Have Fun With Cell Phone Ring Tones

Everybody has a mobile phone nowadays. They all come out of their factories with their firm's standard settings on them, so they all come out the same. All Nokias, all Sony-Ericssons are the same and all Samsungs are the same.

Millions and millions of them, all the same. However, they all, each single one of them have the capability of being customized in hundreds, if not thousands of combinations.

The majority of cell phones have a minimum of twelve different ring tones; twelve different screen savers, twelve different wallpapers, twelve different themes and twelve different colour schemes and some have twenty or more of each.

It is also possible to download additional variations and occasionally even to make your own. This means that there are normally thousands of methods of personalizing your cell phone.

Although most individuals do not go to the bother of switching the wallpaper, screen saver or theme, most people do carry out trials with the ring tone. Older people might merely use one of the standard ring tones that came with the phone, but younger people are more likely to either purchase a ring tone or download one of the thousands of free ones available on line.

One problem for ring tone aficionados was (or even still is for some) that there is no true standardization of the music format between the cell phone manufacturers. This means that a ring tone in Samsung format will not work on a Nokia et cetera. This led to the development of ring tone converters, although some phones cannot use them.

Another manner of getting around this is to upload your ring tone to an on line converter, convert it then either SMS it back to your cell phone or download it to a computer and transmit it to your phone by wire or by Bluetooth. It is all too much bother for most older individuals, although it is quite simple when you have done it once or twice.

Other cell phones have a composer built in. These composers are fairly basic in some phones, but others permit polyphonic composition. However, it can become quite tedious to write a good tune, so this is one for the serious customizer with time on his or her hands only.

One function that practically all cell phones have, but which most people do not use to the full is assigning different ring tones to different individuals or groups of people. For instance, you could have one ring tone for your parents or spouse and one for your home landline. Then if you hear those ring tones, you know that you should answer it.

You could have one for your friends, so that even without looking at the screen, you know that you could have an entertaining conversation to brighten your day and you could have one for your boss so that you know to ignore it if it rings outside working hours.

It is fun to personalize your cell phone and it can be done fairly quickly once you get going and it helps to while away half an hour next time you are waiting for a train.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on several topics, yet is now concerned with searching for the best cell phone family plans. If you would like to know more, please visit our website at Family Plans For Cell Phones