Converting Nokia Ringtones To Work On Your Phone

Nokia ringtones are probably the most popular online these days. The problem is, not all cell phones are compatible with the Nokia format. So what do you do if you have a cell phone that does not support the Nokia ring tone format, but you'd still like to take advantage of some of the many popular Nokia ringtones?

In this article we will discuss a simple way to convert Nokia ringtones to other formats, so that they can be used by nearly any cell phone on the market. Because there are more Nokia format ringtones than any other type, this will enable you to have a much wider selection of ringtones to choose from for your non-Nokia phone. OK, let's get started.

Step one: every Nokia ringtone uses an RTTTL format string. You can download many of these Nokia RTTTL strings online by doing a simple search. Just find the string that represents a specific ringtone you want to convert.

Step two: search online for the "Uniring," universal ringtone converter. This handy little online software will convert nearly any format of ringtone to any other. When you arrive at the Uniring web site, simply copy and paste the RTTTL string for the ringtone you'd like to convert into the large text box in the center of the page. Be very careful to ensure that the RTTTL string contains no spaces -- it needs to be copied exactly as it is to function properly.

Step three: select a format that you would like to convert the ringtone string into. There are many options here, so just pick the one that represents the type of cell phone you have.

Step four: you will now receive a new code, representing the Nokia ringtone you selected converted to your phone's format. You will find full instructions on this page how to install the new ringtone to your phone, or even to transfer it via SMS.

And that's all there is to it. Once the Nokia ringtone is converted to your phone's format, you are free to use it just as you would any other ringtone made for your phone.

TIP: sometimes ringtones that are converted from the Nokia format to another phone's format will not sound exactly the same. For this reason, it is a good practice to always try to convert three or four ringtones at one time, just in case some of them come out sounding a little funny.

There are literally thousands of sites online where you can find inexpensive or even free Nokia ringtones. And because the Nokia ringtone format is the most popular online, you are certain to find nearly any song or other ringtone you can imagine by searching carefully on the Web. Of course there are also other brands of ringtones available as well, and these can also be converted to your phone's format just as easily as Nokia ringtones. This will give you a huge variety of ringtones to choose from for your non-Nokia phone.

Now that you know how to convert Nokia ringtones to any other format, it will be easy for you to find, install and experiment with lots of different ringtones for your phone.

Craig Thornburrow is an acknowledged expert in his field. You can get more free advice on free ringtones and funny ringtone downloads at http://www.ringtonesvault.com

Play Pokemon Online

The people in charge of making Pokemon popular again have done a great job. Pokemon was big a few years ago and it's recently made an amazing comeback. A whole new generation of kids are trying to catch them all.

It's a very good time to be a Pokemon fan. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl for the Nintendo DS have been in the Top 10 best selling games for months now and the Diamond and Pearl cartoon is pretty popular too. But why stop there? I have a vision and Pokemon people feel free to borrow this idea from me, that would make Pokemon an even more dominant gaming franchise. I'd like to see a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) based on the world of Pokemon.

Sure, I know that's there's a few Pokemon games online like Pokemon Crater and Pokemon Online (POL) but those games are pretty simple and based on the game play of the Game Boy Advance version of Pokemon. And I don't even think that Nintendo has anything to do with them. They could be one cease and desist letter away from being shut down.

I'd like to see a World of Warcraft style Pokemon game online. Use the same story line and game play as Diamond and Pearl but put the players in a cartoonish 3D environment. Choose your trainer avatar and start your adventure. Think about how cool it would be to wander around different towns and cities, catch wild Pokemon, train them, battle other trainers, do gym battles, collect badges and enter tournaments and do it all in a online 3D environment that you share with other Pokemon trainers. And to make it interesting they could add some members of Team Rocket to mix. Jessie and James could be bots that come along and try to steal your Pokemon.

This would be a great game for the Wii's Online Service. Pokemon Battle Revolution is out and it already has online play in Japan but that game is just an extension of Diamond and Pearl. Without a DS, that game isn't too good. No, they need to start over with a whole new online Pokemon game.

The Nintendo Wii is the hottest selling new video game console right now and it's outselling the PS3 and XBox 360. The Wii is still hard to find in the stores and that isn't going to change anytime soon. The Wii's only weakness seems to be it's online play which is weak at best. Super Smash Bros. Brawl is going to have online play but it's release has been pushed back to February. My Worlds of Warcraft Pokemon game idea (let's call it Worlds of Pokemon for this article) if done right, could become the game that puts the Wii Online Service on the map.

Hopefully someone at Nintendo has already come up with this idea and programmers are already hard at work on Worlds of Pokemon. If not, then I hope they have enough free time to read this article and get inspired.

When Anthony Tripp isn't teaching his son how to catch them all, he's coming up with ideas about how to play Pokemon online and writing about it on his blog, http://www.pokemontoday.com