Setting Ringtones


The Pearl comes with a wide selection of ringtones, and you can download more ringtones from the Internet (although sometimes at a cost of a dollar or two). Something that's fun to do is to take a legally obtained MP3 of a song you enjoy and place it in your Pearl's Device Memory (or memory card) for use as a ringtone. When you do this, your phone "rings" by playing the song you've set as the ringtone. It's flat-out cool to see the look on people's faces when a particular song starts coming out of your phone instead of an annoying ring.

To set a ringtone, follow these steps:

1.

In the main screen, click the Menu button, select Profiles by clicking it, and then select Advanced at the bottom of the list.

2.

Scroll to the profile you want to use, and select it.

The Pearl displays a menu of the possibilities for various events, such as incoming messages from a messenger client, email, or phone calls (Figure 5.11).

Figure 5.11. You can attach a ringtone to many types of events


3.

Select the event that you want to attach a ringtone to.

4.

In the next screen, customize various aspects of the ringtoneincluding volume, vibration, and even the number of beeps or flashes (Figure 5.12).



Figure 5.12. Set up your ringtone exactly the way you want it


5.

Select the Tune area.

You are taken to the list of ringtones on your Pearl, which may include MP3 files that you've added with the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software.

6.

Click the file you want to use as your ringtone (Figure 5.13).

Figure 5.13. Pick a songany song


You can set up a different ringtone for every element in the Advanced Profiles lista different sound for each instant-messaging client, phone call, text messages, you name it! This adds a great deal of variety to your Pearl and also allows you to use sound as a tool for knowing what's happening on your Pearl without even looking at it. If you hear Queen's "We Will Rock You," for example, you'll know that you have a new MSN Messenger message, whereas Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" may signify a new voice-mail message.

It's a lot of fun to add sounds to these actions, and by adding new ringtones and MP3 files, you can change your Pearl on a monthly, weekly, or even daily basis to keep it fresh.




The BlackBerry Pearl Pocket Guide, 1/e
Blackberry Pearl Pocket Guide
ISBN: 032149699X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: N/A
Pages: 67

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