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Cell phone ringtones, accessories, and help

How do you live with your cell phone once you own it? CNET's cell phone accessories guide serves up fresh tips on free ringtones, the best accessories for the most popular phones, and how to get help for your phone troubles.

3DVU announces Way2Go 3D mobile mapping

Way2Go's 3D mobile mapping(Credit: 3DVU)

For the hopelessly turned around, 3DVU announced Way2Go at CES this week, a mobile app and online mapping service that will let you put personalized 3D routes on your mobile phone.

Subscribers to the new Way2Go service will be able to create up to thirty 3D aerial picture routes online, which they'll then be able to access from their cell phones through a downloadable viewer. GPS tracking and verbal and written directions will also be there to keep you on course.

In addition to using routes to get from Point A to Point B, the service lets you forward routes that your contacts can view and use themselves for free.

Way2Go's service will cost about $5 (Read more)

Posted By: Jessica Dolcourt Jan 8 2009

Ringdroid: Awesome Android ringtone-maker

One of the most striking things about this early batch of Android apps is how many excellent freebies there are. Ringdroid is yet another sophisticated, intuitive freeware app that will prove a boon to T-Mobile G1-toting ringtone-lovers.

Ringdroid lets you create ringtones from MP3, WAV, and ARM files you load onto your phone through the SD card or that you purchase through the Amazon MP3 store.

Ringdroid for Google Android has a portrait mode.(Credit: Ringdroid)

Unlike many Android apps that use the Menu keys to store some software functions, most of Ringdroid's controls are out on the interface and all respond to touch. You can set the start and ending notes by sliding arrows along the timeline, by pressing Start and End to record the point, (Read more)

Posted By: Jessica Dolcourt Oct 27 2008

Editors' top Bluetooth headsets


CNET's quick guide to Bluetooth headsets
After a few years in the cell phone world wilderness Bluetooth headsets have moved squarely into the mainstream. Beyond smart phones and high-end handsets you can find the feature in a wide variety of cell phones from all manufactures and carriers. But what is Bluetooth and what can it do for you? CNET's Quick guide to Bluetooth will answer all your questions.

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Enabling MP3s on your VX8300 phone

You have to enter into a seacret menu by pushing "menu" and then entering a series of 7 "0"s this gets you into a services menu. From here scroll down to Item "11. mp3's" press "OK" and then select enable mp3"s. Back out to the main menu, go to "get it now" > 1. Get tunes and tones > and then scroll down to 8. My MP3s. If you see "My MP3s" The phone is ready to load and play mp3s. Next you will need to install and format a trans flash card with the phone. And finally transfer your files to the My mp3s folder on the transflash card using a computer. Also,.. The handset has the following folder structure:

MY_MP3:MUSIC FILES
MY_FLIX: Video files
MY_PIX: Picture files
MY_MUSIC: Music files ,... this is for the wma files.
MY_SOUNDS: Voice notes
Filed in: MP3, mp3, WMA, wma, player
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