Express Yourself! Personalise Your Cell Phone With Your Own Individual Ring Tones.
You are an individual.
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In a culture where people are constantly striving to separate themselves from the pack, along comes the cell phone - offering so many ways to show off your personal stye.
One of the most popular ways to express your uniqueness is the personal ring tone.
In any city around the world, thousands of different ring tones can be heard everyday. The trend of personalising your tone, rather than sticking with the traditional ringer, has caught on at such an amazing rate that it has shocked the telecommunications industry.
In the not-too-distant past ring tone options consisted of a small number of pre-set tones which were nothing more than a series of short and long beeps, similar to keypad tones. The tones available were generally an unrecognisable copy of popular songs – Happy Birthday, Auld Lang Syne, Jingle Bells.
The revolution in ring tone popularity came with the introduction of "polyphonic" and then "real" tones.
Polyphonic tones were a vast improvement on the monophonic ringtones previously on offer. With more recognisable music, polyphonic tones offered a more realistic sound – and this was the dawn of the current trend.
However it was the introduciton of real tones that ignited the world-wide obsession.
As the name suggests, real tones are an excerpt from a song, sounding every bit the same as if it was played from a stereo or radio.
Real tones can be used on almost any cell phone with MP3 capabilities. An MP3 cell phone contain an inbuilt music player, allowing you to upload your own music to listen to on-the-go. In most cases the songs you upload can be used as a real tone.
The MP3 function has become standard in mid-range to high-range cell phones, and is often a big selling point across the major cell phone brands. Companies such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson have released entire ranges of phones focusing on this one feature.
However, even some low-range cell phones have a real tone function, without having an MP3 player installed.
In both of these cases, your ring tone selection is only limited to your imagination – literally any sound you can think to upload, provided it is in the right format, can be used as a ring tone. Whether it is a song, a piece of music, a voice, a monologue, a sound from nature – the possibilities are endless!
Real tones are the highest form of self expression when it comes to ring tones.
Because of the freedom of expression they bring, ring tones have become extremely popular, and the ring tone business has become one of the highest grossing new industries of the past few years.
Custom ring tones are big business and new ones are regularly downloaded and used by millions of consumers on a daily basis.
Do you have your own ring tones?
If not, why not?
Lots of ring tones are available for purchase depending on your personal desires and tastes.
If you are a fan of the Star Trek series, you can download the theme song.
Do you like classical music? If so, download Beethoven’s 9th Symphony or a Strauss waltz.
Furthermore, if it is jazz or rap music that moves you, Hungarian folk music, an Incan chant, or Malayan rumba, there is a ring tone for you.
Millions, literally!
The ring tones business is HOT.
Ring tone lovers constantly change and download their ring tones as the latest and greatest tunes become available. In many cases ring tones are available for free, while in other cases you can download a ring tone to your cellular phone for a nominal fee.
One of the biggest attractions to particular types of ring tones is the signal it gives to others what your interests are.
When your favorite horror movie ring tone plays, you can be certain that people who like this particular genre of movies will hear the ring tone as well. Meeting new friends and building relationships on the popularity of a shared interest - ring tones allow just that!
Ring tones vary as much as any musical form. This means that if you are looking for something truly unique, funny, serious or strange you can find it. Chances are the more uncommon the tone, the less likely that someone else has the same one. On the other hand, if you like being part of "the crowd" then stick with the current favorites and let everyone know that you want to belong.
Ring tones are constantly changing and being updated to reflect the ever changing tastes of cell phone users everywhere.
Do you want to express yourself? If so, select a ring tone that speaks to you and download it today!