Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> 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"!

The point is that the OP said she's on T-Mo so why discuss VZW?