Stoopid Arbitrary Restrictions >.<

[the_gneech]

There's a Doctor Who ringtone out there. It could run on my phone.

But it's only for sale to customers in the UK.

Because...?

Stoopid arbitrariness. Join the friggin' global economy already!

-The Gneech

PS: Well, now I found one for sale in the US, but it's not compatible with my phone. *headdesk*

Comments

[tahamaki.livejournal.com]

what kind of phone do you have, gneech? I've just made and uploaded my own to my old phone, including the Doctor Who theme.

[camstone.livejournal.com]

Same here...

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to share ringtones? The OS on this phone is not the -most- opaque one I've ever come across, but it does its best to be unhelpful whenever possible.

-TG

[camstone.livejournal.com]

Dunno. I might be able to send you one... I'll have to look into it at my end tonight. =)

[camstone.livejournal.com]

Well, I looked into it. Found a free MP3 file of it...Can probably download it to your phone, but only if you have a USB/data cable for the phone. It ends up I can't text message /sms it to you.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I have a Kyocera KX2, which apparently can play polyphonics but not MP3's.

-TG

[tahamaki.livejournal.com]

http://www.howardforums.com/archive/topic/620434-1.html

[camstone.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's how I do it with my LG phone... with bitpim. =)

[himura-tiger.livejournal.com]

Aiya! X_X

I'm sorry, dude. :-( Hopefully you can find something for it. ^ ^;;;

[bovil.livejournal.com]

I had the original Delia Derbyshire Doctor Who theme (mp3) as the primary ringtone on my phone.

I quit using it, because I never realized it was the phone ringing until it was too late. Now my phone plays Bananaphone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananaphone).

[arakinuk.livejournal.com]

I've got a MIDI version of the newer theme music kicking about on my handset (downloaded for free from the web ages ago)

So...you're a Dr Who fan then, are you? ^.^
There's a remarkable array of Dr Who merchandising in the shops and candy stores in the lead-in to Christmas - Dalek shaped tins with marshmallow, the works!

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

I'd just be happy if my cell phone were made to sound like an old rotary dial phone with a bell chime inside it. Rrrring!

And when I want it to be silent, I want it to f***ing shut up and be silent, and not send me all those incendiary tones telling me that it's being silent.

Have teh best

-=TK

[exatron.livejournal.com]

Someone I work with has a ringtone like you describe.

[exatron.livejournal.com]

The sad part is that the entertainment industry doesn't want a global economy. Keeping the world divided into several markets lets them maximize profits with things like the ringtone nonsense you encountered.