This is something that had been plaguing me for several months since I acquired my Palm Treo 700wx. Overall I’ve loved the device and found it absolutely indispensable. There are of course a few niggling details like the lack of a scroll wheel, but overall I’ve been really happy with it.
One thing I couldn’t figure out is why despite it’s ability to play MP3 files, there didn’t seem to be a way to set them as ringtones. With MIDI files, there was a context menu option to make this happen, not so with MP3s. So I scoured the Internet looking for something, anything which would give me a lead. After finding nothing, I was thoroughly prepared to give up.
Then it hit me, why not browse through the phone and see if anything twigs. After only a few minutes of searching, I stumbled upon the answer:
Under the folder: /My Device/Windows/ there is a folder called Rings.
Just place your favourite MP3 file in that folder, and it will show up on the ringtone list. *sigh* The tough ones always turn out to have the simplest of answers.
Finally I can sit back and smile when people call, and I can hear the sound of Transformers changing into their robot form. 
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1 zach // Aug 10, 2008 at 8:59 am
Phew! I had the same problem. Thanks for posting (Even though it’s been about a year!)
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