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We've had a few new people start in the office.
All of
them seem to have the same ringtone on their
shiny,
white mobile phones.
I see an application for an app that allows each
phone
to interrogate others in the vicinity and "decide"
upon
a unique ringtone for each phone, as the owners
are
apparently too lazy to do this for themselves.
Alternately, maybe a simple voice synthesiser,
telling "Joe Bloggs,
your phone is ringing", would suffice?
Dead Ringer
Your_20Ringer_20Is_...20For_20My_20Ringer
[theircompetitor, Jan 17 2013]
Ubuntu for Phones
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone
Not quite out yet - but promises an interesting alternative. [zen_tom, Jan 17 2013]
Halfbakery: Ringsmoke
Ringsmoke
An alternative way of figuring out whether it's your phone that's ringing. [zen_tom, Jan 17 2013]
[link]
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Just had three people standing outside my office, all
patting their pockets, because two of their 'phones were
ringing with the same tone, simultaneously. |
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I think you're right, [21Q]. I have a Samsung Galaxy SII.
Three of us had the same ringtone for about three hours,
before we all changed them to something we'd each
recognise as our own. On the other hand, the iPhone
users here all seem to be stuck with the same ringtone
and can't or won't change. |
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That seems to be true of a lot of Apple products. I'm
thoroughly biased against them, I must admit. Poor
battery life, one-size-fits-all, clunky form factor... |
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Not to join in with one of those "my phone's better than your phone" things - but I recently cobbled together a bunch of tones and successfully installed them on my iPhone - so I don't know where the whole "non customisable thing comes from" - I might put up some instructions if anyone's interested. |
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What I do notice though is that Apple have managed to successfully obfuscate/control (and thereby monetize) much of that problem domain in the name of "delivering a consistent user experience". In doing so, they have created an entirely new market - a market coincidentally that all the other players are rapidly piling into. i.e. everyone's got an app-store these days - like it or not, it's profitable. |
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One recent development that I do rather like the sound of is the recent announcement of the Ubuntu phone OS - hopefully they'll continue to espouse the whole Open Source philosophy in that area, but presumably they'll be tempted to turn a profit as well. We'll have to see how it develops. |
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On the specifics of the idea - you'd need some protocol to decide, in cases of a found conflict, which phone gets to keep its original tone, and which one is to change. This could rapidly get tricky as more and more phones are come into contact with during the day (e.g. on the train, bus or whatever) - resulting in an end state when nobody is quite sure what their ringtone sounds like anymore and reaching for their pockets whenever an unfamiliar sound is heard - there is an alternative though ... [link] |
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I just got my first smart phone and I don't know how
to get my ringtone changed. Maybe that's the issue
with some of your peers. Just dumb, like me. hehehe |
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"Different ringtones for different callers" has been about for a long time. It makes the whole thing more complex if you can't remember all of them, but it is fun, for a short while, to set it to play the National Anthem of the caller, or the music to The Godfather for Italians etc. |
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If the phone selects its own ring tone, then how would you know which one it selected? |
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I think a more devious system would be to get the wrong phone to ring...he he. |
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random Apple rant moment: why is it that in the
name of style, my Ipod touch's charge cord is
designed to be nearly impossible to remove? |
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I was thinking about different ringtones for different callers. Ling here says it has been around for a long time so I am sure that must be. Now that all are connected, could my ringtone be associated with my number? For example on acquiring me as a contact, the phone owner would be prompted "Bungston suggests 'Thus Spake Zarthustra' as his ringtone. Download?" |
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In the world to come, perhaps people acquiring me as a contact would see my identity in the Apple Store along with my suggested ringtone, as well as ringtones that others have chosen for me - "Theme from Shaft", "A Mighty Fortress" etc. One could choose among my theme songs. |
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I am thinking how great it would be to edit
someone's prized ringtone and then submit that as
an option. For example, Zarthustra - but liberally
larded with kazoo and quacking rubber ducks.
Bwaaaa! |
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