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so she asked for my name and I said Steve okay my name guys guys what is up nice game of cards okay check this out do you guys know what today is Thursday you're right but today is the 100th episode of the apple byte can you believe that 100 episodes do it was you and me from the beginning from the start you and me apple byte man don't touch me okay so check this out I i rummage through the trash and I found some party favors from a last week's birthday party but I think we could do big things big things a birthday cake balloons across the sky you know what saying so Brian let me get this straight this is your party right yeah there's not gonna be any girls there no no I can assure you there will be girls are all right here here's hat you got charlie all right so everybody all in favor here after the show for the party say I hi okay all right I would ever want a blow by 100 episode that's how we do it whoa what's up i'm brian Tong and welcome to the apple pie for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple I've got to say we are all really excited to be here celebrating our 100th episode 100 episodes you believe that the staff is ecstatic they're jumping off the walls I can't hold back my joy we've got an amazing giveaway from our friends at mophie so let's get to the show now it's been the longest running tease for over two years but the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is planning to begin mass production of the verizon compatible iphone 4 by the end of this year allowing verizon to sell the phone in the first quarter of 2011 verizon has been meeting with Apple to beef up their networks for the heavy data load expected with the arrival of the iphone they also report apple is developing the next-gen iphone so you're telling me Apple is already working on the next iPhone like they've been doing for the past four years that's crazy top and you know what's even crazier the white iphone 4 we haven't heard a peep about it and this magical unicorn is still in hiding now we hear a lot about the ipad but if you still like a good old laptop with a keyboard Apple Insider reports that inventory levels for the macbook air have dried up for third-party resellers and they aren't expected to get a new shipment until mid-october Apple has been known to do product refreshes in October in the past so we could potentially see the next macbook air featuring the rumored smaller 11.6 inch display powered by an intel core i series ultra low voltage processor that was rumored back in july and in other laptop developments apple was also recently awarded a patent that opens the door for 3g or future LTE and 4g connectivity to be built into the housing of a macbook it's probably too early to see this implemented into the new macbook air but this stuff is come in the future and if you think your laptop gets too hot right now it could get even hotter now a few episodes back we showed you how to make ringtones directly on your iPhone but did you know you can also make ringtones with itunes 10 for free go check it out brian Tong here with sina com and with the release of itunes 10 Apple has removed the ability for you to make custom ringtones for 99 cents from your purchase music but there's no need to stress because you can still make ringtones for free using just itunes 10 for the mac and pc the first thing this will not work with older music purchase from the itunes store with DRM on them but it will work with mp3s aiff files and non protected AAC files like music purchase from the iTunes Store today now if you're not sure what type of music files you have right click on this bar and select kind and a column will appear to show you so let's find a song like this one that I want to turn into a ringtone right click on the song and select get info a window will appear with track information and you want to select the options tab and look for the start time and stop time settings click it on the boxes next to those settings for now I already know where i want my ringtone to start and for this song i'll start it at the beginning and go until the 30-second mark there's a 40 seconds max duration for itunes ringtones now once you've set the time press ok then go to advanced on the main menu bar and select create AAC version itunes will create the shorter version of your song below the original track and you want to drag and drop that version onto your desktop to make a copy now there's a little housekeeping we need to take care of if the option to create AAC version is not available go into your preferences and in the general tab find the section that says when you insert a CD click on the import settings button and then select import using AAC encoder and the option should appear now you'll also want to go back to the original music file in itunes and uncheck the start and stop time so that it plays normally from now on back to our music file on the desktop we're going to change the extension name on the file from m4a to m4r you'll be asked to confirm the changes and we'll use em for our for windows users you'll need to go to your control panel then choose appearance and personalization select the folder options and in the view tab make sure you have unchecked the box to hide extensions for known file types that will allow you to see and change the file type as well ok guys we're almost there but before you bring your ringtone back into itunes you have to delete the 30 second version that we initially created and if you don't do this itunes will not accept the ringtone so this is an important and crucial step now drag and drop the renamed m for our file into the source column of itunes and the word library should highlight it will copy the file into itunes and voila you have a new ringtone plug your phone into your computer make sure you set it up to sync ringtones in the appropriate section sync your phone and you'll be doing the dougie in no time i'm brian Tong we're how to portray in ringtones with itunes 10 use it wisely look Thank You mr. Tom but you might want to work on your dog in a little bit like this okay here's the latest in iPad rumors and news according to ticonderoga securities component suppliers in Taiwan say apples next gen ipad will sport a 7 inch high res Retina Display camera and 128 gigs of capacity with a mini or micro USB slot the report also made no mention if Apple would still produce the 9.7 inch model now this sounds all exciting and everything but it's a little ambitious to think they'll be able to make a Retina display at that size and still keep the iPad around the same price points something tells me that this is the last time I'll say ki Kondor Olga on the show now to the quick bites iOS 4.2 has dropped support for air print on the second generation ipod touch it was originally one of the supported devices but no longer and all you 2nd gen ipod touch owners can start crying now also gamers who love their fix of zombies a left 4 dead 2 is now available for the mac through steam if there's one thing that i like its zombies attacking me if they are girls on bees are really just girls and you know i love to show you the hottest accessories check out this piece of work from japanese artist mio eat sawa it's the umbilical cord iphone charger it moves and gyrates and makes me want to throw up all right onto our giveaway it's our 100 show and we're doing it big so check out this giveaway from our friends at mophie it is the juice pack air for the iphone 4 this is the slimmest and sleekest iphone battery case on the market hands down and it's a favorite of mine when I'm traveling it gives you up to six hours more of a dish talktime on 3G or a mere two hundred seventy hours of standby time there's a switch to use the case to charge your phone and LED status indicator on the bottom and the ability to charge and sync your phone with the case still on through USB and best of all your phone will still my brain we've never had a giveaway like this so send me your emails to the apple bite at cnet com tell us why you're the biggest apple butter your favorite moments why you deserve the case send us a pic a video or whatever and we'll showcase the winners next week alright that's going to do it for this week's show thank you so much for sticking with us for all 100 episodes or maybe you're watching this because we're giving away free stuff but whatever it is the entire team here says thank you and we'll see you guys next week for another bite of the Apple number 100 s big big deal they'll be here any time soon huh right guys yeah alright guys what's up guys happy birthday mr. Apple bye this was the best creature of my entire life