Thursday, April 19, 2007

2 GIG MicroSD in my BlackJack

Well I did it - I found a great price on some Sandisk Memory - So I garbed it. Now I was concerned because I had spent considerable time re-setting up my Phone after the (AT&T firmware) update - but I figured I would take the chance. I decided to try an just copy the files from one MicroSD to another. I did this by turning off my phone - Inserting one MicroSD into a Flash drive (the Sandisk Mobile Mate), nice tool to have. and the other into a SD up-conversion adapter - the one that usually comes with the MicroSD chip. Once my PC recognized both of the chips - I started the copy process - Drag and Drop - Nothing to it - Then I was done. I then Inserted the new 2 GIG chip into the phone - Turned it on - and then when to one of the apps that was installed on the Storage Card - The app came up with no issues - Dash Weather.

Now for the real test, Music. Now I powered up my CorePlayer ( I like the features better than Windows media player) my music was all there and with plenty of room to spare - so what did I do next - More music of course. I put an awesome Favorite play list together and loaded it to my phone. I use a couple of programs for media and tag editing - MediaMonkey (Highly recommend it - it will recognize a plethora of devices - Motorola phones - my BlackJack - iPOD's - Sansa Music players, and I have seen many others - edit and upload options are great.) the seconded tool I use for editing is Zortam MP3 Media Studio Pro ( for Batch tagging - Cover Art - there is nothing better, that I have found - the sorting capabilities are a notch above as well) for playing my music on my PC, I prefer to Use WinAmp for its integration with programs like Google Desktop and the Skins, Gadgets available for it are plentiful, so you can find a look you want any day of the week. So now I suppose you want to see the play list - well - ok here it is.

Various Artists

001 - Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven 8:03
007 - Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb 6:24
008 - The Eagles - Hotel California 6:29
010 - John Lennon - Imagine 3:04
015 - The Beatles - Yesterday 2:07
017 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 5:58
019 - Pink Floyd - Money 6:32
021 - Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin 7:38
024 - Yes - Roundabout 8:29
027 - The Beatles - Hey Jude 7:06
028 - Jethro Tull - Aqualung 6:33
029 - Aerosmith - Dream On 4:27
032 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird 9:07
033 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 5:34
035 - Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son 5:21
038 - Boston - More Than A Feeling 4:45
039 - The Beatles - Let It Be 3:53
040 - Eric Clapton - Cocaine 3:39
041 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog 4:57
050 - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild 3:30
051 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 3:14
052 - The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 4:45
055 - Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall 5:43
058 - Aerosmith - Walk This Way 3:41
060 - Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed 3:54
061 - The Police - Every Breath You Take 4:14
062 - Elton John - Bennie And The Jets 5:23
064 - David Bowie - Changes 3:34
067 - Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl 3:03
071 - Don McLean - American Pie 8:32
073 - Pink Floyd - Hey You 4:42
077 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down a Dream 4:23
080 - Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band 3:27
084 - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 3:37
085 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band & With A Little Help From My Friends 4:46
089 - Eagles - Heartache Tonight 4:25
092 - Queen - We Will Rock You & We Are The Champions 5:03
094 - Pink Floyd - Brain Damage & Eclipse 5:54
095 - Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way 5:19
097 - The Who - Who Are You 5:03
099 - The Beatles - The Long And Winding Road 3:34
101 - Elton John - Daniel 3:54
104 - Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet 3:55
105 - Paul Mccartney & Wings - Band on the Run 5:13
111 - The Who - Squeeze Box 2:40
113 - Zombies - Time of the Season 3:33
118 - The Guess Who - American Woman 5:05
119 - Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion 17:27
125 - Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good 8:56
130 - ZZ Top - Legs 4:34
135 - Elton John - Crockodile Rock 3:55
142 - The Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane 4:48
144 - Styx - Come Sail Away 6:05
146 - Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 4:18
150 - Van Morrison - Domino 3:05
152 - Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2:43
160 - Pink Floyd - Time 7:06
163 - The Eagles - Take It Easy 3:32
167 - Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 4:09
171 - Steve Winwood - Higher Love 0:05
171 - Steve Winwood - Higher LoveRe1 5:48
172 - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA 4:41
174 - Elton John - Rocket Man 4:42
176 - Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle 4:42
177 - Billy Joel - Piano Man 5:35
180 - Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath 4:36
181 - Van Halen - Jump 4:01
183 - Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart 4:15
188 - Jackson Browne - Running On Empty 4:55
192 - ACDC - T.N.T. 3:34
195 - Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue 5:41
197 - The Beatles - Eight Days A Week 2:49
202 - Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way 4:41
206 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps 4:28
207 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Breakdown 2:42
208 - ZZ Top - Tush 2:17
210 - George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You 3:51
212 - Pink Floyd - Us and Them 7:40
225 - Steely Dan - Do It Again 5:54
226 - Elton John - Honkey Cat 5:13
227 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain 4:29
228 - Cheap Trick - Surrender 5:09
229 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising 2:20
237 - Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally 3:51
239 - David Bowie - Space Oddity 5:14
247 - Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years 4:37
249 - Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm 6:00
257 - Bad Company - Feel Like Making Love 5:13
258 - Heart - Magic Man 5:27
203 - Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running 3:25
244 - The Beatles - Twist And Shout 2:33
255 - Cat Stevens - Peace Train 4:03
264 - Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 5:50
273 - Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven 4:33
282 - Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride 4:27
284 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama 4:47
285 - Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 4:49
296 - Styx - Renegade 4:14
297 - Rush - New World Man 3:43
300 - The Beatles - Paperback Writer 2:16
308 - Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart 4:30
309 - Elton John - Levon 5:22
312 - Paul Simon - Kodachrome 3:26
315 - The Beatles - Penny Lane 3:03
333 - Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me 3:44
338 - Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick 3:01
341 - Chicago - Beginnings 6:27
347 - David Bowie - Fame 4:17
350 - Heart - Barracuda 4:23
354 - Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond 26:11
355 - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man 4:13
356 - George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone 4:54
357 - U2 - New Year's Day 4:18
361 - Steely Dan - Josie 4:31
365 - Genesis - I Can't Dance 3:59

Golden Earring

Radar Love 6:22

Various Artists

373 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - American Girl 3:32
374 - Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary 3:18
377 - Santana - Oye Como Va 4:19
379 - Van Halen - Running With The Devil 3:34
382 - Rush - Tom Sawyer 4:34
383 - Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver 5:29
386 - Paul McCartney - Jet 4:10
393 - Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls 3:24
397 - Chicago - Make Me Smile 4:25
403 - America - Horse With No Name 4:08
405 - Neil Young - Keep on Rocking in the Free World 4:40
409 - The Doors - Twentieth Century Fox 2:33
414 - Animals - It's My Life 3:13
420 - Rick Derringer - Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo 3:43
423 - Van Halen - Dance The Night Away 3:06
424 - Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes 5:27
425 - U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 4:42
431 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down 2:56
437 - Steve Miller Band - The Joker 3:37
439 - Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way 4:50
450 - Foreigner - Cold As Ice 3:21
452 - Bob Dylan - Knockin on Heavens door 2:30
456 - The Doors - The End 11:42
459 - Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged) 4:46
468 - Jethro Tull - Bungle In The Jungle 3:32
471 - Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time 2:54
473 - The Eagles - One Of These Nights 4:51
474 - Santana - Black Magic Woman 5:12
478 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Free Fallin' 4:15
480 - Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer 4:51
492 - Santana - Evil Ways 3:58
496 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 2:46
500 - George Thorogood - Move It On Over 4:20

Peter Gabriel

Red Rain 5:38
In Your Eyes 5:29
Mercy Street 6:20
Big Time 4:29

Phil Collins

Dont Lose My Number 4:49

Various Artists

079 - Crosby, Stills, Nash - Woodstock 3:56

Genesis

No Son Of Mine 6:35
Jesus He Knows Me 4:17
Invisible Touch 3:28
Land Of Confusion 4:46
In Too Deep 4:56
Mama 6:48
Abacab 6:55

Peter Gabriel

Solsbury Hill 4:20
biko 7:30

Shakira

hips dont lie (feat. wyclef jean (wyclef mix show mix)) 4:09

Duran Duran

A View To A Kill 3:30

Sting

All Four Seasons 4:29

Billy Joel

Allentown 3:52

Def Leppard

Armageddon It 5:22

Daniel Powter

Bad Day 3:56

Gwen Stefani

Bananas 3:19

Midnight Oil

Beds Are Burning 4:16

Depeche Mode

Behind The Wheel (Remix) 5:42

The Smiths

Bigmouth Strikes Again 3:12

The Verve

Bitter Sweet Symphony 5:58

Janet Jackson

Black Cat (October 27th, 1990) 4:50

K.T. Tunstall

Black Horse and the Cherry Tree [Live][*] 2:50

Alannah Myles

Black Velvet (March 24th, 1990) 4:49

Sting

Brand new day 02 Desert Rose(aperitivi.homepc.it) 4:45

Corrs

Breathless 3:26

Maxi Priest

Close To You 5:27

Prince

Cream (November 2nd, 1991) 4:13

Bananarama

Cruel Summer 3:32

Living Colour

Cult Of Personality 4:53

Dirty Vegas

Days Go By (7' Mix) 3:35

Prince

Diamonds & Pearls (February 15th, 1992) 4:20

Peter Gabriel

On The Air 5:18

Black Eyed Peas

Dirty Dancing 3:46

Thompson Twins

Doctor! Doctor! 4:34

Pussy Cat Dolls

Don't Cha (Radio Edit) 4:31

Billy Joel

Easy Money 4:05

Sting

Englishman In New York 4:28

Evanescence

Evenesence Bring Me To Life.Mp 4:03

Lenny Kravitz

Fly Away 3:40

Steve Perry

Foolish Heart 3:39

Sting

Fragile 3:56

Dave Matthews Band

Gravedigger 3:43

Fleetwood Mac

Gypsy 4:22

Blues Traveler

Price To Pay 3:40

Chicago

Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away 5:06

Sting

Heavy Cloud No Rain 3:47

Creed

Higher 5:16

Blues Traveler

Hook 4:50

Eagles

Hotel California 6:31

Duran Duran

Hungy Like The Wolf 3:27

Sammy Hagar

I Can't Drive 55 4:15

Hootie & the Blowfish

I Go Blind 3:08

Janet Jackson

If (Dvd) 4:38

Gwen Stefani

If I Was A Rich Girl (Reggae M) 2:14

Sting

I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying 3:57
It's Probably Me 5:00

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

My BlackJack


Finaly a phone with usability

Ok I am not going to get into the PC is better than the MAC or iPod is better than Zune - All I know, is that I finally have phone that gives me what I need (for business) and gives me what I want (for pleasure).

For business I get the tools I need - I can sync it to my PC / MAC for contacts and email - Calender, and alarms very nice
for pleasure I have a decent 1.3 megapixle camera / video recorder - java capability for the games - space to install fun apps like weather and the like, and if I need more I have a MicroSD slot to add an additional 2 gig of storage -

So why am I so happy -
Bluetooth - now allot of phones have bluetooth and yes they are starting to get the picture that Bluetooth done right makes the phone so much Safer and Usable.
I had a Motorola L7 and for the most part it pissed me off - no A2DP (without getting to technical this means that you can send music to a Bluetooth headset) A2DP allows your phone to now server two purposes for which one might require audio ( the phone - and - music) The BlackJack Has got Bluetooth implemented almost to a T - The only thing - and I do mean the only thing that the Blackjack lacks (right now) is native voice dialing - In my opinion voice dialing is what makes hands free - hands free.

At first, when I started using the Blackjack I needed to be tetherd to a power outlet or computer to charge it, but after some research I found a link to get a new extended battery for free from Cingular (AT&T) - which to their credit - they came through. One other issue I have a first was that the phone didn't seem to fit any cases out there - again after some research I found a great case made specifically for the BlackJack that really is nice. Today I just picked up a Generic armband "ipod" holder that fit the phone perfectly, and that combined with my Bluetooth stereo "ear bud style" headset I feel truly WireFree it;s so awesome.

If anyone would like to see some of the sites that I research and find to be usefully - send me an email wirefree1@gmail.com