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Copy/Move Contacts from WM5 to Nokia

Hey folks!
I have got a new work phone (nokia8800). Now I want to copy atleast my contacts to 8800 from my existing O2 Xda Exec. Copying the messages/notes would be even more nice. I can get my contacts to Outlook, but cant move them to Nokia.
I know this is not the right place, but probably some of you have already done this. Any and all help is much appreciated.
Regards

Hmm.. people likes to move things around
Nokia 8800 is an expensive phone and I presume it support a connection to the PC with Nokia's PC suits (or communication manager?), which said it can sync with outlook. Use that.

thanks mate!
worked it out anyway...
will reply to the bloke on that post as well...
cheers

Business Ringtones

Anyone got any normal, telephone sounding, non-embarrasing ringtones? Need something that sounds a little more professional than my current one
What do others use?
Thanks

any wav, mp3, wma or midi you can find online would work
or you can record another phone rining using your pda or pc
or sing a rind tone yourself
google finds all

I use the Old Phone ringtone. It's included on the device.

Attached is the "Bronze" and "Steel" ringtone from the B&O phone, I use "Bronze" for SMS and it is very discreet and professional sounding, but my ringtone at the moment is this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4&mode=related&search=

OMG, that banana rules!!! of course i know that animated cursor it's made of, but still, thats just f...ng LOL. thanks ;]

i use spb phone suite and when i'm dealing with something "professional" i switch to a profile which has the old phone ringtone.

Oliy said:
Attached is the "Bronze" and "Steel" ringtone from the B&O phone, I use "Bronze" for SMS and it is very discreet and professional sounding, but my ringtone at the moment is this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4&mode=related&search=
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you got anymore B&O ringtones?

As I understand it, those are the only two tones it has. Someone else in another post extracted them from the website, which only features those two.
Edit: Sorry to pollute the thread, but Family Guy afficionados may also appreciate these little offerings (also great for SMS).

Thanks for everyones posts, but I'm still none the wiser! (even after spending over an hour googling for ringtones...)
Surely people out there must have a decent, 'phone' sounding ringtone that they use when Family Guy etc wouldn't go down too well?
Perhaps I have spotted a gap in the market.....www.business-ringtones.com .... www.boring-ringtones.com ..... etc

with a quick search with this
http://www.google.dk/search?q=phone+.wav&btnG=Søg&hl=da
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=15826
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/old-phone-wav.html
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=14576
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20101
http://gallery.mobile9.com/f/14462/
http://www.payphone-directory.org/sounds.html
if non of these hits or others from the google search helps you
i sugest you specify what you are looking for
because i sure never heard a ring tone that made me go
"damm that sounded like a business and or boring phone rining"
....

Damn, none of those sounded like a business ringtone.... only joking!!
Thanks mate, will take a look....but don't you just hate it when people find things instantly on Google, after you've spent ages looking?!?!
I'm still starting www.boring-ringtones.com BTW...gonna have some reeeeeal boring ringtones on there.

I use the CTU ring from the show 24 as my ringtone.
Sounds like a phone, but not the same old same old.

How proffffesssionallll do you need?
I dont use ringtone, if you are pro. vibra only!!!

You can create your own ringtones, well they are more like statements as if your phone is speaking to you. Go to AT&T text to speech
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php#top
type in what you want it to say and chose your dialect, try it out and when your happy with it then download it as a wave file - easy - and free.
Different statements for different profiles, I use Phone Alarm and at 10:00 each night the phone switches into "flight mode" and my XDA Exec say
"Flight Mode has been activated"

www.zedge.com have a voice and effects tool which makes tones and sms for free

Heres a cool idea, which I happen to use. Download a text-to-speech program like coolspeech. Program it to say:
"(Your Name), you have an incoming call".
Save it as a wav and drop it in my ringtones folder. Very simple and professional.

Just had a good laugh on the AT&T site writing stupid messages to have it played back to me....ah well, passed at least 2 mins....
Anyway, back to the point.
Just to briefly specify what I'm looking for (still didn't find it from Google even after your help Rudegar)-
- a telephone sounding ringtone, but not like an old phone with the bells on, just a gentle, not shrill, modern sounding telephone.
Surely there's one somewhere???

download the ringtone here.
http://www.ccir.ed.ac.uk/~jad/ringtone.html
simple and sweet

ITS PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!
lol
The Ring-Standard included in WM6 sounds pretty professional and "non-wierd". Might be an easy option if you have WM6.

No Ring Tones or Sounds on my Vario 111

I have just flashed Dutty's 6.1 - and will be making a donation soon.
Fantatic job - now I can run Live mail and Messenger, Outlook and an array of stuff I couldn't do before. Well done Dutty.
One issue: I can get an inbound call vibration - but no ring tone - in fact no sounds from the Vario 111 at all.
I hope I have missed a tick or something simple.. any suggestions out there? Please assume you are speaking to a complete dummy when you reply.
Thanks for all the hard work and advice on this board.
3223GT, EC3
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If it appreciates, own it. If it depreciates, lease it.

3223GT said:
I have just flashed Dutty's 6.1 - and will be making a donation soon.
Fantatic job - now I can run Live mail and Messenger, Outlook and an array of stuff I couldn't do before. Well done Dutty.
One issue: I can get an inbound call vibration - but no ring tone - in fact no sounds from the Vario 111 at all.
I hope I have missed a tick or something simple.. any suggestions out there? Please assume you are speaking to a complete dummy when you reply.
Thanks for all the hard work and advice on this board.
3223GT, EC3
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If it appreciates, own it. If it depreciates, lease it.
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Man, this has been asked sooooooooooo many times it is starting to extremely piss people off.
Change to a 6.1 radio and all is solved. Trust me. It's really been asked thousands of times.

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[Nov 5 08] Totally Control Your Ring - Create unlimited ring profiles

Development has ended.
Sound Option Builder BETA
DONATE FOR SOB
SOB allows complete control of how your phone responds to an incoming call. With SOB you can edit the script used by your phone when a call is received. This script, and the associated sound file (MP3 or WAV) results in sounds, vibrating, flashing LEDS, and so on.
SOB includes 5 quick set buttons preprogrammed with some helpful ring scripts. Use these scripts as starting points to create your own unique ring scripts.
With SOB you can even associate a different ring tone for each script you create. And you can preview your creations right in SOB.
For those using application launchers such as UltimateLaunch, Throttle, rlToday, MortScript, etc, SOB includes features specifically designed for you. Shortcuts can be created in SOB that when used with a launcher, or the start menu, there is no limit to the number of combinations of scripts and ringtones you can make. See the Command Line section in the attached readme file for more information.
With the ability to create unlimited ring scripts and pair them with any ring tones SOB is also a ring profile creator and profile switcher.
Not sure what this application is for? See:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=386942
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=226557
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2309034
or read the readme.txt attached below.
SOB uses the FMOD Sound System, copyright © Firelight Technologies Pty, Ltd., 1994-2007.
Version History:
v.03 - Should fully support VGA devices now.
v.02 - Added support for volume changes in Preview
v.01 - Beta

Interesting Software
I am looking for this kind of application for a long time due to I have to do it manually by changing the registry value. I guess this software change the registry value too.
The issuea are: i) program appearance in VGA is not correct (attached images); ii) same as changing the registry value, once I choose the Phone\Settings... to change other thing such as Service, band etc, the phone sound will be back to 'Ring'. The same with pointing to the Setting/Personal/Notification.

Hello,
that looks excellent.
with friendly greet
starbase64

cant seem to find any ringtones but DOGBARK from Main Memory.
Installed on SD on a KAISER

Martinhdk said:
cant seem to find any ringtones but DOGBARK from Main Memory.
Installed on SD on a KAISER
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SOB does not supply ringtones. It controls how the phone rings. Please read the readme.txt or follow the links in post #1. In this release the only ringtones the brows buttone will locate are WAV and MP3 from My Documents and subfolders of My Documents.

chuotdx said:
I am looking for this kind of application for a long time due to I have to do it manually by changing the registry value. I guess this software change the registry value too.
The issuea are: i) program appearance in VGA is not correct (attached images); ii) same as changing the registry value, once I choose the Phone\Settings... to change other thing such as Service, band etc, the phone sound will be back to 'Ring'. The same with pointing to the Setting/Personal/Notification.
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Known issues are listed in the readme.txt attached to post #1. VGA is not supported in this BETA but will be in the near future.

sahoopes said:
SOB does not supply ringtones. It controls how the phone rings. Please read the readme.txt or follow the links in post #1. In this release the only ringtones the brows buttone will locate are WAV and MP3 from My Documents and subfolders of My Documents.
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Hi, many thanks for your useful application, there will be a way to use also .wma and .mid ringtones?
Ciao, Andrea

New version posted
chuotdx said:
I am looking for this kind of application for a long time due to I have to do it manually by changing the registry value. I guess this software change the registry value too.
The issuea are: i) program appearance in VGA is not correct (attached images); ii) same as changing the registry value, once I choose the Phone\Settings... to change other thing such as Service, band etc, the phone sound will be back to 'Ring'. The same with pointing to the Setting/Personal/Notification.
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There is a separate QVGA version uploaded to post #1.
I have no way to test. I hope it works for you.

chuotdx said:
same as changing the registry value, once I choose the Phone\Settings... to change other thing such as Service, band etc, the phone sound will be back to 'Ring'. The same with pointing to the Setting/Personal/Notification.
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This is a decision of Microsoft engineers, not me. Afraid I can't do much about that.

sahoopes said:
There is a separate QVGA version uploaded to post #1.
I have no way to test. I hope it works for you.
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I am using HTC Universal which is VGA! And the screen is captured from that device. Anyway, I tried your new uploaded cab (You said the QVGA) but the program ask me to 'initiate the .NetCF with listed version...' I am using cooked ROM WM 6.1 (Ranju 7.7). Hope that infor help.

Nice looking peice of software
I wonder if something like this could be tweaked to delay the vibration for x seconds after the ring-ton starts?
Similar to the "Vibrate then Ring" mode, but in reverse.
Tim

You can vibrate after ringtone starts playing but the ringtone will completely finish before vibration starts. Your phone runs each command one at a time in sequence so they never overlap eachother.

chuotdx said:
I am using HTC Universal which is VGA! And the screen is captured from that device. Anyway, I tried your new uploaded cab (You said the QVGA) but the program ask me to 'initiate the .NetCF with listed version...' I am using cooked ROM WM 6.1 (Ranju 7.7). Hope that infor help.
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The CAB has already had over 400 downloads. Anyone else have trouble with the QVGA version?

chuotdx said:
I am using HTC Universal which is VGA! And the screen is captured from that device. Anyway, I tried your new uploaded cab (You said the QVGA) but the program ask me to 'initiate the .NetCF with listed version...' I am using cooked ROM WM 6.1 (Ranju 7.7). Hope that infor help.
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Sorry chuotdx. New CAB uploaded. Do not use the QVGA for VGA devices. The regular CAB is for VGA. I still cannot test it.

sahoopes said:
Sorry chuotdx. New CAB uploaded. Do not use the QVGA for VGA devices. The regular CAB is for VGA. I still cannot test it.
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No problem, VGA and QVGA are confused. I re-download the cab file you supplied, then uninstall the current version on my Universal, clean the system by Memmaid then install your new cab file. Unfortunately, the problem exist as exactly same as my captured screen before (in 1st page). I saw you use Kaiser is QVGA device? It's hard for you to test on VGA device, isn't it?

Moto Q9m not supported?
This app doesn't install on my Verizon Motorola Q9m Smartphone / Windows 6.0 Standard.
Any plans to support phones like this soon?

Installation was successfull but when i click on the exe i get this error msg
"System.IO.IOException.SOB.dll"
Can anyone help?

sathya said:
Installation was successfull but when i click on the exe i get this error msg
"System.IO.IOException.SOB.dll"
Can anyone help?
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More details? Your device, OS, .NetCF version?

QVGA and VGA Support
New CAB added to Post #1. Hopefully this one installation will support both QVGA and VGA devices. I have no device to test VGA.

sahoopes said:
More details? Your device, OS, .NetCF version?
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I have a WM 2003SE device (o2xda2mini).i have dotnet 3.5 installed.

Outlook Skin?

Hi, everyone...
First off, thanks for a great forum! You guys have helped me get the perfect phone - almost...
I have been using ifonz and various other goodies to iphone up my TyTn ii. It looks and works great now appart from Outlook! When I go to send emails it looks like SH*T! Is it possible to skin outlook or replace it with a more 'iphone' like 'black' (maybe even finger friendly) look? I use Pocket CM for SMS but it doesn't handle emails well in my view. I've looked around the forums but found nothing much, am I missing something or is there just nothing out there? Appreciate any help!

No one help?
Does no one have any knowledge or info on this?
Please help if you can.....

I haven't seen any actual Outlook skins, but I do know that you can use UITweaker to change the theme colors which in turn will change the background, and overall colors that Outlook uses..not exactly what you were looking for, but just a thought...

i would have thought its possible, if other programs can handle sms messages, but it'll be a case of someone writing it.

Thanks
thank you,
will look into it...

Maybe it has something to do with the proprietry nature of exchance/mapi protocol... there are very few if any exchange replacements for PC...
scottmo said:
thank you,
will look into it...
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Bumping this thread.