Today, cell phones are identified by the ringtones that they can support and the playback quality of the handset. With the second and third generation handsets coming on to the market, the picture quality and resolution and also the sound quality has improved leaps and bounds. And because of these factors, the demand of the users for innovative and attractive ringtones and wallpapers has increased.

Today you can get the latest and the most happening ringtones and wallpapers from the net. As far as the wallpapers are concerned, most of the users like to use their own pictures or their family photographs. But others like to see their favorite movie stars, sports stars, artists, or pictures of nature. The list is endless and the possibilities are endless too. With pictures of all kinds available on the net, free wallpapers have become a norm in mobile usage. Most of the wallpapers are available in various sizes and resolution, small (101 X 80), medium (128 X 128), and large (176 X 220).

Depending upon the capacity of your handset, you can pick and choose all the free stuff you want to customize your phone. As far as ringtones are concerned, they too have been in demand for a long time now and these are downloaded frequently. Downloading ringtones and wallpapers has become a bit of a pastime for people in college or on breaks at work. Today there are hundreds and thousands of sites providing all kinds of ringtones. Most of the free downloadable ringtones available today are in the WAV, MIDI and MP3 formats. If you download free video ringtones, they come in the very small packages known as the 3GP format.