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Old 12-30-2003, 05:39 PM
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Can I play WMA songs on my SmartPhone that are downloaded from Napster?
 
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Old 12-31-2003, 05:11 AM
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Can I play WMA songs on my SmartPhone that are downloaded from Napster?
Legalities aside . . . wma files regardless of where you got them will play just fine on your smartphone.
 
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Old 12-31-2003, 01:32 PM
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byteme

Thanks for the answer.

I read someone else yesterday that I can't play Napster-downloaded songs because of the SmartPhone 2002 OS.

True or False????
 
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Old 12-31-2003, 02:40 PM
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Are you sure about that byteme? I've been hesitant to join any music service other then iTunes because many devices and PDAs don't handle DRM properly so you can't play the music you purchase on them. I know that with iTunes, at least a while ago when I tried it, there was a work around where you could burn an Audio CD then re rip it and get non-DRM digital copies.
 
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Old 12-31-2003, 02:50 PM
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Are you sure about that byteme? I've been hesitant to join any music service other then iTunes because many devices and PDAs don't handle DRM properly so you can't play the music you purchase on them. I know that with iTunes, at least a while ago when I tried it, there was a work around where you could burn an Audio CD then re rip it and get non-DRM digital copies.

Hmmm I hadn't thought of that angle and I was thinking of the older Napster. I will do some research on it.
 
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Old 12-31-2003, 04:09 PM
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That was the workaround I was thinking of trying.
 
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Old 12-31-2003, 04:23 PM
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That was the workaround I was thinking of trying.
OK after doing some searching . . . Some people have had luck using Windows Media Player 9 to burn the DRM encoded WMA files from Napster to CDRW. Then use your favorite ripper (like CDex) to rip them down into MP3 or reencode them to WMA again.
 
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Old 01-01-2004, 09:16 PM
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I am fairly certain SmartPhone 2003 supports DRM WMA files.

I hate the fact that the workaround is to burn and re-rip. Everytime you touch the music file, quality diminishes. Besides that, what a time waste!
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Old 01-02-2004, 12:03 AM
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I am fairly certain SmartPhone 2003 supports DRM WMA files.

I hate the fact that the workaround is to burn and re-rip. Everytime you touch the music file, quality diminishes. Besides that, what a time waste!
Yep but it is the only solution for 2002.
 
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Old 01-02-2004, 01:42 PM
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Should I get SmartPhone 2003?

Where do I get SmartPhone 2003?
 
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