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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
I’ve been using iFuntastic until 3.0.3 failed to work for me for all of my iPhone ringtone management. It left me in the frustrated state of how to get more ringtones on my iPhone. I had known about another software application out there claiming to have the quick and easy way to custom ringtones for the iPhone. Now that iFuntastic wasn’t working, I rang up Ambrosia Software’s site for a speedy download of its iToner.
Once the download completed and the disk image expanded, I gave iToner an immediate task. To my amazement, it did work quickly and was as simple as dragging Bob Seger’s “Like a Rock” to iToner’s iPhone-like interface and clicking the Sync button. The transfer was fast, in fact, I thought it had failed and I removed my iPhone from its dock to check. Sure enough, “Like a Rock” was listed in the Ringtone list. Sweet!
There’s not much to look at in iToner. It’s basic and job-one is to just handle ringtones. It does not sniff the current ringtones on your device, but does keep track of what you’ve copied over to your phone via iToner and list those tracks. One thing I did notice from iToner’s advanced settings is the ability to copy over playlists from iTunes. Very cool if you want to just make a quick playlist of all your ringtones in case the next Apple update wipes out your current set of MP3 and M4As.
While iToner is fast and easy, I think $15 is a very steep price for what you can find for free (or donation) elsewhere. Again, this is without a doubt the most easy and fool proof ringtone manager for your iPhone, but it’s about three times the cost that I would be willing to pay for it. Yes, iFuntastic 3.0.3b1 isn’t working on my phone, but at least 2.1.x is still on my drive and that does work. And it’s free. But, if you’re not into soft-resetting your iPhone and fear bricking it, then maybe $15 may be a value at insurance policy pricing.
September 4th, 2007 at 23:47
You have an iPhone? No way! ; )
Hi Sven! Love ya! RJ
September 14th, 2007 at 12:19
iFuntastic 3.5.5 is iTunes 7.4.x compatible.
It allows you to add .wav, .mp3, .aif and .m4a as ringtones.
It’s at iPhone Aley