what distinctive ringtone do you use?
Aug 12, 2003 | 5:52 pm
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what distinctive ringtone do you use?
I have a phone that lets me do actual sound files rather than just tones. I use the "Close Encounters" sounds. I love it and it often gets comments, or else people don't seem to hear it, so it is not annoying.
Aug 12, 2003 | 10:26 pm
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I'm a proponent of a ringing phone, not ringtones. I just never saw the fascination. Same way with my IP phone - I could put on funky ringtones on there but I'd rather just have a ringing phone.
Aug 13, 2003 | 7:46 am
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My T-Mobile came with a preinstalled ring called "OldPhone." Sounds just like an old rotary phone ringing (which is a little strange when it rings as you're standing in line somewhere). Then I spend a few weeks on the road in an office where ALL the phones had mechanical ringers...
Aug 13, 2003 | 10:52 am
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on this note (no pun intended):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0...017468,00.html
Fellowship of the rings
You can't go anywhere without hearing the theme from Mission: Impossible, Bach's Toccata and Fugue or - worst of all - the Nokia tune. And this year more money will be spent on these small snippets of music than on singles. Oliver Burkeman on the irresistible rise of the ringtone
Aug 13, 2003 | 12:10 pm
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On my T610, a tone that sort of goes ring ring. A friend has one up on me though as the ring tone on his Panasonic is a very depressed sounding man saying "ring ring............ring ring". Very Monty Python IMO!
Aug 13, 2003 | 1:06 pm
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I find that I don't hear polyphonic ringtones sometimes - they tend to blend in with the usual racket of life, like background music or whatever and don't stand out.
I thought the recording of the bell ringer was kinda dorky.
I just use the normal SE noise that came with the phone now.
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-alan in sitges, home of Si-Do
I thought the recording of the bell ringer was kinda dorky.
I just use the normal SE noise that came with the phone now.
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-alan in sitges, home of Si-Do
Aug 13, 2003 | 2:46 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by alanw:
I find that I don't hear polyphonic ringtones sometimes - they tend to blend in with the usual racket of life, like background music or whatever and don't stand out.
I thought the recording of the bell ringer was kinda dorky.
I just use the normal SE noise that came with the phone now.
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I find that I don't hear polyphonic ringtones sometimes - they tend to blend in with the usual racket of life, like background music or whatever and don't stand out.
I thought the recording of the bell ringer was kinda dorky.
I just use the normal SE noise that came with the phone now.
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Aug 13, 2003 | 6:07 pm
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On my U.S. phone I use "Fuga" one of the included Nokia ringtones. I've used this ringtone for ~ 5 years, on three different phones.
On my GSM phone, I use a downloaded ringtone, "Boom, Boom, Boom" ( by the Venga Boys ). I used this ringtone on five different GSM phones over the past four years.
On my GSM phone, I use a downloaded ringtone, "Boom, Boom, Boom" ( by the Venga Boys ). I used this ringtone on five different GSM phones over the past four years.
Aug 14, 2003 | 2:23 am
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I have on my Siemens only the possibility to compose my own sound, so I had on my last 2 phones nearly the same.
It starts on the scale on the lowest tone, goes up in 8 steps, makes a little break, and then goes up from 4 or 5 to 8 again. It is very simple, it starts a little low and goes high which makes it easy to recognize it. I cant stand all these complicated sounds, and the new phones where an MP3 can ring? I go nuts when suddenly music starts playing in someones pocket...
It starts on the scale on the lowest tone, goes up in 8 steps, makes a little break, and then goes up from 4 or 5 to 8 again. It is very simple, it starts a little low and goes high which makes it easy to recognize it. I cant stand all these complicated sounds, and the new phones where an MP3 can ring? I go nuts when suddenly music starts playing in someones pocket...