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cliffd - 22 Dec 2004 14:04 GMT

www.myphonefiles.com is the place, for $3 you can put up your own MP3 files
there and then send any part of it to a phone as a ringer, as many as you
want. Definitely worth it and you don't need anything extra

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John Navas - 23 Dec 2004 22:03 GMT

>www.myphonefiles.com is the place, for $3 you can put up your own MP3 files
>there and then send any part of it to a phone as a ringer, as many as you
>want. Definitely worth it and you don't need anything extra

Converting to high-quality MP3 can easily be done for free. Google
"RazorLame".

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clfd - 29 Dec 2004 19:18 GMT

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>
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> Converting to high-quality MP3 can easily be done for free. Google
> "RazorLame".

Sure, with the audio ripping/editing software you need to purchase, a major
learning curve about audio internals to learn, then you have to find a way
to transfer that to your phone, which will cost money too if you don't have
cables, or unlimited data plan.

If you just want to "open file", "select part", and "send to phone", there
is an app at myPhoneFiles.com where you can convert any track on any CD,
any MP3, OGG, Wav file, or record anything through the computer's mic and
send it to the phone as ringtone. Quick, cheap and easy. The app is $19
bucks which includes access to the whole site.

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John Navas - 31 Dec 2004 15:46 GMT

>>>www.myphonefiles.com is the place, for $3 you can put up your own MP3
>>>files there and then send any part of it to a phone as a ringer, as
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>Sure, with the audio ripping/editing software you need to purchase, a major
>learning curve about audio internals to learn,

What part of "EASILY be done for FREE" [emphasis added] was unclear? ;-)

LAME and RazorLAME are readily available at
<http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Lame_Encoder.htm>.

>then you have to find a way
>to transfer that to your phone, which will cost money too if you don't have
>cables, or unlimited data plan.

Cheap and easy means to transfer include MMS messaging and downloading by WAP.

>If you just want to "open file", "select part", and "send to phone", there
>is an app at myPhoneFiles.com where you can convert any track on any CD,
>any MP3, OGG, Wav file, or record anything through the computer's mic and
>send it to the phone as ringtone. Quick, cheap and easy. The app is $19
>bucks which includes access to the whole site.

Thanks, but I'll stick with the superior free stuff.

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cliffd - 05 Jan 2005 03:46 GMT

>>then you have to find a way
>>to transfer that to your phone, which will cost money too if you don't
>>have cables, or unlimited data plan.
>
> Cheap and easy means to transfer include MMS messaging and downloading
> by WAP.

Well, with your logic no one needs to pay for Microsoft Word. You can
pretty much create your own documents for free with a notepad and a little
knowledge of postscript. I think will use MS Word instead.

>>If you just want to "open file", "select part", and "send to phone",
>>there is an app at myPhoneFiles.com where you can convert any track on
>>any CD, any MP3, OGG, Wav file, or record anything through the
>>computer's mic and send it to the phone as ringtone. Quick, cheap and
>>easy.
> Thanks, but I'll stick with the superior free stuff.

Well, there is always a price to pay. Either learning curve or ease of use.
Voicetones Studio is geared towards making ringtones and MP3 encoders are
not. In that way, the app at myphonefiles.com is superior to any generic
MP3 encoder. Did you see screenshots to razorlame? http://www.free-
codecs.com/screenshots/RazorLame_screenshots.htm, you can start fiddling
with that or you can open MP3, highlight the part you want and type a phone
number to send to phone.

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John Navas - 05 Jan 2005 07:42 GMT

>> Cheap and easy means to transfer include MMS messaging and downloading
>> by WAP.
>
>Well, with your logic no one needs to pay for Microsoft Word. You can
>pretty much create your own documents for free with a notepad and a little
>knowledge of postscript.

Wordpad is actually quite useful.

>I think will use MS Word instead.

Excellent alternatives to Word exist, including:
* 602PC SUITE (inexpensive)
* Ability Office (inexpensive)
* Abiword (free)
* Easy Office (free or inexpensive)
* Jarte (free)
* OpenOffice.org (free) <http://www.openoffice.org/>
* Polar Office (inexpensive)
* StarOffice (inexpensive)

>> Thanks, but I'll stick with the superior free stuff.
>
>Well, there is always a price to pay. Either learning curve or ease of use.

I respectfully disagree.

>Voicetones Studio is geared towards making ringtones and MP3 encoders are
>not.

There's nothing special about an MP3 ringtone.

>In that way, the app at myphonefiles.com is superior to any generic
>MP3 encoder.

I personally use Audacity <http://audacity.sourceforge.net/>.

>Did you see screenshots to razorlame? http://www.free-
>codecs.com/screenshots/RazorLame_screenshots.htm,

I use RazorLAME, which is dead simple, and produces the highest quality MP3
encoding.

>you can start fiddling
>with that or you can open MP3, highlight the part you want and type a phone
>number to send to phone.

I create a ringtone in Audacity, save the MP3 file, and then Send To ->
Bluetooth Device -- excellent, easy, fast, and free.

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cliffd - 06 Jan 2005 06:56 GMT

>>Well, with your logic no one needs to pay for Microsoft Word. You can
>>pretty much create your own documents for free with a notepad and a
>>little knowledge of postscript.
>
> Wordpad is actually quite useful.

Notepad is simpler to use. Makes Typing the few hundred lines of
postscript code easier in the long run.

>>I think will use MS Word instead.
>
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>
>>> Thanks, but I'll stick with the superior free stuff.

Thank you. My point exactly. Always pick the right tool for the right
task. Why format documents by hand when it's easier to use the tools
created for that purpose. Just like the app at myphonefiles.com was
created for the purpose of making and sending ringtones to the phone. No
more no less.

>>Well, there is always a price to pay. Either learning curve or ease of
>>use.
>
> I respectfully disagree.

Me too. Respectfully. :)

>>Voicetones Studio is geared towards making ringtones and MP3 encoders
>>are not.
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> I use RazorLAME, which is dead simple, and produces the highest
> quality MP3 encoding.

"dead simple" is relative. And (psst!) razorlame and Voicetones Studio
use the same lame mp3 codec (the lib), so there is nothing superior about
either one as far as quality of MP3 encoding goes.

I think most people would like to just open an audio file, highlight the
part they want, and send it to the phone. No fuss, no mess, quick and
easy. The app at myphonefiles.com was made with ringtones in mind and
nothing else.

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John Navas - 06 Jan 2005 22:31 GMT

>>>Well, with your logic no one needs to pay for Microsoft Word. You can
>>>pretty much create your own documents for free with a notepad and a
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>Notepad is simpler to use. Makes Typing the few hundred lines of
>postscript code easier in the long run.

YMMV (as always) -- I personally find Wordpad more useful -- does everything
Notepad does and more, while still being easy to use and light on resources.

>>>I think will use MS Word instead.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>>
>>>> Thanks, but I'll stick with the superior free stuff.

>Thank you. My point exactly.

That juxtaposition of quotes referring to different things is yours, not mine.
The former quote is about alternatives to Microsoft Word (free and not free).
The latter is about software to create MP3 clips, and "superior" is an
important part of my point, that the free tools are actually better than the
not free tools, not just less expensive.

>Always pick the right tool for the right
>task.

Agreed.

>Why format documents by hand when it's easier to use the tools
>created for that purpose.

Why have a separate and less capable app for MP3 ringtones when more capable
apps will do it better, and do other useful things as well, while still being
very easy to use.

>Just like the app at myphonefiles.com was
>created for the purpose of making and sending ringtones to the phone. No
>more no less.

That doesn't automatically make it the "right tool" (IMHO at least) -- the
free tools I've mentioned (Audacity and RazorLAME) produce better results with
less effort, and transferring tones to the phone can be done in ways that can
be more convenient.

>>>Voicetones Studio is geared towards making ringtones and MP3 encoders
>>>are not.
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>use the same lame mp3 codec (the lib), so there is nothing superior about
>either one as far as quality of MP3 encoding goes.

RazorLAME, in addition to being free, allows you to easily tune the result to
meet your own requirements (and to easily take advantage of the latest version
of LAME). In addition, Audacity and RazorLAME are applicable to other popular
uses, such as the encoding of MP3 files for portable MP3 players, thereby
reducing the need to learn and maintain multiple applications.

>I think most people would like to just open an audio file, highlight the
>part they want, and send it to the phone. No fuss, no mess, quick and
>easy.

Whereas I think many (most?) people would prefer more capable tools that
produce better results. It's why so many people pay 2-3 times the price for
"gourmet" coffee versus the standard stuff.

>The app at myphonefiles.com was made with ringtones in mind and
>nothing else.

I see that as both a strength and a weakness. YMMV.

Regardless, different strokes for different folks -- if you prefer the app at
myphonefiles.com, then by all means use it. I personally prefer the free
tools I've mentioned and the superior results they produce.

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Jesseboy - 10 Jan 2005 02:08 GMT

is there a way to send mp3s to ur phone without a data cable

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John Navas - 10 Jan 2005 06:23 GMT

>is there a way to send mp3s to ur phone without a data cable?

Depending on phone:

1. IrDA

2. Bluetooth

3. MMS

4. Email

5. WAP

6. Memory card

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