moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
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Re: Tech is interesting; but who wants TV on a phone??
said by TKJunkMail  :The technology here is interesting, but who wants to watch remote TV over a phone?? While this would offer little competition to the mobile phone operators, the idea of non-stop traffic on their bandwidth limited infrastructure means that the wireless companies will look for a way to shut off this type of traffic. Net neutrality be damned. You'd be surprised what kids and 20-something adults buy for their cell phones; ring-tones, wallpapers, exclusive content. |
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Jason Levine
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join:2001-07-13
USA
| Yup. Ringtones are big sellers apparently. When I got a new phone, I was asked what I wanted my cell phone to do. I answered "Call people." I wound up getting a 1.3 Megapixel camera phone with video and an MP3 player simply because Verizon was giving me a $100 instant savings on it (for fulfilling my past contract) and the mail-in rebate rendered the phone free.
I looked at buying ringtones, but then found out that buying a simple cable (cost: $7) and using BitPIM (»www.bitpim.org/ - Cost $0), I could upload any MP3 file to my phone and use it as a ringtone. Add in the ability to use Audacity to rip audio from DVD movies to MP3 and now any CD or DVD in my collection is possible ringtone material.
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Where to get this cable? |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Tech is interesting; but who wants TV on a phone??
I'm surprised you could do that with a Verizon phone, they're notorious for locking you out of features they otherwise charge for. 
I could see watching TV on my phone. I always have my cell phone on me, so it'd be something to do when I'm stuck waiting. Its no different from me using the wireless internet like I do now to read news stories.
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | reply to a
Re: Tech is interesting; but who wants TV on a pho
www.howardforums.com (for the know-how and if it can be done)
www.ebay.com (for the cable)  |
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Jason Levine
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USA
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I purchased it on eBay from iTrimming. (He also operates iTrimming.com.) Auction price actually wound up being $0.01 with $6.99 shipping. Of course, do your research online first to see if BitPIM will work with your phone and what issues there may be. To start you out, check this website and see if your phone is listed: »www.bitpim.org/testhelp
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