OK, I know this only applies to certain segment of the cell-phone owning public, because only the coolest people have Blackberries (KIDDING! 
), but I just went through a lot learning how to make and send MP3 Ringtones to my Blackberry, and I thought other people might benefit from what I found out.
Now, I personally have a Blackberry 8700c, but I am pretty sure that most if not all of the process I am about to outline works for the vast majority of Blackberries. Also, because code and settings and techie stuff doesn’t scare me, I am giving you the process of how to do it for free. If you don’t mind dropping twenty bucks to make it all point and click, there are a myriad of software programs that reduce this to a virtually drag-and-drop deal.
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So, here we go!
1) You need an audio file editing program. Audicity is great, and it’s free. It’s what I use.
2) Femetsu at BlackberryForums.com suggests using the following settings:
ref>Quality>Def. Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Pref>Quality>Default Sample Format: 32-bit Float
Pref>File Format>Mp3 Export Setup>Bit Rate: 64
3) Open up the mp3 file you want to edit and select the clip of it that you want a ringtone of. No longer than twenty seconds is a good guideline. Once you have the clip selected, you can either delete the extraneous sounds away or (the easier option, IMO) cut the section that you want and paste it into a new project.
4) Export the file as an mp3.
5) Now the tricky part - get it to your Blackberry! For some models of Blackberry, you can transfer it with bluetooth or the USB cord…but not moi’s. 
So, you need to upload it to the web via a place like yousendit or sendspace. They will give you a URL that you can put into your Blackberry’s browser to download your ringtone. Alternatively, you can send it as an attachment via good ol’ gmail, and that should work.
6) Download to your Blackberry. If the file is too big, you can go back to your Audacity project and try things like making the track mono (as opposed to stereo) or applying the high pass filter.
7) Groove to your new Blackberry MP3 Ringtone. THIS IS THE BEST STEP!!!
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