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iTunes 7.3 with Custom Ringtones?

macrumors.com — While not mentioned in any of the reviews, we've received word that custom Ringtone support is in fact a feature of iTunes 7.3.

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longofest, on 10/11/2007, -1/+29Some new info that we got... from the story:

When a song is selected for conversion, a "garageband like" interface comes up to allow you to pic the 30 second clip you want. Forum member FreeState also noticed that Apple's Question/Answer list now shows an image of iTunes with 8 tabs (vs 6 in the video). One of these tabs could represent Ringtones.
- DIGGerPhelpsND, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7So, why would one want to pay $0.99 for a service that Garage Band already does for free? I have made all of my ringtones from song clips in Garage Band without forking over an extra penny.
  - iSamurai, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Because you're not going to be able to put your own ringtones on there, no MP3 ringtones, etc.
  - NgrHader, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1I actually just use QuickTime Pro and export to mp4...works for me
- Beaver6813, on 10/11/2007, -10/+5Hi i'm a PC. We don't do garageband.
  - SPECOPS, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0maybe they'll include a pc copy, or a watered-down version, who knows.
- neiltc13, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2I buried this as spam because "longofest" works for the site and ONLY submits links to it and no other sites here on digg. Further, it's unsubstantiated rumour crap.
  
  I do not think that gaming digg like this is welcome.
straylight51, on 10/11/2007, -17/+2I wonder does the Iphone have the capability to use the songs on it as a ringtone.
- dep01, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Uhhhhhm.
- SonicRush, on 10/11/2007, -5/+4No, according to Gizmodo here: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/what-the-iphone-doesnt-have-272571.php the iphone can't use songs in it as a ringtone. Lame lame lame.
  - Blaatmeister, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Uh, this feature is new. And I'm quite sure that this will work with the iBrick.
- TomPlansMedia, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2i think "net yet" is the most accurate answer
  - Protoss, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I agree, "net yet" is a perfect answer, and makes total sense.
- furmanvt, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2not yet because Apple wants to pick your pocket to by ringtones separately. It would make too much sense to use the songs your already own. You will prob be forced to buy the same song in ringtone version
- B1663r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Has nothing to do with picking pockets. It has everything to do with early iPhone adopters are asking to be fleeced.
  
  Also my theory that the iPhone will have a distinctive ringtone set for the purpose of making iPhone users appear as snobby as possible was the correct one.
  
  In the coming months the IFanboys will be crooning new things in the updates like "ZOMG, the iPhone update 10.3.2 has a new ringtone!"
Wailord, on 10/11/2007, -16/+3It'll cost an extra buck, which isn't too bad, seeing as I don't change ringtones as often as I buy songs- this seems like another blow to the haters...
- SonicRush, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22An extra buck to shorten a song you already bought and make it a ringtone?!? That's absolutely rediculous.
  - goodoldharris, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Yes, it's absurd. You've already bought the song, and it's already on your phone, so it's just a matter of setting the song to play when you recieve a call. It's probably not Apple, but the labels. Essentially, the labels are insisting on charging you a fee to set your phone preferences. These ***** would debit your bank account when you hummed a tune if they could. ***** them and don't pay for it.
- GotMex, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3It costs a dollar to take a song from the iTunes store and make it into a ringtone. It's not necessarily on top of the full song cost. Gotta wait until launch day to see if this means you'd have to pay $2 for a song and a ringtone, or if you can just take your songs in your library and make them into a ringtone.
- PathDaemon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5TFA implies that turning something from your iTunes library in a ringtone, purchased or not, is 99¢. Not that MacRumors is an all-knowing source, but a charge for a procedure that happens locally would be ridiculous. I do that for my current phone with freeware.
- B1663r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I just send the ringtones to my free LG handset for free over MMS.
  
  Doh!
  
  Must not be the blow to haters that you think it is.
  
  How about next time you try knowing what you are talking about before you talk.
picciano, on 10/11/2007, -15/+5He shouldn't have put a screen shot with his phone number...it's 408-996-1010 by the way.
- sockpuppets, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Balls of steel anyone?
- NicksVideo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5That's just one of the many numbers used for iPhone demos. The 'screen shot' is from the Macworld keynote, if you bothered to read the article.
- Scheissenegger, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Just called him and he took up with a regular old Vertu!!!!! he said it's all a hoax and that there is no iphone!
rwallen, on 10/11/2007, -3/+79I think it is silly you can't use your own songs for free as ringtones. I know that companies make a lot of money off these microtransactions which are popping up everywhere now (Want to vote for your favorite American Idol? $.99 each text message.) but it seems that soon everything will be like this. Do you want to digg this comment up or down? It will cost you $.35.
- ngmcs8203, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2I agree with part of that. I personally hate the work it takes to make songs into ringtones. I haven't owned more than a handful of phones, but from the phones that I and my wife have owned over the years creating personal ringtones was always an option. It just sucked that it took so much work to do it.
  - thejokell, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Work? It takes all of 15 seconds to cut up an mp3 file.
    
    Ringtones haven't been "hard" to make since phones only took midi files, and even then they were only hard if you didn't know what midi was.
    - ChzPlz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Not that this is a cutting edge phone, but my blackberry 7250 only plays midi ringtones.
    - migitalwarfare, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1well then it plays midi files, it just doesn't play polyphonic midi files
- kodek, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Actually, as far I as remember, voting for American Idol costs only what your carrier charges per text message. I agree with you, though.
- HalBSure, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I just saved $.35!
- da_bradler, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1
  RIAA logic.
  What to listen to a song recreationaly? .99$
  want to listen to that same song as an alert/ringtone? another .99$
  what's next
  Want to hear a song while in the car? .99$
  Want to let a friend listen to one of your songs? .99$
  Want to listen to one of your songs in another country? .99$
  Want to have your music play in the background to your favorite game? .99$
  I mean seriously why should you have to pay to listen to a shortened down version of something you already own. so basicly this is saying you have to rebuy your music for every application. I mean the RIAA logic is lock every device on the planet down then make you pay for the same product over again on every device.
dep01, on 10/11/2007, -13/+77So those apple assholes want to charge you a buck to turn a song you already bought into a 30 second ringtone?? LAME.
- liuping, on 10/11/2007, -10/+13It's not Apples fault. the iTune rights don't cover ringtones. bitch to the music companies...
  
  I'd be surprised if you could not convert ripped CD to ringtones though...
- furmanvt, on 10/11/2007, -6/+7Cover ringtones? It covers playing music. If apple is SOOO good with this phone why cant this be done? It's Apple trying to squeeze more money out the mactards.
  - Mikecol, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You're wrong. Apple doesn't own the music, so they don't make the rules. Bitch to the music companies.
- johnpaul191, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3it's also possible that AT&T demanded they still have the ability to sell ringtones. why would Apple care what you do with your purchased song?
- Colesif, on 10/11/2007, -3/+499 cents is nothing, my friend ended up getting charged $3.00 for a System of a Down ring-tone. Though I hate being charged for ring-tones, 99 cents is a steal in comparison to the competition.
- Billions, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I think it's likely the AT&T and RIAA "assholes" too.
Chickenlip, on 10/11/2007, -12/+8Lemme get this straight ... If I create a mp3 with my pc's microphone, and want to put that as my ring, it will cost me a buck?

LOL!!!

What a gip. Aint no way no how I'm buyin' an iPhone. I hate being nickled and dimed. The poster above me obviously doesn't seem to mind.

It's the principal folks ...
- liuping, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5It does not say you have to pay for anything but iTunes download converted to ringtones...
- GotMex, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9principle
- Crim, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I believe it is spelled "Gyp", and I further believe it is a shortened version of Gypsy, referring to the common conception that a Gypsy will rip you off. If there were any Gypsies on the Internet then I am sure they would be offended.
  
  Just thought you may want to know. I would want someone to tell me if I was going around saying Porch Monkey or something.
  
  /end
- HalBSure, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4It wasn't school that I hated, it was the principal of it.
  - mediaphile, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Well played, sir.
Irfit, on 10/11/2007, -8/+35Apple, you are doing it wrong >
PunkFenixJT, on 10/11/2007, -7/+21$.99 for ringtones is not bad when you consider things in the big picture.

For example, here's sprint:
http://www.deandagati.com/sprdl.jpg

Cingular's ringtones are $2.49 as well. I don't know about verizon because I need a verizon account to check apparently.
- logicalnoise, on 10/11/2007, -4/+15you forget that many cellphones can simply just playback mp3s/wavs/midi from their stored memory. Something an iphone could easily do but obviously apple decided it was worth a buck to check a damn checkbox.
  - cvrefugee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1There are websites where you can upload your own mp3 ringtone from your computer and it will send it to your phone, all for free. I use http://www.mixxer.com
- SonicRush, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10$.99 for a ringtone is terrible when you consider you already friggin purchased the song!
- chrisgeleven, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Apple's terms of service specifically say that you cannot use a purchased iTunes song as a ringtone (its probably from the contract they have with the record label). I imagine that is the reason they won't let you set your own ringtones without a fee.
  
  That's what happens when you have your own music store.
- sfrench, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Forgive me, but isn't the big picture here is that Apple is calling the device as "our best ipod ever"... I think those were Steve's words.
  
  And I don't know about you, but I expect my iPod to be able to play my music...no matter if it's through a headphone or over the external speaker as a ring tone.
  
  I understand it's all licensing issues, but it's still a huge leap to say that you can play a song over the earphones, but not over the speaker as a ringtone.
  - Mikecol, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If you understand the licensing issues then quit whining like those above you who don't.
- seek205, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Well.. At least you don't have to pay 2.99 for a crappy part of the song you don't want! At least you get to pick the 30 seconds of the song. That is more than ANY cell phone company has ever done... But yeah, I know we don't buy ring tones, we just put them on ourselves.. But other people will think this is great!
Typhoon2009, on 10/11/2007, -5/+6Great, now my computer can play a song instead of beeping when someone calls it!
insomniac8400, on 10/11/2007, -10/+24Lol you have to pay twice for your music. LOL
- B1663r, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Lol, you have to pay once for music? LOL!
- zeeky, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Lol, you pay for your music? LOL!
f4nt0m4s, on 10/11/2007, -10/+18.99 cents to convert your song into a ringtone?
I'm sorry, but with as much internal memory as the iPhone has that is total crap. A lot of the 2+ year old cellphones can store full songs that can be used as ringtones with the proper tools...and it can all be done for free. I have full songs encoded at 192kbps that I put on my LG enV...for free...that I use as my ringtones.

and apple is only adding injury to the insult...i mean isn't itunes supposed to be like the end all music app?

the iphone is all smoke and mirrors
- combustion8, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1i use soundforge and convert any song (or part of a song) for free.. Iphone is for the lazy i guess.
- Beaver6813, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1... But people don't want 4 minute long ringtones... if they don't, they pay 0.99c. You don't have to buy it if you don't want it, they're not forcing you to, you own an LG and so it doesn't matter to you anyways.. sssshhh
- BobOki, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Well then, stick to your LG enV and stop trolling the boards!
  - f4nt0m4s, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2trolling is saying things like, "iphone is gayzorz because apple made it!"
    
    making an argument about how it's not cool that you have to pay 99 cents to convert the songs you already paid for into ring tones is making an argument. someone on digg said "a lot of the diehard microsoft fans are the first to criticize things that microsoft does"
    
    well, just because you like apple doesn't mean you have to bend over and enjoy everything they do. you can easily support the iphone and apple and still think that this ring tone thing sucks.
- Amnesia10, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The 99 cent fee might be a one off for an application, It might be similar to the wifi n upgrade that you had to buy. That was a result of the Sarbannes-Oxley Act, itself a result of Enron. Once you have it you can do it an unlimited number of times. Lets wait and see what the limitations are.
wildsnake, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2No flash, it will suck
- SoCalChris, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2No flash? That's a plus.
  - wildsnake, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Why is it a plus? Websites use flash. People can't use Stickam. I have a security webcam that uses flash, I can't view it over the internet.
  - B1663r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@wildsnake
    
    Dont get in the way of a perfectly good case of cognitive dissonance! Its too fun to watch their brains splatter all over the keyboard as this thing tanks worse than the Zune.
- PathDaemon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Does your phone have flash, mmkay?
WKStone, on 10/11/2007, -10/+11i love how, one by one, the little reasons given for not buying the iphone are being knocked out by apple during week leading up to the launch.
- Typhoon2009, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3Can you link me to the story where Apple announced that they would include 3G in the next software update? Those blasted Microsoft fanboys must've buried it.
- furmanvt, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1thsi hasnt done anything for me. It's Apple ripping us off for more money!!
- B1663r, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1@WKStone,
  
  Lol!!! Its tanking worse than the Zune did! Thats funny! You should have sold your stock when I told you to last week. ROFL
  - WKStone, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1hey, i just bought more. maybe i can finally retire and play with my iphone. heh.
Scheissenegger, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2So people are still paying for music?

iTunes is currently selling prince's new single guitar, while it's available for free, legally at the O2 Arena's website (not only for O2 customers but for everyone):

http://digg.com/music/Download_Prince_s_new_single_Guitar_for_free_legally_nothing_needed (btw, please digg if you like it)
totorototoro, on 10/11/2007, -6/+7I've never used ringtones, just the vibrate function. Actually, I'm not sure if my phone even has "ringtones".
- PathDaemon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1erm, that's nice? I, for one, do use ringtones.
- Shadowhawk109, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1If you're a girl: Bowchickabowwow. Yes I know "there are no girls on the internet" but I couldn't resist.
  And if you're a guy: That's what she said. Again, couldn't resist.
colincornaby, on 10/11/2007, -3/+19It's likely you will only have to pay 99 cents to convert an iTunes Song to a ringtone. Songs bought from the iTunes Store are specifically not licensed to be used as ringtones, so Apple has to pay more money to the record labels for a song to be used as a ringtone, hence the 99 cent fee.
- abid786, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5So, in the end, it boils down to the RIAA being greedy.
- furmanvt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4YEAH RIGHT. So why cant i use songs which i rip from my CDs as ringtones. Oh it's b/c Apple wants you to BUY it from them!!
- seek205, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Well.. you don't know yet.. Maybe you can, we haven't used iTunes 7.3 yet. Maybe you can export it to Quicktime or something...
- da_bradler, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1That's such *****, so when I buy a song I'm not aloud to use that song as an alert? how is it any different just because the song plays when you get a call?
thatgirlismine, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I think the real question at this point is whether Apple does any tricky checksumming on the ringtones in the phone. If not, it should be a small matter of someone writing a small utility to load audio files into the phone's ringtone directory.
combustion8, on 10/11/2007, -5/+4wowee wow!!!!!!

big deal.
- BobOki, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1I agree, it is a big deal. Its yet another thing that just the other day was being touted by Apple haters as the reason this phone "sucks". Tomorrow the announcement that flash will be supported in a day or two should arrive, then you guys will be out of just about anything worth saying, and hopefully will discontinue posting altogether and let those of us that actually want the phone our chance to geek it up.
heifetz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8How much are you willing to get that at least part of the decision is dictated by AT&T, and it's a shared revenue model. What dumbass MBA grad came up with the plan to charge .99 cents to convert a song into a ringtone? That'll cause Apple to lose respect pretty quickly in the online community, and maybe even the apple fanboys. Just wait until a hacker creates a workaround and allow you to convert it for free.
wbxhc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3All I have to say is Google ToneThis if you don't want to pay
xtraa, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Haha, if this is true then Apple is really shiz in doing business :)

Afaik the major record companies are making more money with ringtones than with selling tracks and stuff since 2 years or so.
singlegirlgeek, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0If this will be available to any phone that can handle mp3s and storage this will be cool but if it ends up being an iphone only feature this will suck.
BobbyMC, on 07/21/2008, -5/+3THERE'S A SNAKE IN MY BOOT!
- GutterMoo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1best quote from a disney movie.
bsolidgold, on 10/11/2007, -8/+4Call Steve: 408-996-1010
- eoghanj, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11-916-Call-Turk
littleorfnannie, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0I've been using ITunes the past couple of years to make FREE ringtones. It's really easy. I guess it's just not an "in your face" feature, so ITunes thinks if they make an easy button that says "convert to ringtone" they can charge people extra?
JamesMorris, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Owned americans. Still enjoying having to pay to receive calls? LOL
imdandman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Maybe iTunes 7.3 will finally have support for hotkeys.
- GarySZ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Or support for multiple genres? Or a tagging system a la iPhoto? Or maybe the ability to select individual tracks from within CoverFlow? Or maybe some other feature that is actually useful?
  - seek205, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The iPhone can select individual tracks from within CoverFlow so hopefully they will add that to iTunes!
- PathDaemon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Wait, what?
EvilAnimator, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Suck it, trolls.
glucoseboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+22This $0.99 conversion charge illustrates the inherent disconnect between the music industry and it's customers. I've already paid for the song. However, they're telling me that even though I've paid for it, I've only actually purchased the "rights" to play the song on my music player. To play it on my phone, I have to pay again, purchase another license. When does this madness stop????

Hey folks, stop paying for ring tones!!!!

Doing so just reinforces the music industry's antiquated license-based revenue model. If they had their way, the iPod would have a counter that recorded everytime you play a song and send that information back to the publishers so they could bill us per play (wait a second..... it already does........ )
- SkippyDoorknob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1We're sorry, you're license to listen to this song is only valid during months ending in "y". To extend your license to the other months, a $2.99 charge will be billed to your account.
PhiKapChappy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Maybe everyone could just stop using music ringtones altogether. Nothing worse than having someone's musical tastes shoved down your throat while at the grocery store. Ooo you have "This is why I'm hot"! +20 hipster points!
- unloud, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2but but but, then I can't wear the iPhone as bling to show off to mah homies! :-(
f4nt0m4s, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3@Beaver6813

it's more the principle that you pay .99 cents for the full song...and then .99 cents to get 30 seconds of it. it's a 4/8gig device...why have 2 copies of the song or whatever when you can have the full copy and use it as your ring tone? when my phone rings i don't hear the full song, i get around 40 seconds of it. but I'm not paying twice over for something i already have. and i can listen to the full song at my leisure.

and my second guess is that you will only be able to convert *songs purchased on itunes* into ring tones...we shall see how that plays out, but if you are forced to buy the song on itunes to validate that it wasn't stolen, and then forced to pay another .99 cents to take a 30 second clip of it...well have fun making ringtones!
- BobOki, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I would have to imagine it will be like movies on your AppleTv. You have a certain number of devices it can be loaded on.
- raynar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3You let your phone ring for 40 seconds? Why? So people can hear your crappy taste in music? If you want that go signup on myspace
  - B1663r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I use comedy clips ripped from XM radio 150 to make ringtones.
    
    On the other hand the cognitive dissonance that apple doesn't support it so it MUST BE BAD! isfunny.
zeiben, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Think of high ringtone prices as a special tax on the garish and tasteless.
- benjaminrayburn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Thank you zeiben. I was allowing myself to get irritated as sh1t about this until you put it in the right perspective.
dantseytlin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3An easy way to make your own ringtones is by using www.mobile17.com

Just indicate what part of the song you would like converted. The mp3 is converted and a text message is sent to your phone. You must then retrieve the file from the web (it converts a several MB song into 150 kb)... quality is really good, too.
- furmanvt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1i doubt this will work on the IPhoney. Apple prob blocks it.
- B1663r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2On my free lg handset it just sends the ringtone to me via MMS.
  
  oh wait!
f4nt0m4s, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@ngmcs8203

a lot of it depends on your carrier and phone and firmware, but i have found that making custom ring tones is a rewarding experience once you get past the initial few. sure, you'll spend a little time learning how to get it set up, but fact of the matter is a lot of the premade ring tone choices out there suck. it's nice to be able to take whatever indie or non mainstream song you have and make a ring tone out of it. the itunes 7.3 ring tone feature might alleviate that problem, but at the expense of 2 dollars? it's just an added cost on top of the price of an already really expensive phone that has a lot of flaws thus far.
convergent, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I use iTunes to make my ringtones, I just go into the info and change the start time and end time to the part i want (of course i change it back later), right click the song and press convert to AAC. Perfect quality on my Sanyo mm8300.
- MiloMindrbindr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Wow! All these years I never knew this was even possible. Will you marry me convergent?
- InitialDMP5, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2yeah, I have done this for years. You can even adjust the quality of the MP3 to work with your phone. Sometimes the mp3 won't play if its too high quality. I'm glad other people know about this. I tell people at the Cingular store about this and they are completely amazed. They don't believe me and so I would bring my laptop in and show them. They weren't too happy this was possible and that I was not using their Media NET serivce. SUCKERS.
LoudNoise, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4...and the RIAA and others still wonder why there's so much piracy? Is it possible for the people running things to be that blind?
DamageInc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1iTunes should worry about fixing the terrible sound it outputs before working on anything else. Until then, I will continue using the foobar passthrough.

Anyways, I have an older phone (LG6100) so I don't the know the new restrinctions they have, but I've never paid for a ring tone. I bought the data cable and load mp3s (and wallpapers, contacts, etc) through 3rd party software. The program (bitpim) even has a sound editor to chop up your mp3 for easy ringtone making.
Avian00, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I have to PAY $.99 to make my song shorter?!?! That's ABSURD! It's almost as absurd as people paying $2 or more for ringtones from their provider! Stop giving these greedy people your money!
smergs, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Here's an idea, forget ringtones and use one of the default rings on the phone. It's annoying as hell to hear old ladies cell phones playing the same old lame music at work during the day. I understand people being upset about the cost of ringtones, but the only way to battle it is for people to stop buying them. I personally like a regular ring on my phone. It's actually easier to pick my phone out in a crowd these days because everyone else has wasted their money on ringtones.
superwick, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2it's all rumors and speculation right now, you conclusion-jumpers.
Swift2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Jeez, if this was almost any other phone, you pay about $2.50 for any of a list of songs selected by a chimpanzee.
sludge, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I'd buy it considering I don't change my ring tones too often... 1 to 5 a year maybe..
GutterMoo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Info from a site called "Macrumors.com" i love my USB phone that i can transfer any MP3 to. Free ringtones forever.
jostheller, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Have they announced yet if 7.3 will fix the "feature" of using x64 Vista's "eject hardware" button to turn your ipod into a brick? Just curious...

And FTR - Vista is for wife only... I run Fedora
flipmeat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I bet a donut that the next Garageband will have a 'save as ringtone' feature. If you make a little tune yourself, no rights issues apply.

(I am a silver medalist in the conclusion jump.)
- tzone, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1so who gets the donut if you loose?
InitialDMP5, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I've been using iTunes to make my ringtones for years. The only thing I worry about now is that apple might take the in/out point feature out of iTunes to prevent people from doing this, and forcing them to use this service.

On the bright side though, for .99 cents you know for sure you have a song you want for a ringtone, and not being forced to use a song that is provided by the phone companies music service. I like having really old random 80's funk/ freestyle songs for ringtones; songs that nobody knows. And there is no way to do that other to make it myself. So for people who have no idea what to do, paying 99 cents is great-BUT FREE WOULD BE BETTER.

Also this money isn't going to the music companies, its going to apple. Most peoples iTunes collections are made of songs they didn't get from the iTunes store.
- spazzcat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+199 cents is still a rumor...guessing tomorrows news will be its free to make ringtones with a new video showing you how to do it...
iStunT, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1WTF... just.. WTF.. i have songs on my list that my friend DJed but aren't on the iTunes list, does this mean i can't use a 30 second clip from them? Apple, your going in the wrong with this... on the sony ericson you can make your own music and put it as a ringtone... thats pretty cool im sorry. What can you do with apples "smart phone"? EVERYTHING... exept play a 30 clip from a song everytime someone calls you. Boohooo this is *****!
pr5owner, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0hey if microsoft is such crap and apple is so great, why then on my HTC Hermes 200 (Softbank X01HT) running MICROSOFT WINDOWS MOBILE 5 throw in any full or cropped mp3, WMA, midi, wav (basically whatever the hell i want) into a folder called /windows/rings and then choose any file in there as a ring tone FOR FREE? the OS doesnt give a crap, it will do what you tell it too.

yet on the iphone you have to jump through all these hoops and lose half the money in your wallet to get 1 fracking ring tone to play? (even if its something you made YOURSELF) what the hell do you do if you have 50 contacts and you want 50 tones (1 diffrent ring tone per person so you know whos calling) you pay $50? WTF. do you not see a problem with this?

sorry i dont see the greatness of the iphone. ill stick with my HTC phone which i can turn into a USB Mass storage device (usb flash drive) copy any media file i want to the phone from ANY COMPUTER itunes or no itunes and use it as a ring tone.

only apple fanboys will bend over with no lube.
- f8tbrautmehere, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I see, so you bend over but only if there is some kind of lube involved. Good to know.
h2g242, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1so i have a mac,i love it you know for a few reasons.

one is something called garageband. ever hear of it? make your own god damn ringtones it takes all of 2 minutes to import create cut export and convert using like max cd or something to change the mpeg4 to an mp3. garageband will even import it straight to itunes for ya since the mpeg 4's are compatible with it. i just convert em again so i can play em on my treo as ringtones.
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