Does it play MP3s as ringtones? Thats the biggest thing I want with my next phone, and that is definitly a deciding factor. I love SE phones, have had 2 in the past, and my current one is an SE. I want to stick with them, but I need MP3s as ringtones.... Does it play MP3s as ringtones? Thats the biggest thing I want with my next phone, and that is definitly a deciding factor. I love SE phones, have had 2 in the past, and my current one is an SE. I... » Read More Does it play MP3s as ringtones? Thats the biggest thing I want with my next phone, and that is definitly a deciding factor. I love SE phones, have had 2 in the past, and my current one is an SE. I want to stick with them, but I need MP3s as ringtones.... « Show Less
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I found that I had to edit the mp3 using audacity.exe to cut out 30 seconds worth or so, and I could use that short version as a ringtone. It was simple once I figured out that the regular mp3 was too long. I do have the locked/cingular version of the phone.
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This phone does NOT play MP3's if you purchased thru Cingular/AT&T.; I purchased it for the purpose of using my mp3's as ringtones. I can use it for the tones for messages and for alarms but NOT a ringtone. I am going to try the audacity.exe that another person mentioned!
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I just got mine in the mail today, got it on the charger now so I'll answer once I've got it up and running.But, for now, I believe it does. You just have to have an UNLOCKED phone. I read in a couple message boards that there are usually limits to this if you buy a phone that is locked to AT&T;/Cingular or T-Mobile, or Rogers (canadian company I think).
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They are wrong. Period. It uses mp3s as ringtones perfectly well. I have made lots.
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Dale, I bought this after another system broke which I replaced. Then I ordered another and the ringtones were like annoying Disney tunes (and I like Disney). You can assign different regular sounding rings to each line. This helps us. There are so few two-line systems available. This one is fabulous!!!!! We also covered it with Square Trade which paid for our first system that croaked.
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I put in a MicroSD card with songs. When I go to a song and select option I can use one of the songs as a ringtone. Besides that if you go to your contacts you can edit them with custom ringtones.
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where you able to get your phone to play mp3's off the micro disc card? anyone for that matter who can answer this, this would be a big help
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i just baught a generation 1 itouch ipod are there any down falls of this purchase i should know of? I mean ive always wanted one and my old MP3 player died so i had no choice? It seems like a great idea it holds way more songs does a crapload more stuff and its a touch screen.
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I truly cannot say. It never did for me. I think it was suppose to, but it did play ringtone. Just make sure compatible. I really loved this Bluetooth. Was so comfortable. But just not compatible!! I have galaxy note ii
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I just got the 8300 yesterday (3/16/07) and have tried to follow the service menu access trick to enable mp3 functionality. Option 11 is "Music Settings" and when pressed it says "Not Available". It appears that mp3's can now be used on this phone (via the micro-SD card), but I have not had a chance to test that theory yet. Someone else said mp3's can now be loaded & played with no Settings changes needed. For my money I'd use wma's instead of mp3's for this phone; conversion freeware/shareware is available on the web. The type file types are similar size. I've been using wma's on my iRiver for three years now and find them actually more versatile than mp3's. I just got the 8300 yesterday (3/16/07) and have tried to follow the service menu access trick to enable mp3 functionality. Option 11 is "Music Settings" and when pressed it says "Not Available". It appears that mp3's can now be used on this phone (via the micro-SD card), but I have not had a chance to test that theory yet. Someone else said mp3's can now be loaded & played with no Settings changes needed. For my money I'd use wma's instead of mp3's for this phone; conversion freeware/shareware is available on the web. The type file types are similar size. I've been... » Read More I just got the 8300 yesterday (3/16/07) and have tried to follow the service menu access trick to enable mp3 functionality. Option 11 is "Music Settings" and when pressed it says "Not Available". It appears that mp3's can now be used on this phone (via the micro-SD card), but I have not had a chance to test that theory yet. Someone else said mp3's can now be loaded & played with no Settings changes needed. For my money I'd use wma's instead of mp3's for this phone; conversion freeware/shareware is available on the web. The type file types are similar size. I've been using wma's on my iRiver for three years now and find them actually more versatile than mp3's. « Show Less
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I don't know about Bluetooth ringtones. The phone does have Bluetooth and you can send/receive files using that. And you can use photos for wallpaper. It's really a great phone.
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I have never owned an Ipod. I am looking for the best version that is specifically for music. I do not want a lot of bells and whistles, I want good sound and to know up front that it is fairly simple to load or download music. Does anyone have a preference for what version I should go for? No:Photos/games/other stuff.. just music.thanks.
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Hi Frederick,First of all--I only have one phone (not four). I did not know that I was supposed to get four phones?I no longer use it as my main answer phone. I have had battery problems with it.I have five different phones. They all ring at the same time.My main answer phone is Uniden. I got four phones with it.So far no problems--battery is still good.
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Hello Violet G. I bought this phone one year ago and now this is what I have to say about it. Answering to your question, yes Violet, you can use this phone as an mp3 player even though its quality volume is poor. This cell phone is a good device if we are talking about running programs and response. It never gets stocked running a program. However, speaking of hardware, it presents some issues. Since I got it, this galaxy nexus showed a lot of trouble by getting a good signal. I tried with other service companies but with each of them the cell phone presented the same problem. After three months, another issue came to the surface. The cell phone started turning on the screen while it was locked. Pressing the locker bottom made that the cell phone locked for a while, getting its screen turned off but after 2 or 3 seconds and in some cases 20 seconds the screen turned on again by itself, remaining in that state for several minutes (around 10 minutes in some cases), making the battery dead pretty soon. Two months after that, my galaxy nexus received a message and the ringtone stocked and with it the whole cell phone. It turned off and it never turned on again. I took it to a samsung store and they said to me that the logical memory was dead. Now I have to pay half of the price that this cell phone cost, in order to get it fixed, putting aside the fact that the guarantee did not cover this problem. If you read about this cell phone on the internet, you will find a lot of forums and webpages where they show that this problem seems to be very common, more that you can imagine. So, if I can give some advice to you Violet, I will say, dont buy this phone, buy something else, something like a Sony Xperia Z, Nokia Lumia or an HTC. Sony is better for music as well as HTC which some of them have beats audio and the music playback is better by far. I hope I've helped you with this review. Good luck!
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I'm having the same problem. All of the controls work with the music player, I've held down the FFwd button and turned up the phone, but still no sound. I just got it today, so I'm hoping it just needs more charge. It's a nice, rubbery texture. I'm thinking the only satisfaction I'm going to get out of it is watching it bounce really high when I kick it to the curb.
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I've also found that the sound quality (for both parties) in this current generation of phones is not as good as my old digital 900 MHz AT&T cordless. I've tried (and returned) 4 phones (Panasonic DECT, Uniden DECT, Philips DECT, Uniden 5.8GHz) because either the clarity was low, or the maximum volume was too soft. The Panasonic DECT came the closest to perfection, but the low earpiece volume and harsh tone of the caller's voice broke the deal for me. I've found that trying a different phone jack in the house can help. I've decided to buy a new battery for my old phone and wait for the next generation. I'm just baffled at all the stellar reviews of these new phones... even CnsmRpts states that the sound quality of digital is less than analog phones nowdays.
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Hello - I had the xperia only for a few days. It had lots of features, it was compact, and seemed easy to use. However, it did not work well as a telephone. Often it could not connect or find a signal; when it did work, the volume was so very low and difficult to hear. I called Sony tech support, but the best they could do was tell me to send it back. Unfortunately, I still use a phone for voice contact, so the thing was useless to me.
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I have had no problem with my phone, sound is great and ringtones work well. Some may experience problems if they have a sub par provider? All providers do not provide the same quality. Hope this helps.
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...hope the answer for 1-touch dialing helped ! ..personally, I did not care for this phone ..advertised as a simple phone, it wasn't, at least I didn't think so ..buttons, big ! ..nice ..display, good ..could not find the way to adjust incoming volume ! ! ..very few ring tones to choose from ..at least you could go on-line for pdf of user manual ..bought it for my brother and he did not like it ..if phone companies advertise " simple phone ", " easy to use ", then why can't they be easy to use ? ..just make and receive calls ..no games, no this, no that ..best of luck if you do purchase ! ...hope the answer for 1-touch dialing helped ! ..personally, I did not care for this phone ..advertised as a simple phone, it wasn't, at least I didn't think so ..buttons, big ! ..nice ..display, good ..could not find the way to adjust incoming volume ! ! ..very few ring tones to choose from ..at least you could go on-line for pdf of user manual ..bought it for my brother and he did not like it ..if phone companies advertise " simple phone ", " easy to use ", then why can't they be easy to use ? ..just make and receive calls ..no games, no this, no that ..best of luck... » Read More ...hope the answer for 1-touch dialing helped ! ..personally, I did not care for this phone ..advertised as a simple phone, it wasn't, at least I didn't think so ..buttons, big ! ..nice ..display, good ..could not find the way to adjust incoming volume ! ! ..very few ring tones to choose from ..at least you could go on-line for pdf of user manual ..bought it for my brother and he did not like it ..if phone companies advertise " simple phone ", " easy to use ", then why can't they be easy to use ? ..just make and receive calls ..no games, no this, no that ..best of luck if you do purchase ! « Show Less
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S Guzman, Thanks for the post. I don't understand why Verizon keeps tryingto make it so hard to play your own songs. They disable funtions andmake the phones worse. I wish we could just buy the phones seperately and then sign up for service. Thanks again for the post.FC