Mobile17 was a Boston, Massachusetts-based website that allowed users to create custom

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for a wide variety of mobile devices.

History

The service originated as a popular website called smashTheTONES which soon evolved into Mobile17.com. 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. Among the first to provide custom ringtones online, Mobile17 rose to prominence after mentions on Tech TV’s

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, Life Hacker, Men’s Health Magazine and

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. In 2006, Popular Science called Mobile17 “the easiest way” to create ringtones online.

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External links

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