New Phone or Stay Cheap?

[Kobus]

I have an old Nokia brick phone with a ringtone that I really like on it. I used a relatively newer Blackberry 7100 for a while but without ATT's internet package there's no good way to get a ringtone on it.

What's a good phone that is usable with ATT that I can put my own ringtones on via USB or some other PC connection?

(The ringtone I have isn't available anywhere else that I've found and my Blackberry phone isn't new enough to put stuff on via their software)

[Tymon]

iPhone, Blackberry Bold, or if you're rich, the Nokia n900.

First two run around $200, Nokia runs at a staggering $500-600

[sephir]

Also pro tip: unless you jailbreak your phone Apple will want you to pay an extra dollar to make a song your ringtone.

But there is a simple way around this without jailbreaking the phone. So if this should not be a determining factor

[Isiolia]

There are other Symbian phones from Nokia that aren't as expensive. I've got an E71x, which is 1 cent if you get it with a 2 year contract (I think $230-300 to buy new unlocked). It's a smartphone though, so AT&T will probably force you to get a data plan with it (or at least, get a bigger data plan if you do get one). It has regular wireless, plus USB connectivity, plus micro-SD to get data on it as well though.

That's what my brother, who manages a Wireless Jungle, suggested to me (though in part 'cause he figured I'd like a smartphone).

May just want to walk into an AT&T store or something and ask 'em, even if you don't buy anything.

[Melena]

Also pro tip: unless you jailbreak your phone Apple will want you to pay an extra dollar to make a song your ringtone.

But there is a simple way around this without jailbreaking the phone. So if this should not be a determining factor

You can use itunes to manipulate it to make custom ring tones with mp3's. Simple to do, just a bunch of steps.