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Volume 28 : Issue 311 : "text" Format
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Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:47:04 -0800
From: Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <4AFC7448.5090308@thadlabs.com>
On 11/11/2009 11:18 AM, danny burstein wrote:
> I was with a group of people and a cell phone "rang". Except
> it wasn't one of those trendy tunes. It wasn't even
> the Nokia or t-Mobile default.
>
> It sounded just like... just like... a traditional "Bell 500"
> metal-on-metal clapper bell.
>
> I'm now using a Nokia, umm, something or another, which
> allows me to add one of these.
>
> Being way past my teenage years I have no idea whatsoever
> how to find this tone, and every search I've tried has led
> to even more confusion.
>
> Suggestions? Thanks muchly.
>
> (Yes, I know I might have to pay a few dollars for it).
How about free? :-)
A quick Google search found a horribly-long URL to wirelessadvisor.com
which had a thrice larger URL to their free 2500-style ringtone. I
refuse to use tinyurl and similar due to potential security problems,
so I copied the ringtone file and it's here:
http://thadlabs.com/FILES/WesternElectric2500.mp3 [76KB]
I'm assuming ringtones are MP3s. If not, I have a WAV file on another
(powered-down) computer from which I could retrieve a 500-style ring
file (assuming I'm remembering correctly -- it's been a few years and
that system is running Win2K-SP4).
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:07:31 -0800
From: Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <4AFDCA93.5090004@thadlabs.com>
On 11/12/2009 12:47 PM, Thad Floryan wrote:
> On 11/11/2009 11:18 AM, danny burstein wrote:
>> I was with a group of people and a cell phone "rang". Except
>> it wasn't one of those trendy tunes. It wasn't even
>> the Nokia or t-Mobile default.
>>
>> It sounded just like... just like... a traditional "Bell 500"
>> metal-on-metal clapper bell.
>>
>> I'm now using a Nokia, umm, something or another, which
>> allows me to add one of these.
>>
>> Being way past my teenage years I have no idea whatsoever
>> how to find this tone, and every search I've tried has led
>> to even more confusion.
>>
>> Suggestions? Thanks muchly.
The search term I used with Google to find the ringtone file named
WesternElectric2500.mp3 was simply "bell 2500 ringtone". I did it
again today and found the same URL reference(s). Just FYI.
Given the way-too-long URL ...
> [...]
> so I copied the ringtone file and it's here:
>
> http://thadlabs.com/FILES/WesternElectric2500.mp3 [76KB]
That's a free download in case it wasn't obvious. :-)
I've also since learned that an MP3 is apparently the most common
ringtone file format, but there are others. Though that ringtone works
in my Motorola RAZR V3, the primary ringtone I use sounds more like a
nuclear air raid warning alert -- I need(ed) something that's
different from everything else and that could also be heard over the
noise in a server room. I may make that WE2500 bell ringtone my new
default since I'm retiring this year and don't/won't need to be able
to answer a phone 24/7/365. :-)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:29:56 -0600
From: pv+usenet@pobox.com (PV)
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <LYqdnXBdtp75EWHXnZ2dnUVZ_q5i4p2d@supernews.com>
danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> writes:
>It sounded just like... just like... a traditional "Bell 500"
>metal-on-metal clapper bell.
>
>(Well, a pretty close facsimile thereof).
It's one of the default iphone ringtones, and the one I use. I like it when
my phone sounds like a phone. *
--
* PV Something like badgers, something like lizards, and something
like corkscrews.
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:17:30 -0500
From: "Gary" <fake-email-address@bogus.hotmail.com>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <hdic3a$fnn$1@news.eternal-september.org>
"danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0911111417180.24040@panix5.panix.com...
> I was with a group of people and a cell phone "rang". Except
> it wasn't one of those trendy tunes. It wasn't even
> the Nokia or t-Mobile default.
>
> It sounded just like... just like... a traditional "Bell 500"
> metal-on-metal clapper bell.
[...snip...]
> Being way past my teenage years I have no idea whatsoever
> how to find this tone, and every search I've tried has led
> to even more confusion.
>
> Suggestions? Thanks muchly.
The "classic phone" ringer is standard on all BlackBerries I've had.
If the phone in question was a BlackBerry, the ring tone most likely
came with the phone. So, one way to get the ring tone is to get a
BlackBerry...
Before my BlackBerry days, I had a Motorola phone that let me use any
MP3 as a ring tone. I recorded one of my old phones ringer and put it
on the phone. Maybe you can do that.
If you continue to search, "classic phone" may be the magic search
term.
Good luck,
-Gary
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:41:28 -0800 (PST)
From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <fa2fa44b-5954-435d-87c5-eb28b78ac6a0@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>
On Nov 11, 2:18 pm, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
> It sounded just like... just like... a traditional "Bell 500"
> metal-on-metal clapper bell.
> Being way past my teenage years I have no idea whatsoever
> how to find this tone, and every search I've tried has led
> to even more confusion.
I simply recorded a telephone ring to use.
My old cellphone allowed me to record my own ring tone:
1) rang a plain telephone (a 302 to be precise),
2) recorded it ringing, (experiment with where to hold the
cellphone),
3) saved the file,
4) Pointed to that file to be used as the ringtone.
It was certainly not perfect, but better than the default tone.
My new cellphone has a default ring tone that sounds like a modern
(electronic) phone ringing, so that's good enough for me.
To download a professional ringtone, one of the menu selections on the
phone is "Get it Now!" or some fancy title. Click on that and follow
the menu choices. I suggest doing it during offpeak hours as you may
get charged for airtime. Yes, you will have to pay for it, so watch
the prices and options carefully.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:18:12 +0000 (UTC)
From: ranck@vt.edu
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: I'm looking, sigh, yes, for a "ring tone"
Message-ID: <hdjtbk$iue$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu>
danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
> It sounded just like... just like... a traditional "Bell 500"
> metal-on-metal clapper bell.
> Being way past my teenage years I have no idea whatsoever how to
> find this tone, and every search I've tried has led to even more
> confusion.
I entered "traditional telephone ring ringtone" into Yahoo and it gave
me a big list of web sites with ring tones for download. Some even
claim to be free. I did not venture to any of the sites, but that's
how I'd go about finding it. And, now that I'm thinking about it I
may try loading it onto one of my cell phones.
Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.
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