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by Mike Masnick

Wed, Dec 3rd 2003 11:11am





Silent Ringtones?

While I'm still a strong supporter of no ringtones at all, and just putting your phone into vibrate mode, it's pretty clear that ringtones aren't going away. So, then, what's the purpose of a silent ringtone? At first this might seem like a joke - but it's actually a pretty good idea. You can take the silent ringtone and set it as the ringtone for people you don't want to hear from. The phone "rings", but doesn't alert you, and they end up going into voicemail. Of course, I don't really see the point of paying for a "silent" ringtone, and I wonder whether or not most phones should (or do?) support that functionality already by having one of the choices in setting ring associations as "none." I just checked the only phone handy that has ringtones, and it doesn't have such a setting - but it should.

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  1.  

    Brandon can you go to school when you have an ASBO

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    Brandon is indeed a lesser being, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    Chav!

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    Silent Ringtone

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    Arron McIntyre, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    The whole point of the silent ringtone is not that it's silent at all but that it emits a high frequency sound that most people over 20 are unable to hear therefore allowing kids to covertly send texts in the presence of adults ie. the classroom.

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    sms service

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    joke maassen, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    I will not receive more sms mail to my telephone. I can not put the sms system off on my mobile phone, how is that possible?

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    Sweet!

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    Brandon Taylor, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    I think that these ringtones are just what kids need. I am 14 going into highschool and all to many times have i seen my friends get there cell phones tooken away for them ringing in class. Madd props go out to tha secutiry place that made this. GOOD JOB!

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    Brandon can you go to school when you have an ASBO

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    Brandon is indeed a lesser being, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    Chav!

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    yeah true

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    Lauren, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    i think that kids shouldn't have their phones in school but there are times when they need their phones so goof job x

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    You are a dumbass!

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    Brandon is a dumbass!, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    Perhaps you should pay more attention in class rather than dicking about with your phone. Then you might learn to speak english "taken" not "tooken" - BellEnd!

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    poop

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    poop face, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    poop poop

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  9.  

    penises

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    dick face, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    the ring tone is gay it is like a shity noise that never stops it is so gay and i am just going to keep typing cause i am so pissed of at the shity ring and am just trying to write the longest message out of every one so beat that ass holes i now have the longest message out of all the messages that are on this stupid dick of a web site. P.S. i didnt even listen to the ring tone because the stupid school computer dose not have any sound so i could not listen to the stupid ring tone the school computers are so gay they are shit. dam my maths teacher is calling me see u later

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    wow high pitch noise

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    monkey, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    bloody hell thats a high pitch noise lol, and it is true my mum cant hear it at all :O

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    Ouch.

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    Samantha, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    That noise bloody well hurts your ears! X_x Okay I am kinda mixed on this thing. I think it's crud because the damned thing won't work on my phone and I just tested it on someone (over 30) and their heard it just fine. But, then, the idea of being able to hear it when adults can't is also good. Oh the confusion. It's too annoying to be a ringtone I'd use frequently. Probably just something to confuse mini chavs with on the bus. Mind that is easy enough with a mirror and a little sunshine. ;) Gotta love the shiney moving thing on the wall that they all seem to be so confused as to how it is getting there. Well anyway, I am gonna go try to download it one more time before I give up and start finger painting instead...O.o; Yeah.......Oh and Dick Face...I think I beat you. So yeah. Up yours. ^_^ Peace out! War in!

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    We all make mistakes.

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    Samantha, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    Crud Typos! They heard it*

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    Pfft!

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    meg, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    Its craP it dOesnt evN wOrk.. wHu is dUm enUf 2think this Wud actualli wOrk..!!

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    hey`

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    kevin, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    hey im in highschool and this ringtone is soooooooooo cool everyone in the class can hear it except the teacher its soo funny!

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    Anonymous Coward, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    where can i get 1

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    Desprate

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    Paul, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    Where du get d tone

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  18.  

    The "silent" ringtone, how to get it free

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    zmyr88, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 11:11am

    if you download a program called audicity, and use the tone generator, there are conflicting info on frquencies, Try : 17k, 15k, according to one site, 15k can be heard by people 18-24, but not older, http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/12/the-mosquito-ring-tone-this-adult-can-hear-it/. A pure sine wave may be much harder for people to hear than one with noise in it. I dont know of any program yet to send it to you cell, though,

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    anonymous, Feb 5th, 2008 @ 4:44pm

    This ringtone should be banned by law. This ringtone could cause serious harm to infants and babies.

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    Mosquito Ringtone

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    Mosquito Ringtone, Apr 10th, 2009 @ 10:31pm

    A lot of people do not realize that there is a way to get free cell phone ring tones and also to make your own free cell phone ring tones.

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