This is repost from wired, but I thought that CAOS could appreciate special attention being paid to it.
Wired has a nice article (http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70150-0.html?tw=rss.index) about how to create your own FREE ringtones from any MP3s you already have.
The most interesting point I find in there is that downloading ringtones often times costs more than downloading a whole song to your computer. I have never downloaded a ring tone. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I hate ringtones and just want a normal ring when someone calls. But that's just me.
QuoteMaybe I'm in the minority, but I hate ringtones and just want a normal ring when someone calls. But that's just me.
I agree, music ringtones are rubbish fallout of the "music everywhere" fad. Yay, how I love hearing clips of played out trash pop music via crap speakers throughout the day.
At this point, music ringtones are about as uber cool as having a presence on myspace.com ;)
I haven't taken my cell phone off vibrate for...oh..ever?
I do use vibrate a lot (man does that sound bad), but audible ringing does help. For example, I set my phone on the counter at my apartment and it's much easier to know it's ringing with a ringtone. Especially because that's my only phone. I would say vibrate is one of the better cell phone innovations. Now if they could just get clearer calls and longer battery life, they would really be cooking with gas.