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A Free Cell Phone Ring Tone: The Psyche Behind The Choice
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by Sandhya Thukaram

De-structuring The Demand For A Free Cell Phone Ring Tone

Truly, it could form the basis of a study of the human psyche, this enormous demand for a free cell phone ring tone! I don’t think either, that it is because they are free that cell phone ring tones are so popular. Somewhere behind every cell phone ring tone that is downloaded, is the need to be different. How else can you explain that some sites even have a personality test to help figure out the best free cell phone ring tone for you? It is definitely a matter of great importance, this whole free ring tone business. And when it isn’t free, cell phone ring tones bring in a whole lot of money that is contributing to the revenue of the world music industry. I wonder if after so carefully choosing a ring tone, people actually then let the phone ring a long time so they can listen to the tune, never mind that there is a caller waiting on the other side?! Hmm…

The Caller Isn’t Forgotten In The Interest Of The Free Cell Phone Ring Tone

So here I was waiting for my friend to pick up her phone, listening all the time to a good old ringing tone. She took her time answering, perhaps enjoying the tempo of her free cell phone ring tone! Humph! I protested and carried on a tirade against the irrelevance of free ring tones. She didn’t seem to notice or so I thought. The next time I called her rather reluctantly (half dreading how long she’d be listening to her ring tone) when I was taken aback when instead of a ring I heard the lyrics of a popular hip-hop number. Just about to click off, my friend answered, apparently she’d taken my complaint seriously and decided I could listen to catchy ring tone too! So now I don’t listen to the radio too often just call a bunch of friends and hear brief strains of different genres of music! So much so that the conversation ends up being about a free cell phone ring tone!

One Step Further And A Free Cell Phone Ring Tone For The VIP’s In Your Life

“Every Breath You Take…….” I was just beginning to enjoy Sting croon when the person near my table snatched up the phone and whispered into it privately. I didn’t pay much to it till I suddenly heard a U2 track and the same person answered the phone and had a rather loud conversation this time. I got it! Now there was a different ring tone you can download for different people in your address book. So now, I gather you not only decide your own personality but the personality of the people calling you if you are to assign for each of them a ring tone! So this is how the Matrix came into being!!

Deciding on a ring tone is actually more difficult (simply because of the choice available) than actually downloading it. It is a simple four-step process to download a ring tone if a ring tone converter is in place. How do I know? Well I gave in to temptation and got a free cell phone ring tone too! As they say, when in Rome…