XS11E wrote:
> "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Kathy wrote:
>>> 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 Outlook to my phone?
>> 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).
>
> 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.
>

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"!