All You Need to Know About Latest Cell Phone Ringtones

Ringtones are essentially sounds that come out from a mobile phone for alerting the owner about an incoming call. These sounds have been dutifully alerting the user unfailing since its day of birth even though the sound changed for the better. Present day ringtones are instrumental in identifying the character, likes and dislikes as well as personality of the owner of the cell phone. The facilities to personalized and customized ringtones have made them a hugely demanded item in the internet and also a commercial success.

The initial ringtones were the monophonic ringtones, which usually were imitations of land line telephones. The next generation, polyphonic tones are an improvement on this because of its ability to play up to sixteen sounds at one time. This type is still in use. As technology developed, cell phones with the ability to play real music and sounds came into being. Along with this, ring tones based on music tracks and other recordings also reared its head. These tones, called the real tones are sometimes even referred to as true tones or master tones. Lately, new additions like the name tones and video alert tones have also entered the scene. The real tones are music files based on MP3 or WMA formats. The name tone speaks out the name of the user (pre-loaded of course) along with an MP3 song, and video alert tones show a video clip along with an MP3 file.

The customer is the king these days. Millions of phone melodies are available over different sources now. There are songs for every age groups and cultures. This has drawn in most people to enjoy the exhilerating experience in ringtones. The resultant phenomenal increase in the sales volumes   have made the business of selling called tones a huge success.

But most people prefer to download melodies from the internet due to the large levels of choices available and the ease of operation. They are cheaper or sometimes absolutely free of cost.

Some of us who do not want ready made music for their cell phones can take heart from another fact. These days, a lot of softwares for creating and developing tones are available in the internet. 

However, caution needs to be exercised while going for downloaded melodies from the internet. Some sites offering free or cheap songs have hidden agendas in their charter, like hacking into the personal data, bank accounts and credit card PIN number. This can cause considerable grief and difficulties to anyone who fails into their net. Another thing one would be ever cautions against is the existence of viruses and trojens. There are many websites offering non-original, pirated songs under the garb of ringtones, which is a highly unethical and illegal act, as it infringes the copy right acts prevalent in most countries. This practice needs to be checked forthright, because it hurts the ringtone business in the short term forcing many genuine music track companies to quit the field, diminishing the level of choice for the customer in the long term.

The immense popularity and craze generated by the mellifluous and soothing ringtones has formed a colossal industry, which, business watchers aver will one day leave behind even the mobile phone business. The user is going to be the king here.

All high end cell phones have inbuilt facilities for accessing and surfing the net directly to download ringtones. This is an added advantage as it cuts out the need for connecting devices like USB cable or blue tooth and the computer. However, as most models do not have this facility, a user needs to download the required melodies by the help of a personal computer. Once downloaded, the music can be transferred to the cell phone by means of data cables or a particular device called blue tooth dongle. But this is not a problem because cell phone companies provide data cables and required software to ensure compatibility of the cell phone with a computer at the time of purchase itself.

While this is the present state of ringtones and ringtone industry, customers can expect even better times with ringtone companies competing amongst them to offer value added products. Advancement of technologies will also play its part here.