CELLULAR PHONE RINGTONES

The sound your cell phone makes when you receive a call, is known as Cellular Phone Ringtone. The two basic types of Cellular Phone Ringtones are Monophonic and Polyphonic ringtones.

The ringtones that are short and simple are monophonic, which is the traditional standard single note format of Cellular Phone Ringtones. The polyphonic ringtones are different from the regular monophonic ones in having a much more musical sound. Polyphonic is when more than one note is played at the same time, which can be called melodies. Many manufacturers name musical ringtones after themselves.

Motorola for one, boasts of MIDI cellular Phone Ringtones, while Sagem specializes in Hi-Fi Cellular Phone Ringtones. Motorola also offers Base Tracks or groove tunes which have the added advantage of enabling you to edit your Cellular Phone Ringtones. True Tones from Nokia, on the other hand, their own special sounds of nature and special effects, apart from songs, for your Cellular Phone Ringtones.

Today's market offers a wide range of Cellular Phone Ringtones of all kinds. The more popular ringtone formats and standards will be discussed here. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) gives you the ability to create your own polyphonic music with various sounds. With this feature your polyphonic Cellular Phone Ringtones can play different sounds of guitars, drums, piano and anything else simultaneously.

More innovations of Cellular Phone Ringtones include the capability of playing any WAV cellular Phone Ringtones on the Nokia 3650, 7650, 9210 and 9290. WAV is a downloadable file that can also be copied from a PC and could be any sound from music to voice. Then there is the MP3 Cellular Phone Ringtone. Beatniks audio technology integrates MPEG codes to enable playback of MP3 files.

An advanced feature of Cellular Phone Ringtones is the Imelody Cellular Phone Ringtones. Similar to regular monophonic ringtones, they are meant for EMS, or Enhanced Messaging Service enabled phones. EMS is capable of sending ringtones, operator logos, pictures, sounds, animation, modified text and regular text in the form of an integrated message to EMS enabled handsets. Ring Tones Text Transfer Language (RTTTL) is a format that contains coding of ringtone notes.

The original purpose of SMS was for cellular phone manufacturers to send short text messages between phones. It was also used for exchanging non-text material like Cellular Phone Ringtones, graphics and logos. The common method for sending or downloading Cellular Phone Ringtones is through SMS.