Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Attraction Of Cell Phone Screensavers

The Attraction Of Cell Phone Screensavers

The number of cell phone users have grown tremendously over the years. It is quite unprecedented to think that millions of people are already using a technology that could still be considered just getting out of its infancy. Of course, because of the insane level of acceptance for cell phones it is but natural that other markets that can be considered as products of the cell phone craze have popped up to take advantage of the public’s fascination with cell phones.

The market has been flooded with many phone-related products ,accessories and utilities. This phenomenon can be directly linked to the fact that if people are not using their cell phones, they would like to watch it. This attraction for looking at cell phones has resulted in the rising popularity of cell phone screensavers. Cell phone screensavers are just like any other screensaver in that it is a picture or maybe moving graphic that is activated when a cell phone has been left in a state of inactivity for a preset period of time. Of course, the time is set by the user of the phone.

Cell phone screensavers are a very colourful and arresting addition to a cell phone although these types of screensavers are harder to find or get hold of compared to computer screensavers. But this situation is changing because more and more people want to install screensavers on their phones. This increase in the market for screensavers will only mean that screensavers for cell phones will become more readily available soon. At present there are phone manufacturers that already incorporate some screensavers as a stock feature on some of their phone models. Screensavers can also be downloaded on the internet or accessed from the service provider that provides your cell phone line subscription.

Cell phones that have an included phone screensavers as a built in feature are gaining ground in the market. There are phone manufacturers who only put one screensaver in their phone handsets while others give users a choice by putting in more than one screensaver. Of course, it is in the internet that cell phone users can go crazy and get the screensavers that they want. The internet offers cell phone users more options in terms of the kind of screensavers that cell phone owners want. There are so many genres that they can choose from for their phones that can fit not only their personalities, likes and hobbies but even their moods. Some of these screensavers can be downloaded for free while others will require a user to pay for the right to download the screensaver.

But before downloading any screensaver from any of the online sites that provide cell phone utilities and accessories, the first thing a user must do is to identify the size of his cell phone’s screen. Some of the most common cell phone screen sizes are 128X128, 101X80, 128X160, 176X220, or 174X132. A user must identify the correct screen size as well as the compatibility of the screensaver with the cell phone before downloading and installing the screensaver in order to avoid any unpleasant compatibility problems or cell phone crashes.

Article Autor: Philip Nicosia

Friday, February 22, 2008

Cell Phone Wallpaper Themes

The Top 10 Cell Phone Wallpaper Themes

The technology age is considered by many to be one of the most cold and impersonal. With communications devices that allow for so many people to interact without ever meeting face-to-face, this reputation might just be well earned. When it comes to cell phones, however, there are ways to help make the personality shine. Individualized cellular phone wallpaper is one such way.

By allowing a person to take an object that's pretty basic, boring and even a little cold and impersonal and make it truly their own, cell phone wallpaper puts touch of personality into the mix. These individualized backgrounds for cell phone screens can be as funky, crazy or sentimental as a person might desire, too.

Wallpaper works by replacing the set background on a cell phone screen. Some phones might allow for the setting of multiple wallpaper choices. For example, a different wallpaper setting for each caller, or just a single screen that shows up all the time.

The theme options for cellular phone wallpaper designs are pretty amazing, too. The key word is choice, and there is no lack of it. Major theme groups for cellular phone wallpaper include:
* Movies. Many movie companies offer cellular phone wallpaper downloads to fans. Depicting a scene from a person's favorite flick, these downloads are generally free, but might some with a small charge.
* Super heroes. These are quite popular in the cell phone wallpaper category. Superman and beyond, they can all be found in wallpaper form. Some of these downloads might cost a few dollars, but there are free options, too.
* Animals. People with a penchant for a particular kind of cat, dog, horse and more can find wallpaper to fit their personal tastes. The animal arena for cell phone wallpaper is strong and ever growing.
* Music. Many recording artists offer pictures of themselves for download as cell phone wallpaper. Whether it's album covers or headshots of the artists, they can be found for cheap or free download.
* Action, hobby scenes. The choices for hobbyists are flourishing with everything from skydiving to car driving being features as wallpaper background for phones.
* Guys and gals. Images of models and heartthrobs can readily be found for wallpaper use.
* Landmarks. Fans of particular places will often find just the right wallpaper to suit their individual tastes. From historical landmarks to beautiful landscape scenes, the choices on this front are many.
* Television shows. The little screen does get even smaller. Television themed wallpaper is a hot commodity as fans rush to features their favorite shows each time they use their phones.
* Video games. Characters from popular video games are often favorites on the cellular phone wallpaper front.
* Personal photos. Some mobile phones offer users the ability to set their own wallpaper choices. This can be particularly easy when there is a camera onboard. All it takes is a snap and then assigning the photo to serve the purpose.

Cellular phone wallpaper is a favorite for many people as way to show off their individual personalities. By offering a way to make each cell phone a little distinct and different, these wallpaper downloads are becoming quite popular. How wallpaper works exactly will depend on the phone in question.

Article Autor: M. Xavier

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Voice Ringtones

Voice Ringtones

Voice ringtones are celebrity sound-alike recordings for ringtones or text message alerts. Instead of monophonic, polyphonic or musical ringtones, mobile users are now choosing voice tones as ringtones.

You can even download celebrity voice ringtones from websites, often free of charge. Even cell phone manufacturers including Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson are marketing voice ring tones. In fact, they’ve become a must-have accessory.

Opera Telecom and Mobile Streams are the global leaders in offering next-generation mobile content. Ringtones include polyphonic sound with a voice track overlaid in WAV format. Opera Telecom also has a collection of voice ringtones over music and text message alerts. The voice ringtones created by Mobile Streams are available at Mobile Streams’ websites, wapsites and Live! sites such as www.ringtones.com and www.polyphonicringtones.com. Even Mobile Streams also uses professional singers for celebrity voice ringtones. Some models of Samsung cell phones support this advanced level of voice polyphonic ringtones.

Today every cell phone entering the market will include an audio recorder. The recorder can record continuously for 3 to 4 minutes either in MP3 or MIDI format. These phones also have a mechanism of converting voices into ringtones. You can record dialogue like “You have a call” or a barking dog and convert it into melody.

Some mobile users may be tempted to use the voice ringtone audio recorder to record musical ringtones having low-fi musical beats. But it’s not recommended. The voice recorder is meant for capturing voice only.

Article Source: Marcus Peterson

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Polyphonic Ringtones

Polyphonic Ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones are the immediate successor of Monophonic ringtones and the immediate predecessor to Full Music ringtones. Polyphonic technology was introduced in the year 2000 in Japan. These ringtones have multiple tones that can be played simultaneously using instrument sounds such as guitar, drums, piano etc. The difference between a regular monophonic ringtone and a polyphonic ringtone is equivalent to the difference between a solo flute player and the whole orchestra. Polyphonic ringtone is much more sophisticated than regular monophonic ringtone because the former emulates real sounds through a song rather than a beeping sound.
More than 40 individual notes with different instruments can be played once in case of polyphonic ringtone, making it a more affective alert to the mobile user.

Polyphonic ringtones are compiled in the form of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) format. Some downloadable ringtones are free.
Cell phone manufacturers use different MIDI files, each having a different CPU capacity and a different level of polyphony, which may be problematic to uniform ringtone composers for all types of MIDI files. To overcome this problem, cell phone producers have been using Scalable Polyphony MIDI (SP-MIDI) since 2002 for enabling the composer to create a single version of a song so that the phone will support multi-note polyphony ranging from 4 to 24 notes.

One development with respect to polyphonic ringtones is the Polyphonic Wizard. This allows the mobile owner to add new polyphonic ringtones and also some pictures to the phone without the need for cables or Short Message Services (SMS). If the software of the Polyphonic Wizard is installed, the cell phone owner can have polyphonic ringtones and pictures, too!

Article Autor: Marcus Peterson