subject: Detailed history of mp3 ringtones: [print this page] Detailed history of mp3 ringtones: Detailed history of mp3 ringtones:
Mp3 ringtones are the most popular version of musical representation of the original songs, which are produced by cellular phones when someone calls on the phone. With the improvement and usage of modern science and technology, life has become more musical and colorful with the usage of such innovative options which enables the user to opt in for original versions of songs in mp3 ring tone module and enjoy the real versions of songs uninterruptedly. Al most every mobile phone user in this world prefer some type of mp3 ringtones instead of the usual, boring and original mobile sound.
The first known mobile phone was launched in May, 1996 with limited number of monotone songs in MIDI format and later there were options attached to upload just the music of the songs. In 1998 a mobile companies based in Finland and Japan launched monophonic tones named Harmonium which had an option either upload own ringtones or transfer them through SMS; however these tunes could not play the actually lyrics and the notes imitated the music of a song. After that came polyphonic tunes which had more notes attached to them and gave close imitation of the original song.
The first mobile mp3 ringtone was launched in 2002 which changed the entire view and usage of ringtones completely. Unlike the previous versions of ringtones, this form mobile mp3 ringtone is a real song or tune downloaded in to a mobile phone with lyrics. This is not a mimic of the song but a real song directly downloaded and played when an incoming call comes in or in simple terms it is used as a musical incoming call alert in the mobile phones with original songs. The first original representation of a song which was introduced as a ringtone was a song by Chemistry called `My Gift to you' with lyrics to be used by the cell phone subscribers. These real and original music mp3 ringtones caught everyone`s attention and immediately to spread across the borders of different countries with its mesmerizing original music to be personalized and played by every music lover and cell phone user.
Even with the development and technological revolution in the mobile world, mono and polyphonic tunes are still available which are usually used in the old version mobile phones and are not generally compatible for the new technology. These are not used as frequently as mp3 ringtones as people prefer the new generation cellular phones with the latest options for music and other important accessories.
In the current technological generation, most of the cell p hone users easily access these ring tones from any web site or subscribe it from any service providers to play their most favorable music while using the cell phone for its basic communication purpose. These are available in almost every form of music in the world in mp3 format to download in to the cell phones for both commercial and devotional music genres.
