MOBILE PHONE RINGTONES

Silly as it may sound there are still some who aren't sure what Mobile Phone Ringtones are all about. Basically, a Mobile Phone Ringtone is the sound which your mobile phone makes with an incoming call. You may have glanced through the rather unexciting selection of Mobile Phone Ringtones from your mobile operator. But you always have the option of choosing ringtones from ringtone websites on the Internet and infuse your mobile phone with a whole new personality. Imagine hearing your favorite rock or dance track or even special effect sounds the next time somebody calls you. You can even change your Mobile Phone Ringtone as and when you fancy, with the regular ringtones still at hand to fall back on. The categories that prove most popular for Mobile Phone Ringtones are Oldies, Bollywood, Hip Hop, Rap, Classical, Classic Rock, National Anthems, Funk and seasonal, mood and sport sound effects.

You can even have more than one different Mobile Phone Ringtones if the make of your mobile phone permits. There are some Mobile Phone Ringtones meant only for specific models, so it's best to make sure the phone you have can support the Mobile Phone Ringtones that you want. But generally, most of them enable Mobile Phone Ringtones to be downloaded by SMS.

SMS was invented by Nokia mainly for short text message exchange between mobile phones. Now Nokia and many other phones use the same technology for non-text material like logos and ringtones. With SMS, Nokia monophonic Mobile Phone Ringtones or regular Nokia Mobile Phone Ringtones play small tunes using simple tones. This is referred to as the single note mobile ringtone format.

Then there are Nokia polyphonic Mobile Phone Ringtones which sound more like music than the standard ringtones. Because they can play different notes and sounds simultaneously, Nokia Mobile Phone Ringtones sound more harmonized. The better polyphonic Mobile Phone Ringtones can sounds like an orchestra playing various instruments and sounds together. Polyphonic Mobile Ringtones make it possible to talk mobile melodies.

Check out the Nokia True Tones that not only have songs but sounds of nature and other special effects as ringtones. The Nokia 3300 is the first of its kind for true tones that use real music for ringtones. The feature is based on the Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) technology.

Nokia RTTTL is the format used for coding ringtones for Nokia phones to distinguish. Ringtones using this feature can be loaded on the phone with th help of a data cable and a special program. The more recent Nokia models, Nokia 2100, Nokia 3310, Nokia 3330, Nokia 3390 and 8250 are programmed for Nokia Composer ringtones. With an in-built ringtone composer, you can use the phone to compose new ringtones of your own directly using keyboards.