through Handango) last Friday. The idea is simple: you send them an audio file (MP3 or WAV) that you want converted into a ringtone, and they convert it to the Blackberry ADP format and put it up on their website for you to download from your Blackberry...you can even send them an entire song in MP3 and they'll edit it down to a ringtone.

In RIM's infinite wisdom (or lack thereof), the only way to get a new ringtone on your 710x is to download it from a Web site, and since ADP files require a custom MIME filetype, this precludes using most commercial Web hosters (without jumping through a lot of hoops to get them to add the MIME type to their server). Since I use Yahoo for my hosting, and I really didn't want to go through the pain of getting them to handle the file type, I chose to pay these guys instead.

I sent them a ringtone last Friday evening (an already edited version of U2's Vertigo), and as of this morning (Tuesday), I hadn't heard a word from them. After sending a semi-threatening email, I received the download link from them about 30 minutes later. I'm going to try sending some more over this evening; we'll see if their response time gets any better (I sure hope so). I'll post an update to this entry after I've had some more time with their service.

Update: I've now been using the service for nearly a week, and my requests have been handled very quickly. I've also been able to give my ringtone URL to other people, who have also been able to enjoy my ringtones. Cool service--much easier than trying to do it on your own.