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March 28, 2008
New Mosquito Ringtone Provides Teens with Mobile Phone Secrecy
By Calvin Azuri TMCnet Contributing Editor
The newest wave to hit the mobile phone user market is the ultrasonic ringtone, which makes it possible to hide mobile phone usage.
The new phenomenon, known popularly as the mosquito ringtone, has been used by teenagers to cache their incoming calls or text messages from adults including teachers and employees. This is possible because, as time passes, most adults experience a steady degradation of their hearing. Therefore the chances of an adult picking up in the same range of sound that a student can, are very small.
To take this slim chance of it being heard away completely, TeenBuzz.org has launched a new range of ultrasonic ringtones with a host of options including a range of thirteen varied frequencies that a teenager can preview, download and adopt on their phones.
The frequency
that has proven to be the most popular is set around 17 kHz.
But it isn’t infallible. Students are discovering that some adults are capable of discerning the 17 kHz ultrasonic ringtone. This means that the students would have to opt for a ringtone with a high pitch of frequency.
Apart from offering thirteen different frequencies, the teen website also details helpful tips and gives an approximate age range for discerning a particular frequency’s sound signal.
The new phenomenon, known popularly as the mosquito ringtone, has been used by teenagers to cache their incoming calls or text messages from adults including teachers and employees. This is possible because, as time passes, most adults experience a steady degradation of their hearing. Therefore the chances of an adult picking up in the same range of sound that a student can, are very small.
To take this slim chance of it being heard away completely, TeenBuzz.org has launched a new range of ultrasonic ringtones with a host of options including a range of thirteen varied frequencies that a teenager can preview, download and adopt on their phones.
The frequency
that has proven to be the most popular is set around 17 kHz.But it isn’t infallible. Students are discovering that some adults are capable of discerning the 17 kHz ultrasonic ringtone. This means that the students would have to opt for a ringtone with a high pitch of frequency.
Apart from offering thirteen different frequencies, the teen website also details helpful tips and gives an approximate age range for discerning a particular frequency’s sound signal.
Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page .
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