Ringtones are songs that you can buy for your cell phone. There are so many different songs to choose from. Different cell phone carriers offer certain ringtones to download to your phone. Mobile ringtones can be bought online or you can buy them right from your phone. You just search for the song that you want, either by title or artist, and proceed to download it to your phone. It is usually just charged to your bill. They usually have the newest song hits listed on the web page of the carrier and then they have a search mode to look for older stuff. Mobile ringtones can be set up to ring for calls, or alarms, or text messages. You can have as many mobile ringtones as you want downloaded to your phone. Mobile ringtones are a way to show your personality or your taste in music. There are usually ringtone categories so that if you are looking for a pop song or country song it is easier to find. Honestly, the best way is if you know what song you want, then you can just type in the title. There are many different cell phone carriers that offer ringtones. There is Verizon, At&t, U.S. Cellular, and Nextel to name a few. They all offer a variety of ringtones to download. Almost all of them have a section that is called something like "what's hot," which is usually the most popular songs right now. They are the ringtones that are downloaded the most. Of course different carriers offer different songs. Some carriers offer movie ringtones and ring back tones, which are tones that callers hear when they call your phone. Right now some carriers are offering ringtones that go with upcoming events, such as Nextel ringtones. They are offering Halloween ringtones. Nextel ringtones can be searched by artist or genre. They also have free songs each week.

All carriers offer different things. Sometimes they will send you emails offering different free song promotions to download to your phone. Ringtones generally cost around two dollars. Some carriers offer polyphonic ringtones. There is no singing when you download one of these ringtones. It is just the background music to a song. You should always listen to the tone before purchasing it so that you know if it has words or not. Some of the tones listed actually say if they are polyphonic tones and if it says that then you know it is just music and no words. Honestly, I think most people prefer the actually song unless I guess they want to sing along to the music! Real ringtones are actual music, such as an mp3. It is actually part of the song turned into a ringtone. Certain phones can get those tones. Some phones have that function locked to where you can't download to your phone. Real ringtones are the most popular because it is a small version or chorus from the song they like. Free ringtones are all over the internet. There are many websites that offer free ringtones to download to your phone. I would only download from sites that you know are okay to use. I would ask around before just downloading. Your cell phone carrier also provides free ringtones sometimes. There are some that offer a free ringtone each week or some just offer a promotional ringtone every once in a while. Also, you can get free ringtones if someone sends them to you. Ringtones are a fun way to jazz up your phone, make it your own. So, find your favorite song and download it to your phone. There are many different kinds of ringtones and it is fun to search for the different ones that they have. I think the best way to do it is to look on the website of your cell phone carrier or if you know a website to download them from, that could be a good way too.