Make free Ringtone for iPhone 5 Via iTunes

There are many ways for us to get ringtone for our new iPhone, the iPhone 5, such as transfer ringtone from iPhone 4S to iPhone 5, free download ringtone for iPhone 5 from some free ringtone sites, buy ringtone from iTunes, or make ringtone with iPhone ringtone maker. Actually, they are all good ways for people to get ringtone for iPhones, including the iPhone 5. But, I just would like to share the way to get free ringtones for iPhone 5 by making ringtone via iTunes (DIY).

iPhone 5 Ringtone

Since from iTunes 10, we are not able to find the feature to create ringtone for iPhone on iTunes, but there is still a method for us to make ringtone via iTunes for our iPhone, and obviously, that is also suitable for creating ringtone for iPhone 5.

So in order to make free ringtone for iPhone 5 via iTunes, the things below we should be prepared beforehand:
 iTunes 10.7,  computer (Windows computer or Mac), a song

Now, let's start!

1st Step, Open iTunes, and add song in.

Add song into iTunes

2nd Step, Right click on the song to choose "Get Info", then you'll get the properties of the song.

Select Get Info

3rd Step, Select "Options" tab, check and set "Start Time" and "Stop Time" to cut the portion of the song we want to make as ringtone, when it get ready to confirm it by clicking "OK" button on the bottom.

 Note: Please ensure the time length no longer than 30 seconds, else iTunes will not recognise it as ringtone.

Set Start Time and Stop Time

4th Step, Right click on the song again to choose "Create AAC Version".

Create AAC Version

5th Step, Then iTunes will automatically extract the portion of the song we set in 4th step, and the extracted music file is 30 seconds in time length.

Extract the portion of the song you set

6th Step, Now right click on the 30 seconds length song to choose "Show in Windows Explorer", that will make you to locate this file with Windows Explorer.
Note: If you are on Mac, please choose "Show in Finder", as here I work on Windows computer.

Show in Windows Explorer

7th Step, Rename the file extension from ".m4a" to ".m4r" or just convert this .m4a file to .m4r file directly.

Change .m4a to .m4r

Convert .m4a file to .m4r directly

Note: Sometimes you may find it's difficult to change a file extension from one to another, so in this situation, you need to uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" in Tools-->Folder options-->View tab, then you are able to change file extension from one to another. 

Uncheck "Hide extension for known file types

8th Step, Back to iTunes, right click on the 30 seconds length song we created in 5th step and select "Delete".

Delete the 30 seconds length song from iTunes library

9th Step, Click "Delete Song", and then click "Keep File" , thus, the song will be deleted from iTunes library but the actual song (30 seconds length) still keep.

Keep the actual file but delete it from iTunes library

10th Step, Back to Windows Explorer to open the renamed .m4r song file with iTunes, then it can be added to iTunes Tones library directly, then you can sync it to iPhone 5 with iTunes for your new ringtone enjoyment!

The .m4r ringtone added to iTunes Tones library automatically

The 10 steps form an entire process for you to make free ringtone for iPhone 5 , and which is suitable for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 , iPhona 3G and other iPhones too.

And you can also download free iPhone 5 ringtone from free ringtone download sites like

• http://www.free-ringtones.cc/
• http://www.zedge.net/?updPhone=5937

Or you can buy ringtones for iPhone from Ringtones for iPhone (iTunes).

And Additionally, there is a video for you to make iPhone 5 free ringtone with iAm Ringer.

 

Tips:

If you do not know how to make Ringtone or Tones tab display in iTunes library, please open iTunes then go to "Edit-->Preferences-->General" to check "Tones", then click "OK" to confirm, then the Ringtone or Tones tab will appear in iTune library.

Diaplay Tones Tab in iTunes library

 If there any problem for you to make iPhone 5 ringtone, just feel free to comment at below.

The Camera Differences on iPhone 5 and Nokia Lumia 920

Almost at the same as previous years, most smartphone manufactures are like to announce their new product in this period, and in this year, like Nokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 5 are just part of these new products. Nokia Lumia 920, the most expected Win 8 smartphone, iPhone 5, the most expected  smartphone, they are all have been announced in this month, and iPhone 5 has already accepted pre-ordering. And in fact, except for other factors, pureview camera technology is the top thing people have concerned on Nokia Lumia 920, and for camera on iPhone 5, Apple stated it has been improved, though its main specs  are almost as  the same as camera on iPhone 4S. But for iPhone 5 and Nokia Lumia 920, which has better features on camera? and what's the differences on iPhone 5 camera and Nokia Lumia 920 camera? iPhone 5 camera better or Nokia Lumia 920 camera better? are just the questions people want to know.

Camera Difference On iPhone 5 and Nokia Lumia 920

However, the most first thing we need to know is get the camera specs differences between iPhone 5 and Nokia Lumia 920 to get the answer of which camera is better between iPhone 5 and Nokia Lumia 920.

Camera Specs Differences on iPhone 5 and Lumia 920

For iPhone 5 camera, which almost has the same specs of iPhone 4S camera, 8MP iSight camera, f/2.4 aperture with the ability to record 1080p@30fps video, and also the features Panorama, Digital Image Stabilization. The most different from iPhone 4S is iPhone 5 camera can take still photos while recording video.

For Nokia Lumia 920 camera, which is a 8.7MP main camera, f/2.0 aperture and 26mm focal length (35mm equivalent) with the ability to record 1080p@30fps video, the great features including PureView Technology, Optical Image Stabilization and Auto and Manual White Balance.

By the way, the front camera on iPhone 5 is a 1.2MP camera with the ability to record 720p@30fps video,  and on Nokia Lumia 920 is a 1.3MP camera with the ability to record 720p@30fps video.

Which is Better, iPhone 5 Camera or Nokia Lumia 920 Camera

With the different camera specs, like camera aperture, f/2.0 is better than f/2.4, which means the f/2.0 camera can easily get more light amount, in other words , when we keep the same exposure speed, the f/2.0 camera will get more light amount, and then the photo will be more bright. On the contrary, the f/2.4 camera will be a little difficult to get more light amount.

Like camera focal length, Nokia Lumia 920 is 26mm, the value is less than 28mm, which means Nokia Lumia 920 has the wide-angle shot ability, but for iPhone 5 camera, the focal length has not been announced yet, so we are not able to get the answer which is better , iPhone 5 camera or Nokia Lumia 920, on focal length value.

We can find that the image stabilization technology on iPhone 5 is Digital Image Stabilization, and on Nokia Lumia 920 is Optical Image Stabilization, the obvious difference between Optical Image Stabilization and Digital Image Stabilization is Optical Image Stabilization is the most effective technology on image stabilization, that means Nokia Lumia 920 camera is better than iPhone 5 camera on image stabilization.

For other things like Nokia Lumia 920 camera resolution is 3264×2448 pixels, as to iPhone 5 camera, this value seems the same as camera focal length, haven't announced, but it probably be  no more than  3264×2448 pixels, and also the camera digital zoom value, we have not yet known it on iPhone 5 camera, but on Nokia Lumia 920, the digital zoom value is 4×.

Nokia Lumia 920 low-light sample image

And Nokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 5 are all said that they are greatly improved on their  low-light shooting performance. As we haven't got the low-light sample photos from iPhone 5, it may difficult to debate which has the better low-light performance. But according to Nokia Lumia 920's smaller aperture and Optical Image Stabilization technology, I believe, Nokia Lumia 920 has the better low-light performance than iPhone 5.

So depend on these differences between iPhone 5 camera and Nokia Lumia 920 camera, it's easy to know that the camera on Nokia Lumia 920 is better than the camera on iPhone 5.

Source:

• iPhone 5 Specs

• Nokia Lumia 920 Specs 

• Understanding Optical & Digital Image Stabilization

I am not sure the iPhone in this video is iPhone 5, but which can help you to know more about  camera on Nokia Lumia 920.

Update 2012-9-25, the results of low-light shot on iPhone 5 and Lumia 920

The low-light shot results of iPhone 5 and Lumia 920

 

What's the Differences between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4s

Several hours ago, the new generation iPhone was finally announced, in fact, that is iPhone 5, which has the features as just what the rumors said, for another word, there's no amazing things when it announced. But iPhone 5 still has much improved relatively to iPhone 4S, and that just the differences between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S.

 Specs of iPhone 5

As the new generation iPhone, iPhone 5 has a 4'' retina display with 1136×640 pixels resolution, and which 4.87''×2.31''×0.35''  body with 112 grams weight make it totally different from iPhone 4S and iPhone 4, and that make iPhone 5 is  the thinnest and lightest iPhone now. And on iPhone 5, the processor is the ARM Cortex-A15 dual core A6, Apple says which will be up to twice as fast compared with iPhone 4S's A5 chip. And the FaceTime camera on iPhone 5 is a 1.2MP with 720p HD video recording capability camera. The most important is iPhone 5 is powered by iOS 6, and the headphones for iPhone 5 is Apple EarPods , connector is Lightning (8Pin),much different from iPhone 4S and iPhone 4, iPhone 5 accept Nano SIM card but not Micro SIM card. And as what we have expected, iPhone 5 start to support 4G LTE.

Difference Between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S

 Specs of iPhone 4S

But for iPhone 4S, which has a 3.5'' retina display with 960×640 pixels resolution, and processor on iPhone 4S is an dual core ARM Cortex-A9, Apple A5 chip. Which FaceTime camera just has a VGA(640×480 piexels) video recording capability, we can call it VGA camera. And iPhone 4S is powered by iOS 5, the headphones for iPhone 4S is Apple Earphones, connector is 30 pin, LTE is not supported on iPhone 4S.

And except for these, other things on iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S are almost the same. Like the iSight camera are both 8MP, f/2.4 aperture, with the ability to record full HD 1080p videos with 30fps. and the same pixel density (326ppi) on the same retina display. and also the same multimedia playback ability, for videos, iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S are both support .m4v, mp4, .mov format videos, and for the H.264 codec, which can up to 1080p full HD with 30fps, for the MPG4 codec, which accept 640×480 pixels with 30fps videos, for the M-JPEG codec,  which accept 720p (1280×720 pixels) with 30fps videos.

So you may have found that the differences between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S are mainly focus on the processor, body size, headphones, connector and the iOS, actually, it's true, there's no amazing changing on iPhone 5, but the new iOS 6 will bring you some new features on iPhone 5 that iPhone 4S can't, like passbook, Apple Map, etc..  (See more new features for iPhone 5 on Things iPhone 5 Will Do)

Lightning to 30-pin Adapter

And that are just all differences between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S, most of you may have a little letdown on iPhone 5, but at least the enlarged screen and added LTE ability on iPhone 5 are still make you to believe iPhone is great. At last, if you want to connect your current iPhone accessories to iPhone 5, please use a Lightning to 30-pin adapter, due to the different dock on iPhone 5 and previous iDevices.

Source

•  Compare iPhones

• iPhone 5 Specs

•  iOS 6 Previews 

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How to Transfer iTunes M4V Videos to Android and Windows Phone

iTunes supports .MOV, .MP4, .M4V format videos well, and usually the .M4V movies on iTunes are DRM protected, it means we can't play them on our computer without authorizing (with iTunes account,the Apple ID for buying or renting that M4V movies or videos), and the same, we aren't able to transfer or sync that iTunes .M4V movies to our Android phones like Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X or Sony Xperia S, and Windows Phone like Nokia Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Lumia 900 or even the upcoming Lumia 820 and Lumia 920. So how to transfer iTunes M4V movies or videos to Android Phone and Windows Phone?

I think the key to make it possible to transfer iTunes M4V movies or videos to Android or Windows Phone is remove DRM from iTunes .M4V movies or videos, and then convert the iTunes M4V movies or videos to WMV or AVI for Windows phones, to MP4 with H.264 codec for Android phones. So there are some things we need to do before we can transfer or sync the iTunes DRM protected M4V movies to Samsung Galaxy S3 or Nokia Lumia 900.

And you may find there are many ways we can remove DRM from iTunes M4V movies, and then convert them to AVI, WMV or MP4 format ,then sync or transfer them to our Android or Windows devices.

But at here, the way I get is use a video converter which can remove DRM from iTunes .M4V videos and convert iTunes M4V videos to AVI, WMV or MP4 format at the same time. Actually, It is come from DRM Removal-How to Remove DRM From Protected iTunes Videos on Youtube. Now , the following are just the steps of how to transfer iTunes DRM protected .M4V videos to Android and Windows Phone.

Remove DRM from iTunes .M4V Video & Convert iTunes .M4V Video to Other Fromats(Part 1)

Step1, Load the iTunes video in the tool, you'll find the DRM protected video will be marked with a lock icon,which means we haven't authorize this iTunes .M4V video and we can't convert it before we authorize it.

Input iTunes .m4v video in

Step2, Set suitable output format for our devices, for Windows phone, we need to set the output format as AVI or WMV; for Android phone, we need to set the output format as MP4 (H.264 codec), and then to click on Start button to start to convert iTunes .M4V video, then this tool will trigger iTunes to open automatically to authorize this .M4V video with your Apple ID, then it will be able to convert the .M4V video to the format you just set.

iTunes opened automatically to authorize this .m4v video

 Transfer the Converted and DRM Removed .M4V Video to Android or Windows Phone(Part 2)

For Android phone, like Samsung Galaxy S3, we can connect it to computer, and then open the video or movie folder in it on our computer, and then we can drag and drop the converted and DRM removed iTunes .M4V video to it directly.

For Windows phone, we can connect Windows phone, like Nokia Lumia 900, to Zune, and then add the converted and DRM removed iTunes .M4V video to Zune to sync it to Nokia Lumia 900.

Zune