Just got a new phone via work. It has MP3 player. Is there any way I can transfer the tracks I have saved on i tunes or do I have to start downloading them all again? (dunno)
Not up on iPod stuff as I'm a Creative advocate myself....but I understand that iTunes aren't in MP3 format, so they'd need converting.
iTunes downloads are copy protected to prevent you converting them to another format. This is easy to circumvent, ridiculously enough, using Apple's own iTunes software. It will let you burn tracks to an audio CD, but only once per purchased track. Furthermore, it will let you rip from an audio CD, not only to its own .aac format but also to MP3 - just choose MP3 encoder in the Importing tab. So, burn an album you want to put on your phone to CD rewritable, re-import it to iTunes as an mp3 and copy the mp3 version to your phone. Erase the CD rewritable and repeat until all desired tracks are copied.
Blimey, what a ball ache Plus you're losing quality converting from one file type to another. Can't understand why anyone would go the ipod route rather than just get an mp3 player. Not that I've got either like. The charms of the walkman grew old for me 25 years ago.
