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Cellular Phone Forum / Manufacturers / Motorola / May 2008*V195 transfering contacts.
Hello there: I'm getting a Motorola V195 (T-Mobile prepaid) which has Bluetooth connectivity. I am wondering what would be the best way (program?) to transfer from my computer my contacts from Outolook to my phone? Thank you in advance for your help. Kathy > Hello there: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Kathy The solution will involve both hardware and software. The hardware is either a USB cable (~$5 US) or a or a device attached to your computer that gives it Bluetooth capability (cost unknown). The software is Motorola Phone Tools or something with similar capabilities. I've heard of something called "BitPim" or something similar but have not actually tried it. If you got your phone from Verizon Wireless, it's probably crippled in order to force you to do such things using their network; naturally at great expense! > The solution will involve both hardware and software. The hardware is > either a USB cable (~$5 US) or a or a device attached to your computer > that gives it Bluetooth capability (cost unknown). You can get Bluetooth USB dongles for under $10. They're really worth it.  SignatureChris Meadows aka | WWW: http://www.terrania.us | Somebody Robotech_Master | ICQ: 5477383 AIM: RoboMastr | help, I'm robotech.master@gmail.com | Skype, LJ-Gizmo: Robotech_Master | trapped in robotech@eyrie.org | Yahoo: robotech_master_2000 | a sig file! >> Hello there: >> I’m getting a Motorola V195 (T-Mobile prepaid) which has [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > to your computer that gives it Bluetooth capability (cost > unknown). Both are available on Ebay. > The software is Motorola Phone Tools or something with similar > capabilities. I've heard of something called "BitPim" or > something similar but have not actually tried it. BitPim is free and actually works better for saving and restoring your phone data but does *not* allow an automatic transfer from or to Outlook, you'll need to export your contacts from Outlook as a .csv file and import that into BitPim, you'll need Motorola Phone Tools to do a direct import from Outlook to the phone. You can get MPT and the USB data cable you'll need from Ebay. > If you got your phone from Verizon Wireless, it's probably > crippled in order to force you to do such things using their > network; naturally at great expense! Ignore Richard's pathetic whining, Kathy, he's wrong as always, he's too stupid to understand that his phone works exactly as advertised and waaaaay too stupid to change it to work the way he wants it to work. If your phone is a Verizon phone, and you say it isn't but of course Richard had to spout off his idiocy w/o reading your post, it will do exactly as you want using MPT. Check out the T-Mobile section on Howard Forums, there's probably information there that will be useful to you. http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=52 SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >>> Hello there: >>> I’m getting a Motorola V195 (T-Mobile prepaid) which has [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > too stupid to understand that his phone works exactly as advertised and > waaaaay too stupid to change it to work the way he wants it to work. And just where is it advertised that Verizon Wireless sells phones with less functionality than apparently identical phones from other providers? I've been a VZW customer since it was "Bell Atlantic Mobile" and the RAZR V3m I bought in December is my third cell phone but the first that appears to have been "crippled"! > And just where is it advertised that Verizon Wireless sells phones > with less functionality than apparently identical phones from > other providers? Your phone has the functionality that is advertised here: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewP honeDetail&selectedPhoneId=2365 It doesn't have less functionality, it has different functionality. If you'd look at other providers you'd see they *all* offer different functionality, very few Razrs are identical, it varies from carrier to carrier. SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >> And just where is it advertised that Verizon Wireless sells phones >> with less functionality than apparently identical phones from [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > functionality, very few Razrs are identical, it varies from carrier > to carrier. I think you have to agree that "different" in this case also means "more limited" than other carriers (TMo allows the full functionality of BT as do ATT and, IIRC, Sprint. Yes, it can be changed to restore full functionality but it is still nonetheless, "crippled" when compared to others. If you prefer "functionally challenged" as a more PC description that's still accurate. >>> And just where is it advertised that Verizon Wireless sells >>> phones with less functionality than apparently identical phones [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > "more limited" than other carriers (TMo allows the full > functionality of BT as do ATT and, IIRC, Sprint. No, I wouldn't agree. Verizon phones do everything the others do but sometimes through different means. I'll stick with "different" as the correct term unless you'd agree "more limited" also applies to phones that can't get Vcast, GIN, etc. etc.... SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >>>> And just where is it advertised that Verizon Wireless sells >>>> phones with less functionality than apparently identical phones [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > "more limited" also applies to phones that can't get Vcast, GIN, etc. > etc.... I would agree with you that VZW offers some features that may be unique to them - I certainly don't have those things with TMo so perhaps TMo is a "more limited" service than VZW. In turn, VZW, offers a "more limited" version of the Bluetooth feature set on their phones. The difference between the two, to me at least, is that TMo simply doesn't have Vcast & GIN to offer yet. VZW does have the razr and could order it with BT fully implemented out of the box but chooses not to to drive revenue from other options. So whether you want to call the the VZW razr "crippled" or "more limited" or just "different" is purly semantics. The fact of the matter is that VZW has turned off some of the phone's functionality. >>>> Hello there: >>>> I’m getting a Motorola V195 (T-Mobile prepaid) which has [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > RAZR V3m I bought in December is my third cell phone but the first > that appears to have been "crippled"! The point is that the OP said she's on T-Mo so why discuss VZW? > If you got your phone from Verizon Wireless, it's probably crippled in > order to force you to do such things using their network; naturally at > great expense! Verizon doesn't cripple the contact transfer functionality of Motorola Phone Tools. What they cripple is the ability to transfer pictures and ringtones. You can edit the firmware on the Verizon Motorola phones to regain the full functionality of Motorola Phone Tools. I've done this on many Verizon Motorola phones. However since this poster is using a T-Mobile phone, she won't run into the Verizon problem. Motorola Phone Tools... http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Mobile-Phones-Retail-Packaging/dp/B000EYTBOS Hello there: I'm getting a Motorola V195 (T-Mobile prepaid) which has Bluetooth connectivity. I am wondering what would be the best way (program?) to transfer from my computer my contacts from Outolook to my phone? Thank you in advance for your help. Kathy > Hello there: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I am wondering what would be the best way (program?) to transfer from my > computer I've done this with the prepaid V195 from T-Mobile. If your computer has Bluetooth capability, then just buy Motorola Phone Tools. It's an extremely flakey program, but you can usually get it to work. Some resellers bundle it with a USB cable. If your computer has no Bluetooth, you can either buy a USB Bluetooth dongle, or buy a USB to mini-USB cable (you may already have one from another device such as a digital camera that uses mini-USB). See "http://www.sfplanet.com/product/SKN6371CD?meta=FRG" for one of many resellers that sell Phone Tools inexpensively. You shouldn't be paying more than $8 for the CD and cable, or $5 for the CD alone. "http://www.a1accessories.com/B000JDY0U4/M/B000JDY0U4.htm" sells the CD for $0.14! Shipping is another $4 or so. They're an Amazon reseller, so they are probably pretty safe, and checkout is through Amazon. Don't be too concerned about all the negative reviews of Motorola Phone Tools you'll see at the sites that have customer reviews. It does work satisfactorily for transferring contacts. I don't know if it's the Motorola phones, or the software itself that makes this program so flakey. >> Hello there: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > If your computer has Bluetooth capability, then just buy Motorola > Phone Tools. ... You don't have to use Bluetooth with MPT and the V195; just use MPT with the USB cable. SignatureBert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com > You don't have to use Bluetooth with MPT and the V195; just use MPT > with the USB cable. You should read the complete post before replying. |
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