Changing app alert tones is a great way to distinguish between apps on your iPhone. That way you can know when you get a text, as opposed to an email, without taking your iPhone out of your pocket.

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Unless you are using a beta version of iOS 5, there isn't an easy way to change the e-mail alert tone on your iPhone. I found a way that doesn't cost anything or require you to jailbreak your phone.

In recent years, it has been increasingly common to set a smartphone to silent or vibrate mode, eliminating the once-popular act of choosing a ringtone that either represented your impressive musical ...

In addition to the expected launch of iOS5 and the latest version of OS X, Apple has a few surprises up its sleeve today. One of which is a store for buying tones to use when you receive text messages ...

Every smartphone comes with a slate of built-in ringtones and alert sounds. But after a while, they can get annoying and confusing. Was that your phone ringing or the guy behind you in line at the ...

These new options might convince you to stop putting your phone on silent. The last time Apple released a new ringtone of any kind, it was with the 2017 launch of the iPhone X. Apple celebrated that ...

Your Android phone comes well stocked with a variety of ring tones you can use to alert you when a phone call comes in as well as specialized tones for notifications and warnings. You can customize ...