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Microsoft Deal Limits Verizon MP3 Phones

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the electronic-sabot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "PCSIntel is reporting that the new VCast music system by Verizon may not be quite as positive as users were led to believe. Claims were made that the new software for this service would disable the ability to play MP3s on these phones. It turns out that the ability to play MP3s still exists but only because the software first converts it to the WMA format. This conversion, however, is not available for phones on Mac or Linux, leaving these customers unable to play MP3s."

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  1. seems to be a firmware issue? by zegebbers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is it possible to downgrade the firmware to pre v05 so that you can play mp3s still ?

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  2. Netgear, Skype developing Wi-Fi phone by luh3417 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This will soon make cell phones obsolete. Serves the greedy marketing-driven cell companies right. If only the Netgear-Skype wifi phone would play mp3's too. No greedy cell phone companies to stop them from adding that feature... http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/05/73605_HN netgearskypephone_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www .infoworld.com/article/06/01/05/73605_HNnetgearsky pephone_1.html