We are living in the mobile age. Most of the devices invented today are made portable. Our age old telephone has given way to something called as the Mobile Phone, which as its name suggests, is highly mobile. Recent mobile phones come with a feature that has really captivated the attention of the masses, called the ringtone.

Today, we often associate the ringing of the telephone with just a plain tone and nothing more. The sound itself sounds very harsh, loud and monotonous. Mobile phones have proved that ringtones can sound pleasant and interesting as well. Among the numerous features of a mobile phone is a ringtone, which rings, sings, talks and does many things. The best part of a ringtone is that each and every owner of a cell phone can have his/her own distinct tone or song. This feature is not available for a normal telephone. This feature allows a mobile to easily identify his phone while in a crowd.

These days, you may often see people flashing or boasting of the variety of ringtones they have on their cell phone. Today, we can have ringtones of different types of songs from different genres and not just that -- you can also assign certain tones for certain people in your phone book. The Internet has played a vital role in expanding and distribution of such ringtones. If you go through the net, you will come across hundreds of Web sites that offer free ringtones. The quality of the ringtone will depend on whether you have a monophonic or a polyphonic enabled cell phone. These free ringtone sites provide the ringtones so that you can copy it on your cell phone. They also provide the actual song itself as a True Tone with no cost whatsoever.