Today’s mobile phones are not just used for calling but for all types of uses, including picture taking, video, computing and entertainment. Smartphones are actually mini computers, that are feature packed. This is all made possible because the demand for cell phones continues to grow and manufacturers have such fierce competition that they all try to top each other by coming up with something newer and better. This is good for the consumer, because as more and more features are added to mobile phones, the prices drop significantly and the consumer gets to choose from more features at lower prices.
There are tons of great accessories for customizing cell phones. Accessories for entertainment seem to be the most popular of all. Portable music is one feature that is in great demand and so some phones come with mp3 players built-in. Most any music gadget is popular these days and cell phones have not been left behind. And, if you can get the entertainment and communication device in an all in one small gadget it’s even better.
Mobile games are accessories that make boring trips and times of waiting a funner experience. Since the creation of music ringtones, no other accessory has seen the same popularity. There are lots of sites and services that provide ringtones, and Hot Verizon Ringtones is one of the best ones around with the latest hot music tracks available as ringtones.
It’s important to check your phones compatibility for ringtone types, especially older phones. Older phones cannot handle the real music ringtone technology and most of them will require the polyphonic type of ringtone. Ringtones eliminate the boring old ringing of the phone and help users to customize their cells to their liking. Lots of other cool cell accessories exist besides ringtones so make sure to check them all out. But none are better than those for entertainment. Check out the latest and hottest real music ringtones from the highly popular artist Drake at: hot music hit ringtones from Drake.
Are you the kind of person that hates paying for something when you can get it at no cost with a little research? This includes the cell phone ringtones we all hear and love. Did you know that you have the ability to edit any song you want in your collection for the really low price of nothing? You don’t have to pay a single dime to get this service. You not only choose the audio file that piques your interest as a ringtone but what section of it you want to hear when your phone rings. This means you don’t have to worry with those goofy ringtones your used cell phones has that only play the intro to a song and not the part that you like.
Where do you Start?
First, you need to sign up for PhoneZoo. It’s a very quick and easy process that involves following some simple directions. Be careful to make sure you put the right number in for your cell phone, otherwise you may end up sending ringtones to someone else’s phone.
Upload Your Audio File
In addition to having a large customer-contributed cache of ringtones available on their website for direct download to your cell phone, you can upload your favorite audio file and create your own custom ringtone. Once uploaded, the online audio editor will guide you through choosing which section of the audio file you want to retain and become your ringtone. Remember, you’re not just limited to songs either. Any audio file will do, so get creative with your ringtone choices! Just keep in mind that there is a 15MB file size limit to each upload, but most audio files fit within the limit.
How Will It Be Delivered
Now, depending on your Internet connection, you can get those ringtones on your used Verizon phones without too much of a problem. While you may not have current Internet access on that refurbished cell phone, you can still get your free custom ringone through a service called Bluetooth. You can also get it by connecting the cell phone directly into your computer/laptop by way of a USB cord. If you need further help with this, be sure you look over PhoneZoo’s help section for explanations on how to download your custom ringtone onto your computer and transfer it to the cell phone.
Setting Up Your Custom Ringtone
Every phone is slightly different when it comes to assigning ringtones, so you’ll likley have to look at your instruction manual for specific instructions related to your model. Most phones have options that allow you to use the ringtone for all incoming calls or for individual contacts.
Share with Others
PhoneZoo has the wonderful option of sharing your ringtone with other users. Whether you want to do this is entirely up to you. For those of you who spent time and effort creating a unique ringtone, you may want to skip this option so that it remains your original creation.
Using this free service you will not have to buy ringtones for your refurbished cell phones. Instead, you can create your own ringtone, all from scratch or surf through the thousands of ringtones uploaded on the website. Any person has the ability to make a customized ringtone for their used or refurbished cellular phones and do it all for free!
Those of you who have had an iphone for a while will remember when creating an Iphone ringtone was as easy as renaming a song in your itunes library and synced it back to your Iphone. Im sure you will agree Iphone ringtones were never easier to create, however then Itunes 8 came along, with Itunes 8 came a number of new features, among them the ability to easily create Iphone ringtones yet again. Itunes 8 allows you to customize a songs start and end time, use this to select a 30 second peice of the song (the iphones ring tone limit) and hey presto you have created yourself a free and easy ringtone using nothing more that a bit of your time and Itunes 8.
By default Itunes will let you create a ringtone from a song you have downloaded but they will charge you 99c for the privilege, but follow the steps in this guide and create ringtones for free using the music you already have on your hard drive
To create simple, free iPhone ringtones from your iTunes library, follow these steps:
1. Start iTunes 8
2. Select the song you want to use as your iPhone ringtone
3. Right click on the song and select “Get Info”
4. Click on the “Options” tab
5. Check both the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes
6. Select the time interval you’d like to use as your ring tone clip (Make it’s 30 seconds or less!!)
7. Click “OK”
8. Click on “Advanced” in your menu bar
9. Select “Create AAC Version” or “Create Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Lossless Version” (Make sure your iTunes “Import Settings” are set to “AAC” or “Apple Lossless” and not “MP3?)
10. You will now see two copies of the song in Itunes, one will be the full length version the second is the newly created shorter version we will use for our ringtone
11. Click on the original track and untick the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes
12. Drag the duplicate song to your windows Desktop
13. You can now delete the shortened version from Itunes
14. Right Click on the file on your desktop and rename the file extension to a “.m4r” file extension , This turns your song file into an iPhone ringtone file
15. Now put the newly renamed tune back in itunes by dragging it from the desktop back into iTunes
16. Drag the file over the “Library” column and release when “Library” becomes highlighted, if the library doesn’t highlight double click you have deleted the clipped file
17. You should see your new ringtone under “Ringtones” in iTunes
18. Sync your iPhone to move the ring tone to your phone
* Note: This process works with MP3, ACC, and AIFF files.
* Note: Only DRM-free songs can be used with this ringtone creation process.
o Any song downloaded from iTunes Music Store will have DRM , so don’t use those songs.
o Any song ripped from a CD or downloaded from DRM-free sources (P2P, Amazon, your friend) will work just fine.
Those of you who have had an iphone for a while will remember when creating an Iphone ringtone was as easy as renaming a song in your itunes library and synced it back to your Iphone. Im sure you will agree Iphone ringtones were never easier to create, this is until Itunes 8 came along, with Itunes 8 came a number of new features, among them the ability to easily create Iphone ringtones yet again. Itunes 8 allows you to customize a songs start and end time, use this to select a 30 second peice of the song (the iphones ringtone limit) and hey presto you have created yourself a free and easy ringtone using nothing more that a bit of your time and Itunes 8.
Itunes will let you create a ringtone from any downloaded song but they will charge you 99c for the privilege, all is not lost follow the steps in this guide and create ringtones for free using the music you already have on your hard drive
To create simple, free iPhone ringtones from your iTunes library, follow these steps:
1. Start iTunes 8
2. Select the song you want to use as your iPhone ringtone
3. Right click on the song and select “Get Info”
4. Click on the “Options” tab
5. Check both the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes
6. Select the time interval you’d like to use as your ring tone clip (Make it’s 30 seconds or less!!)
7. Click “OK”
8. Click on “Advanced” in your menu bar
9. Select “Create AAC Version” or “Create Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Lossless Version” (Make sure your iTunes “Import Settings” are set to “AAC” or “Apple Lossless” and not “MP3?)
10. You will now see two copies of the song in Itunes, one will be the full length version the second is the newly created shorter version we will use for our ringtone
11. Click on the original track and untick the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes
12. Drag the duplicate song to your windows Desktop
13. You can now delete the shortened version from Itunes
14. Right Click on the file on your desktop and rename the file extension to a “.m4r” file extension , This turns your song file into an iPhone ringtone file
15. Now put the newly renamed tune back in itunes by dragging it from the desktop back into iTunes
16. Drag the file over the “Library” column and release when “Library” becomes highlighted, if the library doesn’t highlight double click you have deleted the clipped file
17. You should see your new ringtone under “Ringtones” in iTunes
18. Sync your iPhone to move the ring tone to your phone
* Note: This process works with MP3, ACC, and AIFF files.
* Note: Only DRM-free songs can be used with this ringtone creation process.
o Any song downloaded from iTunes Music Store will have DRM , so don’t use those songs.
o Any song ripped from a CD or downloaded from DRM-free sources (P2P, Amazon, your friend) will work just fine.
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