| Commonly used to customize the sound of cell | | | | option of customizing specific ringtones for specific |
| phone's incoming call, ringtones were first invented to | | | | incoming calls. For instance, you could set one ringtone |
| help individuals determine if their phone was ringing | | | | for your best friend, one for your boss, one for your |
| when in the company of other cellular phone | | | | spouse, one for your brother or sister, mom or dad, |
| customers. In their earliest years, all cell phones | | | | etc. Unlike caller ID that requires visual to see who is |
| featured one cookie-cutter ringtone, which often made | | | | calling, distinct ringtone lets you know who is on the |
| it difficult to distinguish one phone from another. | | | | other end of the line by way of sound. |
| Anytime phone rang in crowded elevator or on busy | | | | As an alternative to ringtones, some cell phone |
| sidewalk, everyone would have to reach for their | | | | companies allow for vibrating alert. This is beneficial in |
| phone in order to see if the call was theirs. Thanks to | | | | many situations, including noisy environments that may |
| the invention of creative ringtones, that distinction is no | | | | prevent you from otherwise hearing the phone ring, in |
| longer problem for many cell phone customers. | | | | places where ringing telephone would be inappropriate |
| Antique phones commonly used pair of bells as their | | | | or disturbing, etc. In addition, vibrating alert is especially |
| ringer, but modern ringtones have changed the way | | | | beneficial to those who suffer from hearing impairment |
| our phones ring - literally. With everything from | | | | and may otherwise have difficulty in recognizing the |
| instrumental music to voices and sounds, modern | | | | sound of ringing telephone. |
| ringtones are anything but simplistic. As cell phone | | | | In recent weeks, studies have suggested that certain |
| customers, we all have several pre-programmed | | | | ringtones are being used by teens in order to avoid |
| ringtones that are already installed into our phone. We | | | | detection by adults. An example would be classroom |
| can choose to use one of those or we can opt for | | | | setting in which student did not want his/her teacher to |
| purchasing additional ringtones according to our | | | | hear the cell phone ring. Is there really specific type of |
| favorite song, celebrity or other sound. | | | | ringtone that is undetectable by some adults? Studies |
| In an effort to take this innovation one step further, | | | | say 'yes,' but most adults will caution that they already |
| most modern cell phones offer their owner with the | | | | know what child is doing without having to hear it. |