Inaudible Ringtone
There's a ringtone floating around the internet specifically for teenagers.
Is it the latest Billboard Top 100 hit? No.
Is it the Ask a Ninja ringtone? No.
Is it a ringtone that kids can hear, but older adults cannot hear? Absolutely!
The ringtone, assuming you can hear it, is awfully annoying. The recent usage of this ringtone, however, is that students can hear their banned cell phone ringing without their teacher harping on them to turn their phone off.
Download and listen to the Mosquito Ringtone.
The New York Times wrote an article on the ringtone noting that one student was surprised that his 28-year-old teacher was able to hear the ringtone. (The ringtone's range is generally inaudible to those in their 40s and older.)
The ringtone is adapted from the Mosquito alarm, a device intended to keep loitering teenagers away from shopfronts while not disturbing older passersby.
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June 12th, 2006 at 23:10
Hey, there's a typo in your ringtone link.
Cheers,
JA
December 18th, 2007 at 15:59
doesnt work, i tried it on my dad, and he could hear it right away. hes about 37 though, so maybe it has to be people older than that!
November 12th, 2008 at 06:26
Melinda, you must have tuned the volume too loud that ur dad can hear it. Different age of people will have different threshold of hearing on the volume of high frequency. try tuning to lower volume where they must be a point where your dad can't hear it, but you can.