Samsung i500 owners

Hello everyone. I recently purchased a samsung i500. Although I feel the
phone is very overpriced, I love it nevertheless. I'm beyond the 14 day
return period and now that I'm used to the phone, I want to start to
customize it by adding ringtones and pics etc. I'm also interested in hacks,
etc.

When I was using a samsung n400, i got a lot of ringtones etc at 3GUpLoad,
but they dont support my i500.

Anyone out there with any tips on how to get some cool stuff for my phone?

David

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David,

My understanding is that the I500 does not allow downloaded ringtones. Can
someone confirm?

KLM

"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone. I recently purchased a samsung i500. Although I feel the
> phone is very overpriced, I love it nevertheless. I'm beyond the 14 day
> return period and now that I'm used to the phone, I want to start to
> customize it by adding ringtones and pics etc. I'm also interested in
hacks,
> etc.
>
> When I was using a samsung n400, i got a lot of ringtones etc at 3GUpLoad,
> but they dont support my i500.
>
> Anyone out there with any tips on how to get some cool stuff for my phone?
>
> David
>

Kevin L. Mullin wrote:
> David,
>
> My understanding is that the I500 does not allow downloaded
> ringtones. Can someone confirm?
>
> KLM

Basically, correct. Technically, it's simply that the I500 doesn't support
J2ME. If someone were to make a Palm app that enabled such support, and
knew how to interact with the phone side of the device, then yeah, it could
work.
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Ok. That sucks. I still love the phone but now feel like its even more
overpriced! By J2ME you mean java? What does J2ME stand for exactly?

Thanks for telling me all this; I'll quit trying to load ringtones!


David



On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 23:29:40 -0700, O/Siris wrote
(in message <ofA6b.377493$YN5.252829@sccrnsc01>):

> Kevin L. Mullin wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> My understanding is that the I500 does not allow downloaded
>> ringtones. Can someone confirm?
>>
>> KLM
>
> Basically, correct. Technically, it's simply that the I500 doesn't support
> J2ME. If someone were to make a Palm app that enabled such support, and
> knew how to interact with the phone side of the device, then yeah, it could
> work.
>

But wait... I've found a few "pay" sites that are for the i500....




David


On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 6:56:27 -0700, David wrote
(in message <[email protected]>):

> Ok. That sucks. I still love the phone but now feel like its even more
> overpriced! By J2ME you mean java? What does J2ME stand for exactly?
>
> Thanks for telling me all this; I'll quit trying to load ringtones!
>
>
> David
>
>
>
> On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 23:29:40 -0700, O/Siris wrote
> (in message <ofA6b.377493$YN5.252829@sccrnsc01>):
>
>> Kevin L. Mullin wrote:
>>> David,
>>>
>>> My understanding is that the I500 does not allow downloaded
>>> ringtones. Can someone confirm?
>>>
>>> KLM
>>
>> Basically, correct. Technically, it's simply that the I500 doesn't support
>> J2ME. If someone were to make a Palm app that enabled such support, and
>> knew how to interact with the phone side of the device, then yeah, it could
>> work.
>>
>
>

Samsunf left out downloadable ringtone support for the i500 just like
they did for the i330. J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) isn't needed
though. Ringtone managers have been developed for the Treo line which
doesn't have J2ME support either. Midi files can be converted to .pdb
(Palm database files). Then, with the aid of a ringtone manager, the
new ringtones can be used. I'm surprised this wasn't explored with the
i330 if it was possible. It's possible that the i330 and i500 aren't
capable of this at all, which would really suck.

I'm not sure what these "pay" sites offer, but unless they've found a
way to get ringtones on the i500, which I doubt, then they have nothing
to offer.

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Maybe I'm too old, but ringtones don't do anything for me.

You're right. You must be too old; either chronologically or at heart.



David







On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 8:25:36 -0700, Phillipe wrote
(in message <[email protected]>):

> Maybe I'm too old, but ringtones don't do anything for me.

In article <[email protected]>,
David <[email protected]> wrote:

> You're right. You must be too old; either chronologically or at heart.
>
>
>
> David
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 8:25:36 -0700, Phillipe wrote
> (in message <[email protected]>):
>
> > Maybe I'm too old, but ringtones don't do anything for me.

an iPod on the other hand....

"Phillipe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Maybe I'm too old, but ringtones don't do anything for me.

Especially with Sprint, I was happy that the phone rang, period.

David <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> Ok. That sucks. I still love the phone but now feel like its even more
> overpriced! By J2ME you mean java? What does J2ME stand for exactly?
>
> Thanks for telling me all this; I'll quit trying to load ringtones!

Yup, Java. As others have mentioned, workarounds are being developed,
but J2ME (Java 2 Mobile/Micro Edition) is the method we use at SPCS.

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