The mobile phone industry is a highly lucrative business, so it is not surprising to hear that over a billion mobile phones are being sold annually in the year 2008. Nine out of ten teenagers are proud owners of mobile phones that have been either given to them by parents or bought using their own allowances. Naturally, anything and everything that has got to do in the mobile phone arena will be highly successful and this includes the mobile phone ringtone business.

Ringtones are a staple diet for most mobile phone owners. Whether you are an adult or teenager, there is a 99.9% chance that you will want to customize your own mobile phone with a ringtone or two of your choice. Psychologically, it shows that you indirectly wish to tell people about the type of person you are. One can tell another person’s personality if you were to listen intently to that individual’s ringtone the next time his or her phone rings. Lovers of R&B ringtones are likely to be romantics who might feel a little insecure about their love lives whereas those who set loud rock music as their ringtones may be craving for a loved one’s attention.

It is simply not enough to rely on the pre-set ringtones that initially come included with your new gadget so naturally, the first thing you would do upon acquiring your brand new device is to fill it with ringtones. There are plenty of websites that offer ringtone downloading services whereby users can download ringtones for a minimal fee. Several years back, all that are offered in such sites are just polyphonic ringtones but more and more ringtone providers that offer real MP3 ringtones are popping up all over the World Wide Web. In fact, there are excellent sites that continuously tempt users to download other products. Want an amusing text alert that sounds like a cat’s meow? You can find it in most websites. Other mobile phone add-ons such as dynamically designed wallpapers are also available. And if you paid slightly more to these websites, you can even download fun mobile applications that allow you to check your daily horoscope.

As a word of caution, do ensure that you download ringtones from a reputable site. Beware of dubious sites and never ever reveal your credit card details if you have doubts about such sites.