Ringback tones offer you a fun way to entertain your callers while they wait for you to answer their call. They no longer have to listen to that boring old "ring ring" sound. Instead you can choose to amuse your friends with the latest pop, rock, hip-hop, alternative or country music while they are on hold.

These tones originally were simply monophonic. They have since improved to become polyphonic, mp3 and even full music tones. This has revolutionized the era of cell phone music and quickly bloomed into a $3+ billion per annum industry securing its position even on the Billboard Charts!

There are many sources that are available for obtaining new tones. You don't have to settle for the few that are pre-installed in your new cell phone. Consumers have become increasingly aware of these sources and availability. Some of the most popular Ringback tones can be purchased individually for $1.99 each, but a preferred way is to just download them complimentary. No credit card is required.

Most of the people have started to become very choosy about their Ringback tones. They have become a personal accessory very similar to clothing and style, and are incrasingly becoming a mode of creating personal identity.

Many people want to add bling into their cell phones by changing to a different tone every week. Others will have an assortment of their 7 favorite tones, and rotate them daily, so that they know which day of the week it is by the Ringback tone on their phone!

The novelty of Ringback tones has caught on in a big way and cell phone owners are eager to create unique tones to entertain their friends with. They are fun and are easy to download and manage. They can be personalized and set so that any one friend or group of friends can hear one specific song that you've chosen to play when they call. You can set another tune for a different group of friends.

Owing to the advancement of technology, increased numbers of phones are packaged with full music and mp3 support. Very soon we'll be enjoying our digital music through tunes that are easy to make and available via different resources.

At present, these tunes are the hottest form of digital music. We will have to wait and see the next direction that will be taken by the music industry, and if anything can be created that is more popular than the Ringback tone!