| what about pictures? All I have ever wanted to do with my Krzr is plug it into my USB port and be able to easily transfer pictures to my PC without having to use Verizon's slow, expensive, and stupid Get it now service. The phone should appear as a removable drive, just as a camera does when connected via USB.
Sure, i can send picture messages to my email, but that is ridiculously slow and cumbersome.
Off topic, but why is it that we have to pay $10 to transfer our contacts/numbers to a new phone when FREE online instant messengers store your buddy lists on remote servers for FREE? Why can't wireless companies do that? Oh that's right, some do, but you have to pay extra for it.
This article was great: "Carriers frequently nickle and dime customers to death, crippling the functionality of some phones in order to generate this extra revenue"
That statement summarizes the entire wireless industry in the USA. And it's pathetic because we put up with it, and are given NO alternatives. |
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 telcolackey5The Truth? You can't handle the truth
join:2007-04-06
Death Valley, CA | Open network does not necessarily mean open phone. Ringtones, pix, and msgs are big money makers. |
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I used to be able to do this with my LG VX8100 using BitPIM. Then I "upgraded" to a VX8350 and have regretted it ever since. It seems that Verizon became aware of BitPIM's abilities and blocked access to many phone features on the phone itself. So now Verizon is trying to force me to pay $2 to buy a ringtone for a song that I already own legally. Or, worse, deny me from adding my own ringtones because they might be copyrighted songs. (What if my ringtone was a text-to-speech translation of "Jason, your wife is calling you."?)
I did find MyxerTones.com which works half the time, but still that winds up costing me 25 cents per ringtone. Like you said, I should be able to connect the phone to the PC and transfer photos, ringtones, etc on and off of the phone. At the very least make photos on and off transferable and make ringtones a "transfer to phone/delete file only" level of access.
It's interesting that Verizon is talking about opening their network, but I'll believe it when I see the results. Right now, the cynic in me thinks that this will be a plan option that will cost $10 more per month and come with a bunch of fine print restrictions. |
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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to ehhhh
If you log into the Verizon Wireless website, they offer a free application so you can backup and restore your own contacts. |
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 jgkoltPremium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
1 edit | In reference to verizon this is true if both phones are verizon. if they are not they make you pay. UNLESS you are a business customer.
Competitor:
On T-Mobile it is free regardless. they transferred by girlfriends contacts from a cingular siemens phone to tmobile samsung without a hitch.
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
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Jamestown, NC
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1 edit | said by jgkolt:true if both phones are verizon. if they are not they make you pay. UNLESS you are a business customer. On T-Mobile it is free regardless. they transferred by girlfriends contacts from a cingular siemens phone to tmobile samsung without a hitch. Ahhh, didn't realize you were talking about different carriers.
FWIW, when my ex-gf signed a new 2-year agreement with them, they transferred her contacts for free from Alltel to Verizon. I'm sure it was because she was signing a new contract though.
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 PolarBear03The bear formerly known as aaron8301Premium
join:2005-01-03 | reply to ehhhh
said by ehhhh :
All I have ever wanted to do with my Krzr is plug it into my USB port and be able to easily transfer pictures to my PC without having to use Verizon's slow, expensive, and stupid Get it now service. The phone should appear as a removable drive, just as a camera does when connected via USB.
I can do that with my T-mobile Dash. I can transfer files back and forth between phone and computer with ease. I was also able to do that with my old T-Mobile Nokia, via infrared. I haven't bought a ringtone in years; I simply make my own out of the music I already own. When I take pictures with my camera phone, I just copy them over to my computer when I get home.
said by ehhhh :
Off topic, but why is it that we have to pay $10 to transfer our contacts/numbers to a new phone when FREE online instant messengers store your buddy lists on remote servers for FREE? Why can't wireless companies do that? Oh that's right, some do, but you have to pay extra for it.
With T-Mobile, AT&T, Unicel, and any other GSM carrier, you can store your contacts on the SIM card, so you always have your contacts regardless of which phone you use.
said by ehhhh :
That statement summarizes the entire wireless industry in the USA. And it's pathetic because we put up with it, and are given NO alternatives. I'm sorry, but I have to disagree there. That statement summarizes MUCH of the wireless industry, like (IMHO) VZ. Other carriers give you other options. Don't like a locked down phone? Switch to T-Mobile, where you can use your phone exactly as the manufacturer of the device intended. Is T-mobile a better service? It is for me, but may not be for some.
T-mobile's internet, while unlimited (as opposed to VZ's "unlimited" limit of 5gb), barely can be classified as broadband in some markets, and simply isn't broadband in others. BUT, I can tether my phone to my computer and use the cellular connection for internet on my PC, without paying a dime extra for any extra services, and without T-Mobile even knowing I'm doing it. It's fast enough for basic web browsing, so I'm happy with it. And did I mention it's unlimited?
Although I MAY sound like a T-Mobile fanboy (ok, I kinda am), the point of this post is, you DO have options. All wireless providers suck, they just suck in different areas. If internet is important to you, go with Sprint. If national coverage (including coverage in the sticks) is important to you, go with Verizon. If an uncrippled phone is important to you, go with T-mo. And if the most over-rated, over-hyped piece of Apple crap is important to you, go with AT&T.
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kcblackPremium
join:2000-09-11
Chicago, IL | reply to ehhhh
Get a free copy of BitPIM from sourceforge.
Does lots of other things too..
Kevin |
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| Read my post. His phone might be "blocked" same as mine. It is worth a try, though. |
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Thats why I like my razr v3xx from att. all I do is plug my razr into my usb port and its just like a thumb drive. |
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 Jim GurdPremium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI | said by majortom1029:Thats why I like my razr v3xx from att. all I do is plug my razr into my usb port and its just like a thumb drive. Yep. I have one of those as well. I love it.
My only complaints are that it scratches too easily if you don't buy a case for it and there is no way to copy all of your contacts to/from the SIM card at once. You must do them one by one.
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to ehhhh
I have to kind of sit back and laugh.. as people sit back and moan about Nextel on this website, all these things that people are complaining about by the big boys, ATT, Verizon, and T-mobile, I'm able to do with my Nextel free.
I can transfer my contacts, pictures, files, music, and even use my phone like a drive all for free and by either using the memory card or the USB cable.
I guess this is score one for Nextel users. 
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| uh, no, I have ATT and I can do all of that easily w/o paying a dime. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | uh, topic of this thread again? and the grips so far?
(there's always going to be the exceptions) |
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