Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Changing app alert tones is a great way to help you distinguish between notifications on your iPhone. That way you know if you're receiving a text, email or some other important notification without ...

Unless you are using a beta version of iOS 5, there isn't an easy way to change the e-mail alert tone on your iPhone. I found a way that doesn't cost anything or require you to jailbreak your phone.

Relive the glory days of custom ringtones. Relive the glory days of custom ringtones. is a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in ...

Changing app alert tones is a great way to help you distinguish between notifications on your iPhone. You'll know if you're receiving a text or an email without taking your iPhone out of your pocket.

If you have the same ringtone for calls and alert for messages regardless of what they are, you might want to create your own and assign specific tones to specific contacts. Can you do more with ...