Dread
Macs suck
Premium
join:2005-02-28
Bronx, NY | reply to staticwinter
Re: MP3 ringtones
You can get a bluetooth dongle that connects via a usb port |
|
staticwinter
join:2001-03-15
Ronkonkoma, NY | reply to staticwinter
Thanks for the input. Most of the phones I was looking at have an mp3 player and bluetooth capability, but im still confused as to what exactly bluetooth is. How would I go about sending something from my computer to my phone via bluetooth? |
|
Dread
Macs suck
Premium
join:2005-02-28
Bronx, NY | reply to staticwinter
You can also trim your mp3 files to at least 30 seconds, that's usually how long the phone rings
you can do that with free software such as Audacity |
|
BlitzenZeus
Burnt Out Cynic
Premium,MVM
join:2000-01-13
Beaverton, OR
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to staticwinter
Certain carriers remove certain abilities in phone, but I will give you my example, which should be similar to Cingular.
I have a Motorola v330 with T-Mobile which allows me to use a data cable, or even bluetooth, as I already have bluetooth on my computer I didn't need any extra hardware.
I basically had to use a program to get mp3's, I used cdex to rip my cds previously so I used the same program to convert a few songs into wav format, and use the very basic built in sound recorder to edit the files, I would keep a small section of the file to use as a ringtone, have the new wav I made converted back to mp3, and upload it through bluetooth to my phone. You can also buy the data cable, and software, however I didn't have to buy a special cable or the Motorola software at all to upload through bluetooth.
Your only real limit is memory, the v330 has a limit of 5mb shared so it might hold one full mp3.
I suggest you look for phones which expandable/removable memory cards for more storage, but make sure you can still do what you want, along with most phones might only support cards up to a certain size, so it wouldn't help buying a 1gb card.
--
My hourly rates:
$25 per hour.
$35 per hour if you want to watch.
$45 per hour if you want to help.
$75 per hour if you tried to fix it, and failed.
The biggest error is sitting in front of your keyboard. |
|
staticwinter
join:2001-03-15
Ronkonkoma, NY
| Hey, I'm looking to get a new phone when my plan is up in november, and was wondering about mp3 ringtones. I know a lot of phones come with USB cables now, and have mp3 players in them, so I was wondering, is it possible on phones with mp3 players to transfer mp3's from my computer onto my phone, and use them as ringtones? And if so, what phones should I look into? I'm most likely switching to Cingular. Thanks. |
|
