History Of The Ringtone Trend

The first ringtone to hit the scene for mobile phones was debuted in 1998 as a monophonic sound. The tunes were played one note at a time through a series of beeps and frequencies and were built into the phone. They were pretty basic and really didn’t resemble anything we could relate to, but we loved it nonetheless. Polyphonic ringtones were introduced a little later and could actually imitate musical melodies. It could play up to sixteen sounds. It wasn’t until True Tones or Real Tones hit the market, the ringtones truly exploded. These tones are actually MP3’s of real music that is the same music you play on your MP3 player.

Computer programming is what makes it all possible. Ring Tone Text Transfer Language is the computer program responsible for ringtones today. Advancements to the program were made over time, resulting in our ability to download and play MP3’s. Users can download their favorite song to their phone and set it as a ringtone for incoming calls. Even better they can assign a different song to different contacts.

When we all watch futuristic movies we can’t imagine some of the thing we see. But sooner or later, technology catches up with the movies. One day we might see ringtones that actually talk to us and tell us who is calling and ask us what we would like to do. “Sally calling, would you like to pick up, ignore or send to voicemail?”. Your voice from across the room could instruct the phone what to do. Wouldn’t that be great, if the phone could pickup, turn on speaker and pick up your voice from the couch. It is not impossible and will most likely happen.

Technology advancements with mobile phone has made amazing strides, making the mobile phone so much more than a phone. This one device can allow us to make and receive calls, text message our friends, send video or pictures to friend’s or family’s phones, store photos, store music, share music, listen to music, email, surf the net, play game and more. No longer do we need to have multiple devices to do all of that. What would you add to the mobile phone if you could?