User talk:Tradcast

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Hello Jamie, I reviewed the spam policies. I posted an external link to a company called Phone Sherpa (I'm not affiliated) because I have tried several of these service and this was the only one that seemed to work as advertised. I realize that my first post was over enthusiastic and not neutral and I put more than one link which I should have seen and edited out. Here's an edited version I'd like to post. Please let me know what you think:

Proposed addition: Newer mobile phones allow the users to associate different ring tones for different phone book entries. Taking advantage of these features, a new Ringtone Maker trend has emerged. For example, websites like Phone Sherpa let users make ringtones from the music they already own (MP3, CD etc.) and upload directly to their mobile phone with no limit on the number of songs uploaded. In addition to the cost benefits, a key feature is the music editor that lets the user easily pick the part of the song they wish to set as a ringtone. The service automatically detects the phone settings to ensure the best file type and format.

Others also allow users to create their own music tones, either with a "melody composer" or a sample/loop arranger (such as the MusicDJ in many Sony Ericsson phones). However, these use native formats only available to one particular phone model or brand. Although other formats, such as MIDI or MP3, are often supported; they must be downloaded to the phone before they can be used as a normal ring tone. Commercial ring tones take advantage of this functionality, which has led to the success of the mobile music industry. Southern rapper Chamillionaire was the first to have a ring tone go 3x platinum for the hit single "Ridin." He now has his own category on certain phones.

The latest innovation is the sing tone, a type of karaoke ring tone where a user’s voice recording is adjusted to be both in time and in tune then mixed with a backing track to make a user-created ring tone.

An alternative to a ring tone for mobile phones is a vibrating alert. It may be useful:

• In noisy environments
• In places where ring tone noise would be disturbing
• For the hearing impaired