Technology: Uploading files to your mobile phone

Having an mp3 is all fine and classy. However, one of the biggest obstacles you will encounter is figuring out just how to upload music onto your mobile phone. In some ways, loading up your phone with your favourite tunes really shouldn’t be all that different from what you would do to put songs on an iPod or any other mp3 player. However, because of unique characteristics within certain brands and network providers, you may have an extra hoop or two that you need to jump through in order to upload music to your cell phone. There are many different methods of which you can upload music in your cell phone but in many cases it depends on the make of your phone. There are four most common ways to upload music on your cell phone, one of which is a card reader. Most cell phones that come with integrated media players make use of some sort of memory card expansion. For Motorola cell phones, you will be looking for your microSD card. And for your Sony Eriksson, you will need to load your music onto memory stick. This can only be possible if the PC has a multi card reader. But if it doesn’t, picking up an external memory card reader can be very cheap. Some phones need to have a certain file or folder structure in order for the music files to be properly read and played. By making use of a high speed USB 2.0 connection, utilising a memory card reader can be one of the quickest and easiest ways to upload music on your cell phone. Using a Data Cable can be a very similar to using a memory card reader. The major difference is that there are propriety connections involved. A Motorola data cable will not work with a Nokia for example. Once you overcome the obstacles in the differences of the data cable, your cell phone’s memory should show up on your computer in some form or another. Uploading or downloading music is much the same practice, in essence as transferring you took on your camera phone. You can also upload music on your mobile phone if it is wireless using Bluetooth. Bluetooth is a hot little innovation that lets you transmit data without messing with wires. However getting your devices to pair or mate properly can be of a challenge. Add to that the slower transfer of speed compared with USB 2.0, and Bluetooth can be a bit of a pain, but that’s the price you pay to have the convenience of eschewing ugly wires. Network Download is also another suitable way of uploading music to your cell phone. If you are rocking the new LG chocolate phone from Verizon Wireless, you can easily download music through the air by using the provider’s high speed Network. However there are data charges involved in this method. Whichever method you use in uploading music on your mobile phone always make sure you don’t mess up with your devices because some of the processes can be complicated and tiresome. Contact: dedantos2002@yahoo.com