Not too long ago, Sharetones passed the 100,000 user mark for our Android app. And we’re closing in on 200,000 user-edits ringtone recipes sharing among users. The most popular ringtone sharing right now is Rude Boy by Rhianna. Sharing legally we should say - that’s the beauty of Sharetones.

Technology acquisitions and integrations are never easy, as MySpace and imeem illustrate.

(story from Wired)

Yes, Apple has realized that:

1. There is still plenty of life left in the ringtone category.

2. The old Apple model (buy it twice) wasn’t working.

3. Services like Sharetones are a much better deal for anyone wanting iPhone ringtones.

DJ Nitrogen recently released the latest upgrade to its Sharetones ringtone app for Android, and the new Sharetones 1.1 app has already outpaced the original Beta launch.

The latest Sharetones is significantly faster when checking a user’s song library against the DJ Nitrogen ringtone recipe database, particularly important for users with large music collections on their phones. Sharetones 1.1 also makes it easier to assign ringtones directly to contacts from within the app.

Android users can download Sharetones for freee at the Android Marketplace.

By the way, it looks great on the new myTouch!

More information is at djnitrogen.com.

cNet took a look at the new Sharetones for Android and liked what they saw. Check out their video review. Sharetones for Android lets Android users share unlimited ringtones directly from their handsets. Get it at the Android Market or visit djnitrogen.com for more information.

Now, Songbird users can make and share unlimited ringtones with Sharetones by DJ Nitrogen. Sharetones matches the music in a user’s Songbird music library with “ringtone recipes” made by other users of DJ Nitrogen products giving instant access to a vast and growing database of ringtones. Just a couple clicks sends the ringtone to a user’s mobile phone via sms.

If we don’t already have the ringtone you want, right click on any song in your music library to create your own with our audio editor. Once you create a ringtone its recipe is shared with all Songbird users so anyone with the same song can also enjoy your ringtone.

FREE during beta to all Songbird users. Enjoy!

As you’ve likely read, a Federal jury  found a 32-year-old Minnesota woman, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, guilty of illegally downloading music from the Internet and fined her $1.9 million, That’s $80,000 each for 24 songs.

User’s of DJ Nitrogen’s Sharetones don’t need to worry about the legality of sharing ringtones. That’s because with Sharetones users only share the metadata what we call the “recipe” - for songs they already own. The simple ideas can save you a lot of money.

Clearly there are just not enough music awards shows. But at least this one was reasonably entertaining and rather short. Good review on Yahoo Music.

Some of you have heard that DJ Nitrogen is giving away free evaluation copies of our very cool Ringtone Lab for the iPhone. But you have to know where to look - or be a reader of this blog because it’s rather hidden at DJ Nitrogen. Click here for Free iPhone Ringtones and download the Ringtone Lab. This free version only works with the iPhone and it won’t be free forever, so get it now and sync all the free iPhone ringtones you’d like. Consider it a perk for owning a very cool phone. It’s fast, easy, and as we said, free. Don’t bother with all that “Here’s how to get free ringtones using iTunes” stuff. You know, like “Go to the “Options” tab, then find the “Start Time” and “Stop Time” check boxes to set your length… Right-click on your “ringtone length” song and choose “Convert Selection to AAC” plus four or five other steps.

Skip all those steps - just get the Ringtone Lab for the iPhone while it’s still free.

The Copyright Royalty Board ruled to keep royalties on CDs, downloads, online streaming services and ringtones broadly unchanged, imposing a “truce” between music labels, songwriters and digital music services such as Apple’s iTunes store.

Unlikely they’ll do so but it makes for a juicy threat.

Recent users of the DJ Nitrogen Ringtone Lab are more likely to be sync’ing their ringtones to an iPhone than to any other phone on the market. They also create and share the most ringtones. “iPhone users appear to be very happy with our Ringtone Lab for the iPhone,” says DJ Nitrogen CEO Chris Sindoni. “Our top users have each created over 30 ringtone recipes just in the last week, which indicates they like the easy sync through iTunes.”

The Ringtone Lab is fully 3G and 2.0 compatible. It’s free to download and try, works in any country and still features an introductory price of only $9.99.

Check it out at http://www.djnitrogen.com/iphonedownload.html

You probably saw a story like this last week (the link above is to DailyTech.com). Unfortunately, many in the mobile content market are doing their customers a serious disservice - they see them as targets, rather than customers.

At DJ Nitrogen, we don’t hide our service pricing deep in the fine print. It’s right where you can see it, which we think is a much better way to treat our customers.