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The following articles on Ringtones give an insight into this remarkable addition to cell phones. Feel free to study the articles to help you with your knowledge of Ringtones.

History of Ringtones

Ringtones evolved to escalate other mobile phone services in the year 2001 in Finland and today it has come a long way and is still advancing.
Today, the there is a ringing mobile everywhere you go. It might be any public place, office, roadsides different mobile phone ringtones shall draw your attention. It might come to your mind as from where the idea of ringtone arrived?

Beginning of ringtones
This interesting technology started in the year 2001 when the first ringtone was sold in Finland. The teenagers of Finland were in the SMS (Short messaging service) mobile technology at that time and every teenager had a mobile phone and was seen typing short text messages and sending them back and forth. The Finns then tried to escalate their mobile phone services after building the success of SMS. The ringtone business was evolved by Vesa Matti Paananen and now it has reached a position where mobile customers are free to download customized ringtones by paying a small fee.

The stage of competition
During the same time, cellular services providers in America started positioning for market share. Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone provider found that to know what people want needs to watch them, observe what they are doing and then from that arrive at what do they actually want?

At this time, the mobile phone industry reached to about 20 percent of the college students and teenagers market and that was to be improved. And they found that teenagers especially girls loved to talk at mobile phones. It was also observed that these girls used to be very fashion conscious and therefore they wanted to have customized, sleek and small mobile phones and this was successfully done by Nokia. Later, some of the other mobile phone companies targeted these girls who used to hang out with their friends and provided theme based ringtones such as" Girls just wanna have fun". At this time, Japan, a competitor in the electronics market also entered the race and in the year 2003 The Japanese Copyright Organization collected a very huge amount of royalties on mobile phone ringtones.

Mobile phone providers making music
Later, Motorola and MTV started together developing a wireless menu interface for mobile phones whereby there are direct links to embedded or over the air downloadable MTV and Motorola content and experiences. These included wallpapers, screensavers and other cool ringtones which are original recordings of the music artists. There are other technologies evolved by mobile phone providers that enable mobile and online mixing capabilities to create unique ringtones.

Ringtones were continuously catching up
The recent statistics and research shows that consumers have jumped upon this technology thereby pushed the industry in the last four years from nothing to $11 billion by the year 2005 worldwide. People are taking advantages of various mobile phone options available in the market.

Uniqueness of Ringtones
Innovation produces creativity and mobile ringtones is the best example for this. Ringtones are now available in all forms of music based on different themes, culture and mood of the consumer.

Ringtones have come a long way and the technology is still advancing providing some interesting and useful applications.

For more information, visit our recommended website t-mobile-ringtone.info

Olivia Andrews, writer of t-mobile-ringtone.info is a freelance journalist and has written many reviews on subjects such as finance, education, health, entertainment, music, gifts, crafts, travel, apparels and mobile phones.

By Olivia Andrews
Published: 6/20/2006


Ringtone Scams


These scams might attract you with an offer for a ‘free’ or low cost ring tone. What you may not realise is that by accepting the offer, you are actually subscribing to a service that will keep sending you ring tones—and charging you a premium rate for them. There are many legitimate companies selling ring tones, but there are also scammers who will try to hide the true cost of taking up the offer.

The scammers don’t tell you that your request for the first ring tone is actually a subscription to an expensive service. A scammer will also make it difficult for you to stop the service. You actually have to ‘opt out’ of the service to stop the ring tones and high charges. Some people have been charged over $100 for what they thought was one ring tone.

Warning signs

  • You receive a text message (SMS) from a number you don’t know, offering you a very cheap or even ‘free’ ring tone.
  • The message or ad doesn’t include the terms or conditions of the offer.
  • The message doesn’t mention the cost of the first ring tone or any ongoing costs.
  • It is not clear how you can stop receiving ring tones.
  • The message does not mention the name of the company offering the ring tone.
  • The number you are asked to reply to begins with 19 (these messages are charged at a premium rate).

Protect yourself from ring tone scams

  • Use your common sense: the offer may be a scam.
  • Read all the terms and conditions of any offer very carefully: claims of free or very cheap offers often have hidden costs.
  • Make sure you know how to stop any subscription service you want to sign up to.
  • It is best not to respond to text messages or missed calls that come from numbers you don’t recognise.
  • Be careful of phone numbers beginning with 190. These are charged at a premium rate and can be very expensive.
  • Look out for SMS and MMS numbers that start with 19. These are charged at a premium rate (sometimes even for receiving a message) and can be very expensive.

As well as following these specific tips, find out how to protect yourself from all sorts of other scams.

Do your homework

If you think the ring tone sounds like a good deal, make sure you know who is making the offer and what the conditions of the offer are. Call your phone company first to check out if the sender is for real. You should also make sure that the ring tone will work on your phone.

The main ACCC website has further information on ring tones and what you need to look out for.

You could lose a lot of money if the ring tone you decide to try turns out to be a scam and you can’t get a refund. If you think an offer might be a scam, you could also check with the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman or with the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Decide

Don’t reply to these text messages—even if you only want to ask a question or turn down the offer. If you reply, you could then receive many more similar messages, or even be signed up to the ring tone service automatically.

If you have already been signed up and are receiving unwanted ring tones, reply with the word ‘Stop’. If you are still receiving ring tones, you should report it to your phone company.

If you want a fancy ring tone, find a reputable supplier and make sure you know the cost (upfront and in the future).

Your telephone company may also be able to put a bar on premium rate services to and from your phone (190 phone numbers and 19 SMS and MMS numbers).

Report them

If you have been charged money for a ring tone that you did not agree to, you should report it to your phone company and also report the scam through SCAMwatch. We also want to hear about any ring tone offers that you think may be a scam. Spread the word to your friends and family to protect them against these types of scams.

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