Apple is rumored to have struck a deal with the music industry and obtained the right to sell “ready-made ringtones,” and company officials are reportedly rushing to have them available for next week’s event.

Music industry sources reportedly told CNet that Apple will announce and begin to sell pre-cut ringtones at its press event Sept. 9, if they can be prepped to sell in time. In 2007, iTunes granted users the ability to create their own custom ringtones with certain enabled song. The feature cost 99 cents to select a 30-second segment for ringtone playback on the iPhone.

Given that most individual songs on iTunes sell for 99 cents in their entirety, to charge anything above that for just a section of the song might seem odd. However, consumers in the past have shown a willingness to spend up to $3 on a ringtone. The report did not have a final price on ringtones available, but did say the song clips are expected to sell for “far less than $3.”

While the pre-cut ringtone feature is technically new, it will not likely be a large announcement for Apple at its Sept. 9 iPod-centric event. Not only are custom ringtones already available on iTunes, but CNet noted that sales of ringtones dropped 24 percent from 2007 to 2008, likely due to the fact that users have figured out how to make their own from pre-purchased songs.

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Funny chipmunks, cute or sexy princesses, video game legends, evil characters and much more.

EXCLUSIVELY FOR iPHONE
Produced exclusively for the iPhone, this premium collection is not available anywhere else.

NOT SOUND CLIPS
Accept no imitations – these are NOT 2 second sound clips labeled as ringtones.

ABOUT RINGTONE FACTORY APPS
- Download as many as you want – no limits!
- Easily share with friends!
- Set a unique weapon for each caller in your phonebook!

1. iTunes Ringtone Hacking, a.k.a. how to convert your songs into ringtones for free
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3. Finally, iPhone custom ringtone instructions

The Pro version is all the goodness of TonePad with the added ability to create custom ringtones. Email the ringtone to yourself or a friend. Add the attached ringtone file into your iTunes library on your computer and sync with your iPhone. The ringtone will then be selectable on the iPhone via Settings > Sounds > Ringtone. You can also import your saved songs from TonePad 1.11.

If you like Andre Michelle’s ToneMatrix or the Tenori-On, then you will absolutely love this app. TonePad Pro is recommended for users who want to play the following instruments and make beautiful music instantly without the steep learning curve: piano, drums, guitar, accordian, banjo, bongo, cello, clarinet, erhu, flute, harmonica, harp, mandolin, recorder, santoor, saxophone, sitar, tamburin, trombone, trumpet, tuba, violin, xylophone or ocarina.

TonePad Pro features a clean minimalist user interface with a full 16×16 matrix. The sound quality remains excellent regardless of how many notes are playing at the same time.

You can save an unlimited number of songs. The current song is also saved automatically on exit.

Sharing your musical creations couldn’t be simpler. You simply press the Upload button and give your friend the song code. Your friend then downloads the song directly into TonePad Pro by pressing the Download button and entering that code.

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2. Apple intros ringtones for iPhones
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Currently with 10 different ringtones to choose from with more coming soon you can personalize each ringtone with your choice of name.

The ringtones range from down right irritating, hip hop and country style to the more civilized Butler announcing your call. Previews of all the ringtones are available to help you choose your favourites.

All the ringtones are in iPhone m4r format so once you download the ringtone to your PC all you need do is import it into iTunes and sync your iPhone.

Point your safari browser to http://www.iphonestalk.com/ringtones/ to try.

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3. Create iPhone ringtones from iTunes previews

YouTones allows you to send your custom tones to your computer where you can manage them using iTunes and apply them as a ringtones on your iPhone.

Making ringtones with YouTones is, as the name implies, mostly about your own choice. You singing, you swearing like a drunken sailor, you doing pretty much anything you can record with the iPhone’s mic. Yes, this could be dangerous in the wrong hands. But it could also be a lot of fun, plus it’s cheaper than buying ringtones from iTunes at a buck a pop, and you’ll have a unique, one-of-a-kind ringtone.

1. How to create your own m4r iPhone ringtones
2. Free iPhone ringtones web app
3. Create iPhone ringtones from iTunes previews

If you’ve just upgraded to a 3G iPhone from another phone but want to keep all your own previous ringtones you had then this is an easy way for you to convert them to iPhone compatible ringtones.

You can also create iPhone ringtones from songs editing out the bits you don’t need leaving you with just a short clip.

To make things even easier they have released a step by step video guide showing you how it all works from uploading your original file to syncing your new m4r ringtone to your iPhone.

Check it out below.

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Now you know what to do click here to start!

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IWFR.net has step by step instructions on creating custom iPhone ringtones using their free MP3 to ringtone convertor.

You can create custom iphone ringtones from your own MP3′s all online with no software to download and is ideal for Windows users who can’t use Garageband. Best of all it’s completely free.

See IWFR.net for more details.

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3. iPhone RingToneMaker: Custom Your iPhone Ringtones

Intuit says that it plans to launch the iPhone version of Quicken on January 8, just days before the Macworld Expo begins, and that it will only cost $3 per month. The product has been redesigned to better appeal to the younger demographic and those who are savvy to online banking, but haven’t used money management software, Intuit senior VP Rick Jensen told Reuters. “Our first mission is to invent certain we are solving the needs of citizens who are not currently using a personal finance solution,” he said.

It has additionally been redesigned with the iPhone in mind. Although there will additionally be a general web version available so that anyone with a browser may use it, the iPhone version will have fewer features than Quicken’s web version and will be better optimized to take advantage of the iPhone’s touchscreen. (It’s rare to see fewer features touted as a plus.)

Jensen said that the company decided to target that group considering teens and young adults have shown to be willing to pay for software, but not whether it forces them to spend date to install it on a desktop, or whether it restricts them to their home computers. “It’s about the amount of work and moment they are willing to invest,” he said to Reuters. “Even going out and shopping for a piece of software in the store. They are not interested in that.”

Intuit’s SaaS model isn’t a type new idea—Google has been heavily pushing its own SaaS offerings to both web and mobile users, and even has an iPhone-optimized portal of its own—but it’s still fairly novel for companies that are used to selling licenses for desktop software. whether Intuit finds that its $3 per month online version is successful, more companies could shift operations online and offer mobile optimized versions for a small monthly subscription fee. They don’t have to just be for the iPhone, either, but for all manner of desktop and mobile devices. Adobe has already discussed plans to start offering its key products as a service online—although it may be some day before we see a web version of Photoshop optimized for iPhone, companies seem eager to find out whether SaaS is truly where it’s at for the future.

Update: Quicken’s Group Product Manager, Jim Del Favero, contact us to clarify a few points about Quicken’s soon-to-be-released web version and the iPhone version. He said that Quicken Online, the web-based version of the software, will run $2.99 per month, and will contain mobile elements for users of different types of mobile phones. There will additionally be a special, iPhone-optimized interface for Quicken Online, which comes as part of the overall $2.99 per month package.

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3. Apple sneaks in a new technical support page adding a “Share > Send Ringtone to iTunes” option to carport Band.

The reply is, whether you’ve been playing along at home, three. One more blow against the official iTunes extortion and shakedown store.

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The latest version of iFuntastic 4.7.1 has been released. The iPhone customization/jailbreaking software is now shareware for many of the advanced features. Release notes:

- support for iTunes 7.5
- fixed text display for Leopard
- improved newsletter procedure
- fixed alignment bug for Home Screen backgrounds (thank you Szymon)
- a ‘Small Icons’ choice for the (advanced) Home Screen
- fixed ‘vanishing iPod icon’ bug
- a ‘News’ page for up-to-date info about updates bugs and more
- a ‘assemble Executable’ operate in the File Manager item popup menu (thank you Avi and Alberto)
additional tweaks and simplifications based on your valuable feedback – keep it coming!

The latest version of iFuntastic allows users to jailbreak their 1.0.2, 1.1.1, and 1.1.2 iPhones, and additionally supply other customization options. There are directions on how to Jailbreak a 1.1.2 iPhone for free, but some may find that solution more convenient.

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