These days, almost all mobile phones have their own unique ringtones. Every individual can use their own customized ringtones for their mobile phones. There are numbers of ringtones that are available for the use of any individuals.

In May 1996, the first commercial with customizable ringtones was released. The mobile phone is integrated with few preset songs. The ringtones come in MIDI format. On the other hand, the first mobile phone where the user can put in original tones rather than preset songs was released in September 1996. Because of this, the use of customized ringtones became popular to many individuals. It became very popular in Japan where it was first released to the market. Companies in Japan even published a mobile ringtone book in July 1998. This allowed users to integrate popular songs into their mobile phone. The book soled over 3.5 million copies.

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