In article <2008031508193875249-richardstoddard@maccom>, Richard
Stoddard <richardstoddard@mac.com> wrote:
> I'm not interested in an argument over Mac v Windows. How do I
> download rintones, etc., from their site for the RAZR2 given that I
> don't have the option to use MPT to create my own?
There's DataPilot from Susteen. It's not the greatest, but it should do
the trick. I just use Bluetooth for transferring ringtones, pics, etc.
But I guess you have to get them first.
Mr. Strat wrote:
> In article <47DBBD68.1070604@comcast.net>, Richard B. Gilbert
> <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>The Mac has always sold into a niche market! Graphic arts types love
>>it. To everyone else, it's nothing special.
>>
>>Microsoft and Windows won the war many years ago!
>
>
> Yeah, Vista is an overwhelming success.
Vista? I'd recommend W/XP SP2 if you can still find a copy. I've got
mine!!
Mr. Strat wrote:
> In article <47DBE853.8080401@comcast.net>, Richard B. Gilbert
> <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I have never owned a Mac. In a 35 year career in IT, I've managed to
>>accumulate about an hour of "face time" with a Mac. The hardware was
>>overpriced and the software didn't do anything I really needed or wanted.
>
>
> You need to look at them again. Things have changed since 1984.
>
In article <47DC0E8C.7090803@comcast.net>, Richard B. Gilbert
<rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote:
> My last look was ca. 2004.
You didn't take a very close look. The only way I'd go back to Windows
for personal use is if Apple either went out of business or created and
OS that sucked as much as Vista.
Mr. Strat wrote:
> In article <47DC0E8C.7090803@comcast.net>, Richard B. Gilbert
> <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>My last look was ca. 2004.
>
>
> You didn't take a very close look. The only way I'd go back to Windows
> for personal use is if Apple either went out of business or created and
> OS that sucked as much as Vista.
Windows and, years ago, DOS are and were where the applications are! At
least that's where the applications I want to run are!!
I don't know about Vista. What I've heard does not encourage me to
upgrade. But I don't NEED to upgrade. I've got W/XP and I suspect it
will last me until I no longer need a computer. Just for the record, I
also run Solaris (SPARC), OpenVMS (VAX and Alpha) and Linux. Between
the four, there should always be at least one that will do what I need.
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:19:38 -0400, Richard Stoddard <richardstoddard@mac.com> wrote:
>On 2008-03-15 08:13:28 -0400, "Richard B. Gilbert"
><rgilbert88@comcast.net> said:
>>
>> The Mac has always sold into a niche market! Graphic arts types love
>> it. To everyone else, it's nothing special.
>>
>> Microsoft and Windows won the war many years ago!
>
>I'm not interested in an argument over Mac v Windows. How do I
>download rintones, etc., from their site for the RAZR2 given that I
>don't have the option to use MPT to create my own?
When I got my RAZR2 V8, I found the easiest way to get my ringtones on to
my new phone from my Linux machine (yeah, not a Mac - but not Windows
either) was by Bluetooth. It just worked, no messing around with settings
or random software.
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:32:05 -0700, Mr. Strat <rag@nospam.techline.com> wrote:
>In article <47DC0E21.3080305@comcast.net>, Richard B. Gilbert
><rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> > Yeah, Vista is an overwhelming success.
>>
>> Vista? I'd recommend W/XP SP2 if you can still find a copy. I've got
>> mine!!
>
>I was being sarcastic. Vista is a complete cluster ****.
Careful now. Comparing Vista to a complete cluster **** is not fair on all
the other complete cluster ****s out there.
> When I got my RAZR2 V8, I found the easiest way to get my ringtones on to
> my new phone from my Linux machine (yeah, not a Mac - but not Windows
> either) was by Bluetooth. It just worked, no messing around with settings
> or random software.
I'll give this a try, as well as linking them with the USB cable. All I
need is a source of ringtones, since Motorola's site doesn't have any
for this model. Will those for the RAZR v3 work on it? Normally I don't
get hung up about ringtones, but I just don't like any that came with
it.
In article <2008031508074116807-richardstoddard@maccom>,
Richard Stoddard <richardstoddard@mac.com> wrote:
> I just purchased an unlocked RAZR2 v8 from Motorola. I'm generally
> happy with it so far, but just discovered that Motorola doesn't have a
> version of MPT for Mac. I tried to download ringtones from their site,
> and am frustrated with that as well. When I select a ringtone, it
> requires me to select my phone, but working through that menu I find
> the RAZR2 isn't listed. Doesn't Motorola support the RAZR2 or those of
> us who use Macs?
I don't have a v8, but I do own a v9m. I make my own tones.
I've been using Bitpim to transfer files from my Mac to the memory card
in the phone. It's an incredibly wonky program that works about 70% of
the time.
My carrier, Verizon, doesn't allow me to modify their directories in the
phone itself... so all I can do is transfer the sound to the memory card
- and then I have to mail the sound to myself in order to use it as a
ringtone.
Shitty way to do it... but I have a messaging plan, so it doesn't cost
me anything extra.
FPP
--
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits."
RAZR2 with Mac
Linear Mode
