Mobile Buyer

“With a unique touch screen and cutting-edge multimedia capabilities, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone makes a great impression as you travel across town or to almost any corner of the world.”

One of the great new features I am starting to enjoy on my BlackBerry Storm is the ability for it to play multimedia files and specifically audio (music).

First let’s take a look at the video and audio formats supported by BlackBerry Storm:

Video format support: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264, WMV
Audio format support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus

Basically, when you buy music from iTunes, it comes with a copyright protection called DRM. These DRM-protected songs are locked so that they only work with Apple MP3 players. That means that if you have a BlackBerry Storm, you cannot use iTunes music.

So, what is the solution? You have to burn a CD. When you do this, the DRM is removed (because the music is converted to a non-DRM-compatible media). After you burn the CD, you can rip it to your PC as an MP3 file which no longer has DRM.

Alternatively, you can use TuneClone. TuneClone makes a virtual CD-ROM drive, tricking your PC into believing that you are burning a CD. Therefore, the DRM is removed without wasting a CD.

Here is a link to a tutorial using TuneClone and iTunes 8:
http://www.tuneclone.com/itunes8-m4p-to-mp3.php

After you get the output MP3 files, you can now begin to transfer them to your BlackBerry Storm:

1. Connect your BlackBerry to you computer via the USB cable.
2. If you have properly enabled your Blackberry as a Mass Storage Device, your Blackberry’s microSD card will show as a removable drive on your computer.
3. Double click on the Blackberry folder.
4. Double click on the music folder.
5. Copy your music files to your BlackBerry.
6. Disconnect your Blackberry from the USB cable and go to the “Multimedia” icon on you Blackberry. You need to disconnect when you use the Mass Storage device method as it disables direct access from the BlackBerry when connected to the PC via the USB cable.
7. Click on the Music icon.
8. Click on the Media Card folder.
9. Select your Music folder.
10. Select your Song.
11. Play and enjoy.

Done.

terry007
http://www.articlesbase.com/software-articles/how-to-transfer-drm-protected-itunes-m4p-to-blackberry-storm-697679.html

Hi, i have a samsung messenger 2, how do i get flash player on it so i can watch youtube videos.

Thank you!

I don’t think that’s possible…it’s kinda stupid how you can’t do much at all even though you have internet. But what do you expect from an affordable price?

Sometimes when i leave the mobile phone close to the TV, the TV seems to detect some signal from the mobile phone. What is happening?

Is the mobile phone sending some packets to the basestation or the other way around? What are these packets and why is this communication important?

A cell phone is in constant communication with the nearest cell antennae for the basic reason that, as a telecommunication device, it is a "real-time" communicator. That means that it must be ready at all times to both make and receive calls in any instant. In order for that to occur the phone sends a "keep-alive" data packet at regular intervals in a similar manner that a computer constantly communicates with a switch. If a call is directed to a specific cell phone, the providers routers need to know exactly which path to take in order for that call to be routed through the cell network to the tower and finally on to the correct phone. This is required so that the cell system does not have to broadcast the signal throughout the network looking for the phone. This would place too much load on an already busy network.

The "keep-alive" packets are very small but must be sent regularly so that the system knows exactly where the phone is at any given moment. As you move from antennae to antennae the signal moves with you too. It is the "keep-alive" that allows this to work effectively.

Finally, there should not be any interference from your phone through your TV. I suppose it’s possible but I think unlikely. Try moving the phone to a different location to prevent this.