How do I get my phone to vibrate without a ringtone?

I would like for my phone to vibrate only when I receive a new email or text message, but still ring when I get a phone call.  Please tell me there's a way to do this!  I've looked everywhere on my phone settings and it just doesn't seem to work.  Don't make this former Droid user regret purchasing an iPhone 4S! 

I think the only way is to download a silent ringtone onto your phone from iTunes and use that ringtone for your texts, email, etc. I found one and everything was going along great until my daughters kept asking what the high pitched noise was coming from my phone.  The "silent" ringtone was not so silent to them and it was killing their ears!! It was one of those obnoxious tones that only those under the age of 25 can hear.  So now I need to find another silent ringtone .  But that's how you have to do it.

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