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Perhaps a stronger threat to the profitability of the ringtone industry lies in the development of strategies and technologies by consumers and companies to create ringtones at inexpensive prices. Around , the textures shift as drones appear, simultaneously recalling organs, synthesizers, and cicadas; within the texture, the Nokia Tune is sometimes present. Whereas the distinctive ringtone only heightens the display function of the object, the increasingly popular silent ringtone assigned to everyone except friends and family tightens the close kinship networks reinforced by mobile communication. Furthermore, a number of ringtone composer programs appeared in the wake of the monophonic ringtone craze including some on handsets themselves , allowing those unfamiliar with ringtone text languages to compose melodies using standard Western music notation. With limited technical means, they provided catchy and informationally rich jingles that would haunt and torment unsuspecting listeners who had already internalized the norms of Western tonality, making it impossible for them to ignore the pervasive social presence of the cell phone.

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