My New iPhone

Chapter 18. Creating Ringtones

A ringtone is a unique sound, typically a fragment of a popular song, that you can set as your default ringtone to notify you of a call or that you can associate with a specific person in your Contacts program. When ordinary people call, you'll hear a default audio ring, but if you've set a ringtone for a person in your Contacts program, you'll hear that particular ringtone only when that person calls. You can use unique ringtones to identify certain types of people (such as customers or family members) or to identify a specific person such as your boss, stockbroker, or significant other.

The most common way to get a ringtone is to buy it through the iTunes Store, usually for 99 cents. However, there are ways to create ...