Andy’s iPhone Blog

UPDATE: The 1.1.1 firmware update for the iPhone “broke” iToner and erased any custom ringtones on your phone that were created by it. With iToner version 1.0.3, Ambrosia Software has fixed these problems.

You can create ringtones for your iPhone using Apple’s iTunes and selected songs from the iTunes Store. Apple has made, as usual, a very slick interface for downloading the song and editing it inside iTunes. I, however, have lots of MP3 files not purchased from the iTunes Store. I also do NOT want my choices limited or to spend 99 cents for every ringtone! Ambrosia Software has come up with iToner, a $15 application to create and sync ringtones with your iPhone. Combine iToner with the Open Source audio editor application, Audacity, and you have the ability to create, edit and sync the music or sounds you want!

I was in a rush to get ready for my business trip to Washington, DC. I was trying to save a few pennies as I was traveling on a Sunday and had time to take mass transportation to my hotel in Arlington, VA. I fired up Google on my Mac, looking for transportation from Dulles airport (IAD) to the hotel. Checked out the hotel web site and determined I could take the Metrorail. I identified the bus that takes you to Metro station. Looked at the Metro map online at www.wmata.com and was ready to go.

My next step was to obtain a Metro map that I could load onto my iPhone. I wanted to visit some DC monuments and sites while in town. Should be easy, I thought. Turns out this was not the case.

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