iPhone Update
Apple recently started enabling customized ringtones for their iPhone. For the price of 99 cents (on top of the 99 cents already paid for a song via iTunes) iPhone users can create a custom ringtone from a limited selection of music.
This service has annoyed some, as many feel that other phones are capable of having custom ringtones at no extra charge. Indeed, my previous phone could have any mp3 file as a ringtone (though it did take a bit of work to make it happen).
Others say that with some phone companies charging as much as $3.50 or more for downloadable ringtones, Apple’s version really isn’t that bad.
For expert Mac users (and for some brave PC users too) there are some unofficial programs available that allow users to create their own iPhone ringtones anyway, and Apple are releasing updates to iTunes to combat this.
What are you thoughts on this? Is the inability to freely create ringtones a barrier to buying the iPhone? Has the recent $200 price drop made a difference in your opinion, or is it still just so much hype?
