Hi.
Just aquired new phone on contract, Nokia 6601, anyway I want to put some MP3s on it and stuff for ringtones and that, but it's got Infrared connection to PC instead of Bluetooth.
Yeah I know Bluetooth's better before anyone starts, anyway my point is does anyone know where I could get an IR adaptor for my PC that would work with my new phone?
Helpful none-flame filled responses will be welcomed.
Anyone flames me and they get reported to the Mods.
Bikertec
22-10-2005, 19:01
Originally posted by Rich
Hi.
Just aquired new phone on contract, Nokia 6601, anyway I want to put some MP3s on it and stuff for ringtones and that, but it's got Infrared connection to PC instead of Bluetooth.
Yeah I know Bluetooth's better before anyone starts, anyway my point is does anyone know where I could get an IR adaptor for my PC that would work with my new phone?
Helpful none-flame filled responses will be welcomed.
Anyone flames me and they get reported to the Mods. Putting MP3's on your phone through Infrared is like filling your bath up with a thimbel, get yourself a usb cable believe me it will be quicker.
Try Amazon:
IR Dongle (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001URFFM/202-3392276-1162237)
IR is perfectly adequate as I've just got a new nokia and have used an IRDa dongle with PCSuite to upload mp3 files OK.
Bikertec
22-10-2005, 19:21
Originally posted by max
Try Amazon:
IR Dongle (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001URFFM/202-3392276-1162237)
IR is perfectly adequate as I've just got a new nokia and have used an IRDa dongle with PCSuite to upload mp3 files OK. I thought infrared speed was 14.4kbps max which is slower that the slowest modem, you ever down loaded a 2meg file with a dial up you will know what I mean.
Blue Tooth they say can go to 1Mbps and usb is like having a HD connect to it.
But if it's only for ringtones then you wouldn't want the full 2Mb, just a sample, surely.
Bikertec
22-10-2005, 19:26
Originally posted by max
But if it's only for ringtones then you wouldn't want the full 2Mb, just a sample, surely. He said MP3'S and Ring tones.
Originally posted by Bikertec
He said MP3'S and Ring tones.
Fair enough. It's just that I have an Irda thingy which cost £3 and the usb connector is about £15. Horses for courses, I suppose.
Originally posted by max
Try Amazon:
IR Dongle (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001URFFM/202-3392276-1162237)
IR is perfectly adequate as I've just got a new nokia and have used an IRDa dongle with PCSuite to upload mp3 files OK.
Thanks Max but I'm somewhat reluctant to use Amazon Marketplace again after the last time I used it, the fecking seller turned round and said he didn't want to sell me the item... :rant:
Might try and pop down to Maplins at some point and see what they've got.. If not I can take the phone back within 14 days and swap it for a bluetooth one, cos I've got a bluetooth dongle I bought for my last phone.
I bought an Irda with a usb cable from Comet a while ago when I was using my Samsung E600, and it's awful. I had to hold the Irda up against the phone for it to work.
When I bought my Nokia 6310i, I tried the Irda with that, and the same thing happened. The thing with the Nokia is that it has a media card, so I just put that in the slot on my pc, and do any transferring that way. So, if you have a phone with a media card, but don't have media slots on your pc, it might be as well to invest in a media card reader:)