[high times]

there is an article on aimtoday called "sneaky teen ringtones", can someone post a link for me? blackberryforums wont allow me to post a url because i have not made ten or more posts..

"In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear."

[NJBlackBerry]

Betcha it will work great on your Sidekick.

[high times]

no no no. i dont do camera phones.

[jibi]

there are quite a few versions available. here's the one that was posted to digg.com about 3 weeks ago. really all this is is a 'tone' sample (usually available with most audio editors) sampled down to a 16khz-20khz frequency. every co-worker i had was able to hear it once we put it on speakers (or through the BlackBerry), although i was somewhat worried when i couldn't hear it through my headset (standard Telecom headset; guess it didn't support low frequencies).

http://rapidshare.de/files/21292730/freq.mp3.html

if your link is different, post it and i'll convert it to an active URL for you.

[zarza]

I was sent a link about this today, but I just put it on vibrate on occasions when etiquette is uber-essential.

[BlackberryLive]

i hope i can't hear this because the freq response of these integrated dell speakers is 2-3khz. either that or i really am getting old. heck i use to be able to hear if the tv was on just from the whine of the tube but that's starting to fade as well. it may be that i'm losing my spidy sense or evolving away from the bat genome.

[Grimlin]

Originally Posted by BlackberryLive

able to hear if the tv was on just from the whine of the tube

People think I am nuts when I try to explain that. I have always been able to hear them from the next room.

I pulled down the tone from the Digg link the other day and it was about 50/50 for those around me. It drove my 9 year old nuts though when I got home. I can hear it well, but apparently the younger you are the more sensitive you are to it. Maybe we can incorporate it into our parenting tool belt

[jibi]

here's a better one that actually sounds good on the BlackBerry.

http://tinyurl.com/gwfr4

i have mirrored it on my site as well:

http://www.twoeighteighty.com/ringto...x/Mosquito.mp3

[BlackberryLive]

that's the dang tv sound that drives me up the wall. and once i got on decent speakers i can hear that low tone as well. yea! i'm not too old....yet.

[gergy]

That friggin ringtone hurt my damn ears. i played it and and didn't know really what to expect. HOLY CRAP. i capped my ears quick. i played it for a few people young and old and most everyone else didn't hear it. i don't get it. that high pitch is annoying.

[DavidE]

Originally Posted by gergy

that high pitch is annoying.

It was originally developed by a Welsh security company as an ultrasonic teenager repellent. The idea was to play it over a loudspeaker late at night to prevent kids from hanging out where they weren't supposed to. Later it was co-opted by young people as a ringtone that older people couldn't hear.

DavidE
www.davidenglish.com
www.classicfilmpreview.com

[SWIZZ]

Now that is a VERY annoying sound I would break my kids phone if that was played as a ringtone. lol Kidding of course =)

[Melanie Baldwin]

Can this be put on a Nextel 7100i?