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I swear we've been over this...

sicadastra

Jan 9, 2006, 6:46 PM
I believe I said this in my post regarding the original vcast music announcment, though I suppose it wasn't clear enough. But I'll say it again...

Consider it confirmed.
But it really ain't so bad, I quote my previous post below (Note point 2 & 3) but let me also summarize as applicable to this story:

Windows Media Player 10 will automatically convert any audio file it reads (including MP3) to .wma when to try to sync to the phone. If you use a mac (as I do) then search versiontracker.com for one of the many sound coverters available (such as Music Man or the aptly named SoundConverter) and you can also convert MP3s to wma and transfer them to the phone.

Also, let me point out to everyone complaining that the only legal MP3s you ...
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SteveHRocks

Jan 9, 2006, 6:57 PM
Well stated.

The major reason im holding off for the new software is well.. EV-DO has yet to even launch in my area. (Nashville).

They have it in Memphis to the west and Knoxville to the east, but not the biggest city in Tennessee.. go figure! 🙂
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SystemShock

Jan 9, 2006, 7:09 PM
sicadastra said:
Windows Media Player 10 will automatically convert any audio file it reads (including MP3) to .wma when to try to sync to the phone.

Yep, but WMA is a lossy format. Meanin' that when WM10 auto-converts your mp3s to WMA, you will lose some audio quality.

4. Using Media Player 10 will auto convert MP3s to WMA when you try to sync. YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO MUSIC FROM VCAST.

See above.

5. No, you cannot use songs purchased from iTunes. That, however, is as much Apple's limitation as it is VZW. (I am an avid user of both, and have no issue with this.)

That's actually a huge problem for me, as I have a LOT of music downloaded from iTunes. I...
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kvazzz

Jan 9, 2006, 11:44 PM
Can you play your iTunes elsewhere besides the ipod? Or you know better music-on-demand service?

If you do, I'm listening... 😎

PS... People are unhappy about the service hasn't even LANUCHED yet. How do you know? 😕
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SystemShock

Jan 10, 2006, 3:16 AM
kvazzz said:
Can you play your iTunes elsewhere besides the ipod? Or you know better music-on-demand service?

If you do, I'm listening... 😎

My computer.
My friends computer.
My car (burned CD).
My friend's car (burned CD).
My boombox (as above).
My friend's boomboxes. (see above)

PS... People are unhappy about the service hasn't even LANUCHED yet. How do you know? 😕

Uhh.. are you readin' the same forum I am?

And the things people are complaining over are things that won't be changing with the launch... such as the disabling of mp3 functionality on phones that previously had it, the auto-conversion of mp3 to WMA (which sacrifices audio quality), the pricing, etc.
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turbodeuce

Jan 10, 2006, 3:52 AM
SystemShock said:
which sacrifices audio quality)

what kind of phone do you have? The quality on my 8100 isn't good enough to tell the difference between a wma and mp3...
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johnmag32

Jan 10, 2006, 3:54 AM
Cnet mobile also has an article on this V Cast M.O.D.
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SystemShock

Jan 10, 2006, 4:06 AM
turbodeuce said:
what kind of phone do you have? The quality on my 8100 isn't good enough to tell the difference between a wma and mp3...

Thats not really a blanket statement you can make... different users have different levels of hearing ability.

There are audiophiles, who hear EVERY little thing, and then there are guys who can't tell a major diff between a flea-market rack system an' a $10,000 of state-of-the-art piece o' goodness.
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kvazzz

Jan 10, 2006, 11:27 AM
My computer. - when you purchase a song from VZ, u can play on the computer

My friends computer. - when you purchase a song, you can download it again to a different computer using your login.

My car (burned CD). - Of course you can burn the music you purchase from Vz.

My friend's car (burned CD). - (as above)

My boombox (as above). - (as above)

My friend's boomboxes. (see above) - (as above)

About Audio quality, it's the WMA is better, if the size of the song is the same.

And last - the pricing, so far it's the best. It's the same as iTunes when done on the computer, cheaper then Sprint when done over the phone...

Shock, with all due respect 😎 , you point is?
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SForsyth01

Jan 10, 2006, 11:47 AM
kvazzz said:
My computer. - when you purchase a song from VZ, u can play on the computer

My friends computer. - when you purchase a song, you can download it again to a different computer using your login.

My car (burned CD). - Of course you can burn the music you purchase from Vz.

My friend's car (burned CD). - (as above)

My boombox (as above). - (as above)

My friend's boomboxes. (see above) - (as above)

About Audio quality, it's the WMA is better, if the size of the song is the same.

And last - the pricing, so far it's the best. It's the same as iTunes when done on the computer, cheaper then Sprint when done over the phone...

Shock, with all due respect 😎 , you point is?

He is jus...
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kvazzz

Jan 10, 2006, 12:09 PM
Well, even before the Verizon Music service there was no MP3 players in the cellphones with ability to play itunes besides the Rokr witch stunk badly.

We've had this "problem" before.

Nobody is gonna twist your arm making you download or use Verizon MOD. And I can tell you, that if you a heavy ipod user, you wouldn't need any kind of cellphone MP3 player. 😎

Worst case scenario, you can always use the scotch. 🤣
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SystemShock

Jan 10, 2006, 12:24 PM
kvazzz said:
Well, even before the Verizon Music service there was no MP3 players in the cellphones with ability to play itunes besides the Rokr witch stunk badly.

Yeah, but there are a bunch of iTunes phones comin' soon.

C'mon KV, you know that. Even the RAZR is getting iTunes soon.
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majorxero

Jan 10, 2006, 12:36 PM
Actually, the RAZR will NOT be getting iTunes. It will only be getting iTunes support. Like the ROKR E2, it'll play AAC files but you still won't be able to download them over the air.
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SystemShock

Jan 10, 2006, 12:44 PM
Give it time, friend. 🙂
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SystemShock

Jan 10, 2006, 12:15 PM
kvazzz said:
My computer. - when you purchase a song from VZ, u can play on the computer

My friends computer. - when you purchase a song, you can download it again to a different computer using your login.

My car (burned CD). - Of course you can burn the music you purchase from Vz.

My friend's car (burned CD). - (as above)

My boombox (as above). - (as above)

My friend's boomboxes. (see above) - (as above)

About Audio quality, it's the WMA is better, if the size of the song is the same.

And last - the pricing, so far it's the best. It's the same as iTunes when done on the computer, cheaper then Sprint when done over the phone...

Shock, with all due respect 😎 , you point is?

You asked...
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Phantom1

Jan 10, 2006, 10:49 AM
Yes Amp'd launched and has 99 cent downloads, however look at who they are. They are an MVNO system that leaches off VZW's EVDO system. They are also well funded by MTV thus why they charge so little. For the original post, well said, that is exactly the point. As it stands now iTunes could not be played on the phone, people just like to find something to complain about because they are generally unhappy. If you look at the broad spectrum of things VZW has set themselves a part from other carries for coming out with the latest and greatest in OTA entertainment. Yea Sprint has "POWER VISION" but that was after VCast and it's on a network that is highly unreliable ((just remembering the image of former co-workers waving their phone in the...
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