Secret Ringtones

One thing about cell phones has always puzzled people from the beginning. It’s the same thing that’s always kids need to learn to “grow out of”; once cellular became a staple for all well connected young adults and teens, questions of cellular etiquette and the ignoring of said etiquette from some children began swirling about. Cell phones became outlawed in the classroom setting and kids had to figure a way around this. Smart-aleck kids chose not how to figure out the “silent’ feature on their phones; probably because they had such cool ringtones.

Then one day, a really clever teen learned of a technology used in the UK to shimmy away loitering teens called the “mosquito device.” Thus began the beginning of the end for teachers; secret ringtones were born. This technology was developed by a security company which actually exploits a real condition called presbycusis; the cumulative effect of age on hearing. The device was imported and transferred to a ringtone and circumvents the teacher from the discussion as the sound should be inaudible to anyone over, say, 20 years old. It’s being used in classrooms to relay text messages all over the world this very instant.

Secret ringtones are available all over the internet. Adults share, with some wonder, their curious fascination with the fact that they can’t hear this sound; kids congratulate each other in finding yet another way to show how smart they can be.

Secret ringtones are advertised as The Teen Buzz ringtone or the mosquito ringtone and are available for sale or download in many different forms. The mosquito ringtone was the original; why not make sure you’re still young enough to hear it before going through the labor of downloading and installation. You can try and sample the technology at most reputable sites.

The wildly unlikely success of this funny device has since been capitalized upon by its founder, the gent who invented this technology for his security company as Mosquitotone (“the authentic Mosquito ring tone”). He thinks it’s quite amusing but wonders if intellectual property rights have been infringed upon. I guess we’ll never know.

There are many sites that offer this ringtone for sale or download depending on where you look. That’s all well and good but the more important question for any adult to ask is: “Even if I get this tone, how will I know I’ve gotten it, if I can’t hear it?”