Mobile17 began as an idea called "smashTheTONES". (Wikipedia)
We wanted to make our own ringtones and graphics with ease. Audio editors, uploading/downloading, ...too much work. Can't it be faster?
This site was created from the smashTheTONES source-code we'd written as a prototype project -- given its great reception by the internet audience. The resulting product was this well-formed company supported by advertising and optional premium-services at the user's request. To this day, we've come a long way from our original format and have helped millions of customers create mobile-content they truly desire ...without having to search the web or pay exorbitant-fees to obtain.
“I started Mobile17 when I was just 17-years-old... hence the name, 'Mobile 17'. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, it began as an idea for a simple, web-based way to create your own ringtones and graphics... for free... without all that hassle. I had just bought a Motorola RAZR V3, the hottest phone on the market at the time (it'd just been released), and then had no money left-over. It was expensive! $500 to a 17-year-old is a lot.
So, in order to get ringtones, I started making my own... manually. It was taking HOURS to cut them all down, convert them, then transfer to the phone via a data-cable... something most people don't have. Too much work! Why can't this be faster?
The original 'smashTheTONES' was extremely fast; there was no wait-time. When the site was then MOBBED with a huge burst of traffic... it did not react well whilst trying to create thousands of ringtones at the same time. So, the site was moved to a queue-based system (which it still uses today!) and eventually matured to the name 'Mobile17'.
Fast-forward a few years, we have millions of users and deliver thousands of pieces of fresh content to phones per-day.”
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