Stop Paying for Ring Tones

A step-by-step guide on using an free application called Audacity and MP3s to create your own ringtones!

It’s no secret that cell phones can now alert you to incoming calls with a musical ring tone. I applaud this development: Songs sound better than beeps, and they’re personal.

There is a catch, however. Buying ring tones can be expensive. Online stores typically charge more to send a song snippet to your cell phone than they do to download a whole song to your PC. Ring-tone sellers tend to tout compatibility they can’t back up. Even if they sell you one that works on your phone and deliver it to you successfully, you’ll still have to pony up more cash every time you want to switch your ring tone. And if you buy a new phone, you may not be able to use the ring tones you’ve purchased and loaded onto your old one.

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