A new desktop application has been released aimed at empowering iPhone (News - Alert) users to create and share ringtones. This is the first time that this is being made possibly legally thanks to DJ Nitrogen.

 

The public beta release of the new Ringtone Lab for iPhone, allows ringtones to easily sync to the iPhone via iTunes, with no hacks or modifications necessary. The application is powered by DJ Nitrogen's mobile content collaboration platform.

 

Chris Sindoni, DJ Nitrogen CEO said that "We are excited to be launching this version of the Ringtone Lab exclusively for the iPhone. iPhone users will no longer be limited to buying ringtones through iTunes, and our recipe-sharing technology means they can legally share their iPhone ringtones with any DJ Nitrogen user, even users of our private-label non-iPhone products."

 

During the limited-time public beta, the Ringtone Lab will be priced at only $4.99 for unlimited iPhone ringtones. The price is set to go upto $9.99 upon official launch. Even at $9.99, the Ringtone Lab for the iPhone delivers unlimited ringtones for the price of one iTunes album.

 

Just like all DJ Nitrogen products, the Ringtone Lab for the iPhone lets users make ringtones and save the "ringtone recipes" for any of their MP3 songs on their computer. The ringtone recipe is the data that defines the ringtone - start, stop, fade, etc. A user has the ability to browse, share and build upon ringtone recipes created by other members of the DJ Nitrogen community. However, this privilege is only for songs that the user already owns, thus it also respects the artists' copyrights.