Garageband 4.1.1 for Free iPhone Ringtones
Something smells fishy about this (in terms of how AT&T, and those who receive ringtone revenues will respond), but Apple has just released a GarageBand update (4.1.1), and have included documentation on their website detailing how to create custom ringtones with GarageBand.
Of course, this process will require the latest technologies, including the iPhone 1.1.2 firmware update, iTunes 7.5, and the aforementioned Garageband 4.1.1 update (released yesterday).
The documentation states that ringtones have to be 40 seconds or less. After you have created your ringtone, you send it to your iPhone by selecting going to the Menu “Share”, and then selecting “Send Ringtone to iTunes”.
This leads me to wonder how the third-party community will react, but I assume that this move will be seen as a blessing rather than a curse.
Via [TUAW]

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