Posts Tagged ‘iphone’
{ January 22, 2009 @ 1:51 am }
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{ Articles, Tutorials }
{ Tags: iphone, links, music, ringtone, software, tutorial }
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I’ve already posted one tutorial on how to make a custom ringtone for the iPhone, but looking back at it, I find it’s a bit of a mess with all the edits and reviews. That’s why I decided to post an updated version that’s a bit cleaner if possibly more complicated. The steps are the same, but I’ve added notes, suggestions, and requirements for each step where needed.
Let me start off by saying, you don’t have to do this by hand if you don’t want to. Anyone who doesn’t feel comfortable doing things that require a bit of technical know-how can easily go to places like Audiko.net and have the entire process done for you. Let me point out though that you have to upload your file to them or link it from a webserver. Personally, I don’t feel comfortable with this. This tutorial is for those people who are like me and want to do things on their own.
To start, let me tell you what you are going to need upfront before going into what the actual steps are.
- Audio source file – Doesn’t have to be music, can be anything you want as long as it’s an audio file. (Sorry, I don’t know an easy way how to pull from videos.)
- Audio editing software – If you don’t have one, try the free version of Wavepad by NCH Software.
- Audio converter – Some Audio editors (like WavePad) can do it, but I use the free Switch from NCH Software because it can do conversions in bulk. There are also multiple online file converters. A good list is over on MakeUseOf.
Now that you have your tools together, what do you actually do with them?
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{ September 23, 2008 @ 10:16 pm }
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{ Reviews }
{ Tags: Games, iphone, Reviews, software }
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Hailing itself as the first iPhone MMO, Aurora Feint isn’t too revolutionary other than the eventual multiplayer aspect. It’s gone through a few versions, each one fixing bugs as well as improving the game play. This game has also had it’s share of controversy, which I’ll go over later in this article.
The game itself is currently only a few minigames, two of which are in the “match three” style and one which is a logic problem though still a type of “match 3”.
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{ July 25, 2008 @ 12:48 am }
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{ Reviews }
{ Tags: iphone, software }
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Note: Mandelbrot has changed it’s name to iFractal and even more features have been added since this review was written.
A few friends of mine and I were talking about our eagerness to see Apple fix the code to allow for true IM clients to run on the iPhone. The big thing is that Apple doesn’t want anything running as a ‘background process’ so they are doing a few different things that the App developers are going to have to do differently to get it all to work. One thing that someone said off hand was “you won’t be able to do anything like render a fractal in the background”. Not to long after that I was perusing the App store and found Mandelbrot.
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{ July 23, 2008 @ 10:25 am }
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{ Reviews }
{ Tags: Games, iphone, Reviews, software }
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Note: This is updated to reflect the App’s current version.
Ever since I had my old Palm Treo 650, my first requirement when I had any handheld device was a game of Sudoku. Same thing goes for my new iPhone.
Scouring the App Store uncovered dozens of Sudoku games for a range of prices, but none were free. I looked through the reviews and found one that seemed to have an overall good review by the users: Satori Sudoku. Most of the reviewers said it had a pretty good interface, better than the other sudoku apps out at the time. For only $1.99 I was willing to give it a shot. … continue reading this entry.
{ July 17, 2008 @ 2:24 pm }
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{ Articles, Crossposts, Tutorials }
{ Tags: iphone, music }
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When I finally managed to get my new iphone, the first thing Tanya & Laura say is “You have to get Pandora Radio“. At first I’m wondering why on earth would I want an internet radio station on my phone when I can use my entire iTunes Library at last.. but then Erroch piped in and said I needed to check it out so I caved. So will you when you hear about all of this.
One of the difficult parts for me was having to wrap my head around what Pandora actually is. It really is like flipping through radio stations. Each ’station’ will have themes, similarities, etc. How it obtains those ’seeds’ are up to you. For better explanation, I’m going to take you through the process of getting setup. It’s how my mind works, so bare with me. … continue reading this entry.
{ July 15, 2008 @ 12:44 pm }
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{ Articles, Crossposts, Tutorials }
{ Tags: iphone, music, software }
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Update: I’ve redone this entire tutorial. Please check the new one as it’s far better than this one.
Yesterday I purchased my new 16gig iphone and was very happy to wave goodbye to my old Treo 650 which had lived long beyond it’s mileage. It wasn’t until late last night when I was playing around with my custom settings that I found out I couldn’t add my own custom ringtones. My friend informed me that Apple had set it up that you had to pay double through the itunes store in order to get them which greatly upset me.
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