The Self Expressive Quality of Ringtones
Admit it...
If you are one of the countless throngs of people who has purchased or downloaded a ringtone for your cell phone, you probably already know that there is a certain amount of vanity involved.
"What's that?" you say.
"What does vanity have to do with how I choose to alert myself when a call is coming in?"
Please...who do you think you're fooling?
The very nature of personalizing anything has it's roots in vanity.
Small mirrors designed for just one person are known as vanity mirrors.
The most pretentious, hipster to yipster to decade long mid-life crisis baby boomer oriented magazine on the planet is aptly named Vanity Fair.
License plates that proclaim what must be a message of great importance to other drivers on the road are called vanity plates.
And yes, I feel much better knowing that you are 2 HOTFORU...or rather me.
The point is that we, as human beings, are indeed vain.
Ringtones are just another form of
vain self expression.
Did you really want your phone to play "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls because it makes you smile, or were you concerned that maybe someone in your general vicinity might not recognize you for the hotty you are when your phone rings?
Ringtones are here to stay, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
In fact, I love ringtones.
Ringtones tell us what we need to know about each other, and do so effectively in less than 3 seconds on average.
Imagine knowing a great deal about someone's likes, dislikes and attitude not from a lengthy conversation but from a small midi file of a DMX track.
"Y'all gonna make me ascertain your personality, up in here, up in here."
The bottom line is that while ringtones can be fun and enjoyable, they also say something about who you are, so choose wisely.
Many people would say "I could care less who hears my ringtone or what their opinion of my personal preferences or tastes may be".
If that were true, why even have ringtones at all?
Is there anyone out there who has ever placed a ringtone on their cell phone genuinely for their own listening pleasure?
Again...who do you think you're fooling
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Mobile Phone Ringtones
Mobile phone ringtones are like hot cakes for the youngsters, the market is huge, estimated world wide sales of $ 2.5 Billion per year. The cost of a mobile phone ringtone ranges from ?1.99 to over ?10. Most singers and performers provide rights for their melodies to be converted to ringtones versions. Survey shows that about 26% of mobile phone owners downloaded at least once a ringtone. Many people downloading more than one as you can customise and set the phone to play different ringtones for a specific caller.
For instance if your mum is calling the mobile phone will play a certain ringtone and another one for dad and for your girl friend a different one so you don't have to guess who is calling you, it is totally personalized per caller.
There are four types of ringtones:
* Monophonic ringtones play a melody of a song one note at a time, with no harmonies.
* Polyphonic tones add harmonies to the song.
* Real-life or True...
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Free Nokia Ringtones
Nokia is a company that helps people stay connected through their wide range of network. Not only do they have some of the best cell phones on the market on their product list, but to complement the use of their cell phone, they also have make and model specific free Nokia ringtones for their users.
Talking about what Nokia has to offer when it comes to free ringtone downloads, it is important to know "Who is Nokia?" Nokia is one of the original players in the cell phone world, and they have successfully maintained their large share of the cell phone and connectivity market, thanks to one of their most talked about products, the cell phone. Along with the cell phones they provide free downloads, like wallpapers, games, imaging and of course, the free Nokia ringtones.
The free Nokia ringtone is set by default for all the users that purchase a Nokia phone. The company also allows other users who do not have a Nokia phone to download the free Nokia ringtone. ...
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Latin Ringtones Mean Mucho Dinero to Ringtone Operators
(ContentDesk) August 30, 2005 -- Until recently, when you thought of ringtones, you usually thought of hip-hop ringtones.
This is not surprising given the genre's wide acceptance of ringtones and cell phones and such smash chart crashers as 50-Cent ringtones, Snoop Dogg ringtones, and Lil Kim ringtones.But ringtone operators are now starting to see the value in Latin ringtones, especially in the urban Hispanic market?one often referred to as "hurban" by marketers.
While the market for Latin ringtones is exploding in Mexico, Central America, and South America, major Latin acts have failed to reach the coveted Billboard Ringtone Charts?yet.Latin ringtones may be the lone remaining untapped pot of gold for ringtone sellers.
"The Ketchup Song, by Las Ketchup was on our top ten list about three years ago," said Bob Bentz, director of marketing at Ringingphone (www.ringingphone.com).
"Then, there's the traditional cross-over ringtones like Ricky Martin's...
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Create MP3 Ringtones, Cell Phone Logos and Wallpapers for Free
(ContentDesk) May 3, 2006 -- www.mytinyphone.com offers free online ringtone and mobile wallpaper converting tools, which lets mobile users to personalize their cell phones.The ringtone converter tool allows mobile users to create real music ringtones from existing music files. They can select any favorite MP3 song file, crop a section out of it and it will be converted to cell phone ringtone. The mobile wallpaper converter tool allows mobile users to create cell phone wallpapers from any personal images on PC or provide a direct link to some image on the Internet. Take any image and our tool will help to resize and crop it to fit to cell phone screen. We support most of the mobile phone models (Nokia, Motorola, SonyEricsson, Samsung, Siemens, Sanyo, Panasonic, LG, NEC, Sharp).
All the ringtones and wallpapers can be downloaded for free to users cell phone through mytinyphone.com WAP website,...
Create MP3 Ringtones, Cell Phone Logos and Wallpapers for Free
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What Are Ringtones
What are Ringtones?by NotePage, Inc.What is Ringtones?Ringtones are melodic sounds a cellular or cell phone makes when an incoming call or message arrives. Since cellular phones are significantly more sophisticated than landline phones, ringtones can be personalized to suit the owner's personal taste. A variety of ringtones have appealed to consumers, increasing handsets saleability. Why use RingtonesThere are a number of reasons consumers use distinct ringtones. 1) Distinguish Callers - Advanced feature sets allow for different sounds to signify different callers.
2) Identification - When you are in a meeting and a phone rings you will know if its yours without having to look 3) Fun - Lets face, having a cell phone with personality and character is appealing to general consumers Types of RingtonesThere are typically two different types of ringtones: monophonic ringtones and polyphonic ringtones. Monophonic RingtonesMonophonic tones are simple tunes, most commonly compatible with...
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