What is a ring tone?

A ring tone is a sort of pleasing voice or recoding that can be heard while receiving a text message or a call on your cell phone. Each mobile is equipped with a number of such sounds that seem cool and wonderful.

What is the purpose of a Ringtone?

The basic purpose of these free ringtones is to make you alert and attentive that you are receiving a certain message or a call on your phone so you may respond to it on time. These tones play a vital role for letting people get instant messages and calls on time so they would not miss anything special. For instance, if someone is expecting a job call and he forgot to set a ring tone then now he may face any issue regarding his professional future. On the other hand, if he has managed ring tone settings then probably he will not overlook any important call or even a single text message that comes on his cell phone.

How to get free Ringtones?

Due to huge interest and preferences, you can find out a huge variety in these ring tones. So, every person may catch them easily. Different cell phones require and equipped with distinct tones. Now, there are some tones that are acquired after paying a little amount of money on them. On the other hand, you have hundreds or free ring tones… yeah, these free mp3 ringtones can be found out on the internet where thousands of websites offer such tones and free of cost. So, you can download your favorite free ringtones from there and enjoy it on your mobiles!

Want to save money on your broadband bills? Sky (www.Sky.com) is offering three months free connection on its Unlimited broadband package.

The deal is available to all new customers also taking line rental and home phone calls from Sky, offering a saving of up to £30 over three months.

Sky’s Unlimited tariff comes with speeds of up to 20Mb broadband, and is one of the UK’s only unlimited broadband broadband packages, with no fair usage policy or traffic management – even on peer-to-peer downloads.

Customers will only be eligible for the free broadband promotion, which is available until 3 February 2011, if they opt for Sky Talk line rental and a calls package. Sky line rental is going up to £11.25 a month on 4 January in line with the new VAT rate.

Sky Talk Freetime doesn’t cost any extra and offers unlimited evening and weekend calls, while Sky Talk Unlimited, which gives you inclusive anytime calls, will cost you an extra £5 a month.

Michael Phillips, product director at Broadbandchoices.co.uk said: “New customers signing up to Sky broadband now have the choice of whether they take Sky TV as part of their bundle.

“If you want to make the most of everything that Sky has to offer though, a bundle including satellite TV will give you access to a great range of programmes as well as over 50 high-definition channels – cutting the cost of your Unlimited broadband to just £7.50 a month once this deal has ended,” he explained.

If you choose only to take broadband, home phone and line rental, then your Unlimited broadband package will cost you £10 a month after the promotional period.

Mobile broadband packages which come with a ‘free’ laptop are set to become a must-have gift this Christmas, overtaking standalone dongles.

Consumers looking to save money or defer the cost of buying new technology are driving sales of mobile broadband pay monthly deals which include a laptop in the price. Networks and electronics retailers such as 3, Vodafone, Carphone Warehouse and PC World are offering free laptops or netbooks on certain mobile phone contracts usually lasting 18 to 24 months, and retailers have experienced a sharp increase in sales of free laptop deals in recent months, by as much as 23% of overall sales since July.

Mobile retailer Phones4U has reported considerable growth since it launched a ‘free’ laptop deal, predicting that such bundles will prove a popular choice this Christmas.

“Since launching laptop-broadband deals on Phones4u.co.uk, we have seen significant sales growth month-on-month and predict that laptop-broadband deals will be top-sellers this Christmas,” stated a Phones 4U spokesman.

A piece in The Guardian this week suggested that 3 and Vodafone currently offer the best deals on mobile broadband-laptop bundles.

However, though deals including a free laptop may seem like an inexpensive option in the run-up to a credit crunch Christmas, they are likely to cost you far more in the long run than if you bought a standalone dongle and laptop separately. The cost of laptops advertised as being ‘free’ is in fact spread over the length of the contract.

For example, a 24 month deal on Vodafone which comes with a ‘free’ Dell Inspiron Mini 9 ultraportable will set you back £25 a month, costing a total of £600 over the two years. Bought on its own, the Mini 9 will cost you around £300. Of course, you get the data contract as well, but with mobile broadband prices set to come down further in the coming months, you may well regret being tied down to a 2 year contract.

If, however, you decided to buy a £200 laptop on a credit card, you could pay it off at £20 a month and own the computer outright in under a year. You would be free to choose any standalone mobile broadband contract, such as 3’s 12 month 1 GB contract, which would cost you £10 a month, and then look for a new, cheaper contract after a year. It would also give you time to reassess your data usage after a year, upping or reducing the amount according to your need.

Virgin Media came out on top in a recent survey on mobile broadband products by independent consumer group Which? who tested each of the provider’s products to see if the much advertised plug and play aspect of mobile broadband set up really was as easy as that.

Providers were tested on usability, customer service, ease of set up, speed and connection, and how easy it was to cancel.

Virgin Media came out top overall, being ranked as the easiest to set up alongside O2, Orange and T-Mobile, and having the best user interface which gave customers the most accurate information on data use, and featured a user-friendly, jargon free help guide. Virgin Media also shared the top spot for customer service with O2.

“O2 was the most efficient, with all questions answered in a four-minute call. Virgin Mobile provided the best mobile broadband customer service, with comprehensive answers delivered in a friendly manner. Virgin Mobile also phoned back after getting stuck on a technical detail within five minutes.”

T-Mobile came out on top for fastest speeds with an average download speed of 1.8Mbps, but even then Virgin’s mobile broadband offering secured second place with average speeds of 1.1Mbps.

Virgin Media’s managing director of mobile Graeme Oxby said: “It’s fantastic that Virgin Media mobile broadband is achieving such acclaim. We always set out to deliver a mobile broadband product that would compliment our fibre optic and ADSL offerings, which meant ensuring our high standards of usability, simplicity and service were met.

“The independent endorsement of Which? In these categories is a testament to the quality and value that Virgin Media Mobile Broadband offers consumers.”

Vodafone and O2 have agreed on a deal which will see the two mobile operators merging their mobile networks, in order to improve mobile phone reception across the country, and, more importantly, improve the availability and quality of mobile broadband services.

Matthew Key, chief executive of O2 owners Telefonica Europe said: “This goes some way to ‘future proofing’ the network,” adding that “the current economic situation was a catalyst.”

The merging of the networks will see the operators saving hundreds of millions of pounds over the next few years, and could, in theory, lead to the eventual rollout of mobile broadband services comparable to fixed-line connections in terms of speed and reliability, in accordance with Lord Carter’s Digital Britain proposals.

This follows in the footsteps of a deal done in December 2007 between 3 and T-Mobile. The two operators share HSDPA networks and are starting to decommission masts, with T-Mobile already noticing savings, costs, freeing up money that can be invested.

In Spain, a joint venture between Vodafone and Orange saw the two providers able to bring much faster services to rural areas, by reducing the number of base stations needed, thereby reducing the cost of running and maintenance.

3 has just launched a new 30 day rolling SIM-only mobile broadband deal which costs £15 a month provides 5GB data, and access to the net at top speeds of 3.6Mbps.

This is perfect for those who don’t want to commit to a long-term contract, but will want to be able to connect at odd months throughout the year, and get better value for money that Pay As You Go. As with SIM-only plans seen on mobile phones, customer only need to give 30 days notice to cancel the contract, so there’s no long term obligation.

This SIM-only mobile broadband package can also be bought with a USB modem, for those who don’t have a spare dongle lying around. The Huawei MF627, E156g and E1550 are all available for £19.99 each.

3 are also claiming that their single month mobile broadband offering provides the best value for money when compared to the competition. £15 a month gets you 3GB from O2 and Orange, and just 1GB from Vodafone. O2 and Orange rolling contracts also see you paying £59.99 and £29.00 for their respective USB modems, whereas Vodafone will charge as much as £49.99 for theirs.

Plusnet, the good honest broadband company from Yorkshire, has today launched a nationwide campaign promoting a ‘won’t be beaten on price’ promise on their broadband packages.

Plusnet already offers one of the UK’s cheapest standalone providers at just £6.49 per month with up to 20Mb speeds and award winning customer service. It is now promising that if existing or new customers can find a lower price elsewhere then they will beat it!

Plusnet has created a price promise calculator so that customers can see if they are getting the best deal. Customers can enter their postcode to see the different packages and prices available to them.

Jamie Ford, CEO of Plusnet, said: “We are committed to offering the nation good, honest broadband from Yorkshire, at a price that can’t be beaten. We believe our price-beating promise is an industry first and means that our customers not only get great customer service and fast speeds, but can have it at the lowest price on the market.”

Yorkshire terrier Samson, who is the star of the new advertising campaign, will greet commuters this month in his hometown of Sheffield to launch the new price beating promise. To cement the Yorkshire advertising campaign, other icons from the area will make an appearance, including Yorkshire teacakes, 80’s Sheffield band Heaven 17 and the rolling Yorkshire hills.

Virgin Media are currently giving new customers a special offer of £50 credit on new broadband, digital TV and landline packages – but hurry, this offer is due to end on 31st October.

The online exclusive deal offers new customers money off their first bill when they sign up for a double or a triple package.

Virgin Media offer great value broadband and TV packages from as little as £19 per month which offers users up to 10Mb broadband, 65 TV channels and unlimited weekend calls.

To take advantage of this offer, order a Virgin Media package online before 31st October.

Orange Broadband are offering some of the most competitive broadband packages on the market at the moment.

Their broadband and off peak calls package is currently free for the first 3 months and is just £7.50 per month for Orange Mobile customers and £12.50 per month for new customers. This package offers speeds of up to 20Meg, unlimited download allowance and free UK evening and weekend calls.

In addition to their competitive packages, there really are some great reasons to choose Orange Broadband and we thought we would highlight 10 of the best: