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What Are Ringtones? Ringtones are songs that play when someone calls your cell phone. They come in different forms. In the early days of cell phone they could only play monophonic tones, however because of the increase in technology in mobile phones, today they are able to play what are called real music tones or real music like is played on the radio or your favorite CD’s.

Basically they are music files that are downloaded onto your cell phone to give your phone a distinct rings for different callers. You can also use different ringtones for each individual person that calls you so you know who is calling before you pick up the phone.

Cellular phones have become very popular in today’s youth that is whats driving the demand of ringtones, essentially individuals from 13 to 25 are the largest ringtone users.

Ringtone Types There are different types of ringtones from simple monophonic to Real Music ringtones. •	Monophonic Ringtones – This is music that is played a single tone at a time. •	Polyphonic Ringtones – These are a little more complex than Mono. Poly tones are able to play more than a single tone at a time. •	Real Music Tones – This is real music or MP3 files that are downloaded to your phone. This is true music that comes in different file formats for cell phones. •	Voice Tones – These are TV themes and Comedy shows.

Ringtones will not work on all phones. Basically your provider will dictate whether you are able to utilize ringtones or not. Files that support Ringtones: Common file formats for ringtones are: MP3, WAV, QCP and AMR. Ringtones