With some handsets you can install a variety of ring tones or logos and even ascribe them to different callers. The ring tone or logo can be input through the key pad, downloaded from a pc using a synchronisation link and software, or by sending through a modem where it arrives on your phone as a special text message - as it does when ordered from one of the commercial services. You generally get a choice of Listen, Save, or Discard. A variety of ring tones are available, the most popular being pop music and themes from television programmes.
Logos can be corporate, amusing or rude.
Some sites ask you to register and thereby add you to a mailing list which they may sell on - read the terms and conditions first. Make sure your phone can receive the ring tone or logo in the format it will be sent before ordering it. Just remember that one person's amusing ring tone can be another's infuriating distraction, and witty screen art sent to others could be considered a virus if they don't know how to get rid of it. We accept no responsibility for material downloaded from any of the companies whose websites are listed below, nor for any instances of phone rage induced by the use of them. Prices and terms are likely to change rapidly so we will not attempt to review them although some of the specialist portal sites listed may do.