MP3 ringtones are among the most popular ringtone format available now within the mobile industry. MP3 ringtones is a part of a real music or actual song, they will use original pieces of the music together with lyrics, exactly as the original recording. The appeal of MP3 ringtones, to teenagers certainly, is the fact that they behave as a fashion statement, it also reflect the user's personality.

And, with the quality of sound a lot better than the older sort of ringtones this new format is bound to change the mobile world. The success of MP3 Ringtones as well as other real music tones give record labels and operators another source of revenue, and in all likelihood a big one at that.

This new type of ringtone has helped the Music Industry with regard to the royalties being paid through the Mobile Operators in each ringtone download. In 2005, ringtones pulled in $600 million in sales, 20% ahead of estimates as well as more than double the 2004 take. The year's leader, 50 Cent's Candy Shop, sold 1.9 million downloads, more than the top-selling digital song: Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl, with 1.2 million.

Even though you have to pay to get MP3 ringtones, we can still find ways to download them 100% free. You will find web sites that will let you download free MP3 ringtones, you may either download the best mp3 songs them directly to your mobile phone or download the ringtone to your computer and then upload it through a USB data cable or infra red connection.

If your mobile phone is web-enabled or internet capable you can download free mp3 ringtones from WAP sites. But, before you decide to do this I suggest that you first search for a WAP site through you computer and read the instruction concerning how to download their free MP3 ringtones.

Another unconventional way to download free mp3 ringtones is through mobile forums, you'll find some members in the forum who are kind enough to give out free ringtones. They almost certainly have collected a number ringtones from the net or maybe they made it themselves. You too will make your own free mp3 ringtones, through the help of softwares called "ringtone maker". You may download this software through a link provided below.