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Massachusetts-based website
Mobile17
was a
Boston, Massachusetts
-based website that allowed users to create custom
ringtones
for a wide variety of mobile devices.
History
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The service originated as a popular website called smashTheTONES which soon evolved into Mobile17.com.
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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.
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Among the first to provide custom ringtones online,
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Mobile17 rose to prominence after mentions on Tech TV’s
The Screen Savers
,
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CNet
,
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Life Hacker,
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Men’s Health Magazine
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and
Popular Science
.
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In 2006, Popular Science called Mobile17 “the easiest way” to create ringtones online.
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