The Evolution Of Cellular Phone Ringtones
Despite a sceptical greeting and a slow start in the 80s, mobile phones have had one of the biggest changes on society of any recent gadget. Initially derided as a status symbol for yuppies and city traders, large scale production swiftly moved them from flashy status symbol, to must have toy, to commonplace appliance.
As mobile phones became smaller, less expensive, and simpler to use, more and more people began to buy them. Even as they became every day items, carried with us as an essential along with our house keys and purse, the miniature computers inside them become more and more advanced.
These huge increases in computing capability allowed the manufacturers and carriers to start offering customisation options, allowing users to customise their own phones with clip on covers, wallpaper images to display on screen – and downloadable polyphonic ringtones.
Initially only basic hot ringtones were available, using a limited range of sounds to play the sort of tacky music you’d expect to hear as hold music. Quickly, manufacturers soon realised how popular hot ringtones were, and so started to add more complex sound functions to their mobiles.
Mobile phones can now play complete CD quality tunes and sound effects, and be configured to play a specific song for a group of people, as well as when recieving a text message or other alarm. The once heavy and flashy status symbols have now changed into essential hand held computers, combining PDA and portable music system.
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