Apple relents, sanctions custom ringtones!

So how do you know if Apple has made a big policy change and snuck it through the back door? Is it because:
- Porcine aviation establishes itself as a viable transportation mechanism.
- Chicken entrails begin to dance and rearrange themselves into oracular shapes while you're fixing up some nice korma.
- Apple sneaks in a new technical support page adding a "Share > Send Ringtone to iTunes" option to Garage Band.
The answer is, if you've been playing along at home, three. One more blow against the official iTunes extortion and shakedown store.
Thanks Jerrod
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So how do you know if Apple has made a big policy change and snuck it through the back door? Is it because: Porcine aviation establishes...
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Almost as funny as Erica's post, definitely more NSFW:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/iphone-users-get-garageband-ringtones-333940.php
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this does not work with jailbroken iphone 1.1.1 and lates itunes and garageband but quicktime 7.3 wonder why?
December 15 2007 at 11:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI recognize that Apple probably has their hands tied, at least officially, on the subject of using commercial product as ringtones. However, as someone vain enough to use music of my own composition on my phone, I've considered the inability to do this on the iPhone a significant weakness (and I told them so!). I'm very pleased with this change!
December 15 2007 at 10:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWasn't it obvious to everyone that Apple relented on this since iTunes 7.5.20 and 1.1.2???
It was pretty clear then that Apple back-peddled on this and decided to allow custom ringtones given their ease to implement and the fact that they cleared the way in BOTH iTunes AND the 1.1.2 firmware.
Why this is news now is beyond me.
iTunes extortion?
It's sad that a hacker's been allowed to use TUAW as her soapbox.
Erica... I'm honestly losing track of the iPhone announcements, but not you too! I think we discovered last month that iTunes 7.5 and firmware 1.1.2 enabled the ringtone rename thing-a-ma-bob again. Right? It all works. Garageband is definitely the icing on the cake, because it is THE signal of a policy change... at least now that they've released the ringtones store, and the Garageband update (and garnered the press they wanted). I dunno... I'm happy, but also... ambivalent. We just tick the checkbox. Next stop... 3rd party apps, GPS and more Bluetooth profiles hoo-haw!!!
December 14 2007 at 5:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow nice, and just before christmas? Really, why can't someone just create a moto4lin type app that lets you use the hardware you bought the way you want it to. I can create anything I want an put it on my Razr, I'm not going to pay 2$ for something that shouldn't cost anything in the first place - and someone who buys an iPhone deserves this right even more, what with having spent that kind of money!
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