Interesting - I tried mp3's with a .3g2 suffix when I got the phone
and it didn't - and doesn't work. (AFAIK mp3's still require oggplayer
- I suspect Arnold's way does not work on the 702NK) However if the
file is transcoded to AAC and is then given a .3g2 suffix, it will play
on the built in player. (Without it the phone complains about lack of
DRM. Adding a .3g2 suffix is NOT "adding DRM"...) Of course if one is
technically savvy one can install oggplayer - which most of us have
done - which just plays anything.
...but the broader question remains - why should the consumer have to
jump through these hoops? Why does the carrier have the phone present a
mendacious error message? Why not just play an MP3 or an AAC file
"straight"?
This whole thread isn't about "getting things working" for geeks -
(although I appreciate the tip) - if it ain't "plug and play" then for
many consumers it just doesn't exist.
Nick
On May 17, 2005, at 3:36 PM, Kyle Barrow wrote:
> If you have been encoding your iTunes music with AAC, just change the
> extension to .3g2 and they should import straight onto the 702NK.
>
> Kyle
On May 17, 2005, at 15:01, Arnold P. Siboro wrote:
> I am not sure about 702NK, but MP3 files can be uploaded to 802SE and
> played, as long as you add DRM to it (using Quicktime etc). It should
> be quite simple, and chances are this applies to 702NK too.
Received on Tue May 17 10:25:06 2005