by Tom Kranz

Cool ringtones are a booming business for the music industry, with artists pushing ringtones like never before. The advent of realtones and truetones has opened up the music catalog to include anything and everything fans could want. Now the only limit is one’s imagination.

For instance, for kids, humorous ringtones are usually what fall into the category of “cool ringtones.” Such tones can be from cartoons or movies, while others can be funny messages, such as “John, please pick up your communication device” (with the “communication device” being of course, your snazzy phone). Other funny ringtones may ask questions like, “Can you hear me?” or the Verizon catch phrase, “Can you hear me now?” These funny, hip, cool ringtones are merely a sampling from a collective that has truly grown in size and breadth over the past few years.
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By Jimmy Lee

Ringtones originally were a take-what-you-get feature associated with the purchase of a new cell phone. Currently, phones come with an assortment of built-in ring tones, with capabilities to store countless more.

Cell phones have become an extension of our individual persona, and as such are a billboard of self expression. Just as someone might decorate their home for individual national holidays, so will they upload ringtones appropriate for certain times of the year. Accordingly, cell phone providers offer music fitting for a particular holiday on their websites.
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