Methods and apparatuses for programming user-defined information into electronic devices

A wireless telephone that may be customized by programming a digital audio file into the wireless telephone for use as an indicia of an incoming communication, the telephone comprising:

• a communications link capable of connecting substantially directly to a remote database that includes a plurality of lists of digital audio files;
• a display screen and a mobile browsing application that allows a user of the wireless telephone to browse at least one of the plurality of lists of digital audio files and view selectable digital audio files present in the browsed list;
• a speaker and processing circuitry configured to allow the user to optionally review a selected digital audio file with the mobile browsing application before downloading the selected digital audio file into the wireless telephone;
• and a programmable memory circuit for allowing the user to optionally store the selected digital audio file for use as an indicia of an incoming communication.