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Author Topic: Samsung VIBRANT info? Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-10-2010 11:46 PM                     quote: Randy Stankey Many sound files obtained through iTunes Store and ripped from CD via iTunes are coded in the AAC format. (Advanced Audio Codec) IIRC, it is supposed to be a lossless format but I think the bitrate can affect quality. Standard iTunes AAC files are not lossless compressed. They are data lossy. AFAIK, Apple boosted the standard bit rate for iTunes songs from the stupidly puny 128kb/s level to 256kb/s. Nevertheless, that's far from lossless quality. Apple's iTunes does support an Apple Lossless format. I don't know if you can actually buy iTunes songs in a lossless format.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-10-2010 11:54 PM                     Thanks for reminding me.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-11-2010 12:13 PM                     A friend of mine was between the I-Phone 4 and Galaxy S Samsung. I am not sure if the Samsung Vibrant is of the same family. I have forced him literary to NOT buy and I-Phone and buy and Android phone for I have an HTC Hero for a year or so and I am very happy with it. The Galaxy S has Amoled display and the video and picture quality of capturing is simply astonishing. Also video playback is excellent. Nice to know you are happy with your choice Claude. Demetris  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-11-2010 02:28 PM                        Hello Demetris, Samsung's Galaxy S is a series of four almost identical phones each offered by four different carriers. The VIBRANT model I have is offered by T Mobile. The CAPTIVATE is a AT&T phone. The EPIC is sold by Sprint and the FACINATE is a Verizon phone. Like I said they are all almost identical with a few special features in each of the models. One of the thing I was concerned about was downloading music and pictures from my iTune and iPhoto library to my new phone and was assured by many people on the web how easy it is if I installed a simple free software on to my Apple computer. I forgot what it is called but I downloaded it from the web and yes, downloading pictures and music on to the Vibrant was very easy and I had no problem at all. In fact it was so easy, it was just as though I was doing the downloads on a Apple device. I am glad I was able to figure a way to get the best sound quality from my Vibrant because it allowed me the opportunity to sit down in the dark in my living room last night listening to some String Quartets by Franz Joseph Haydn with my Shure noise cancelling headsets on my new phone. It was heavenly! The look and the feel of the Vibrant is exactly like a iPhone but my device is slightly larger and I love the image display of my photographs because that was one of the primary reason I originally wanted a iphone. Even the movie AVATAR on the phone look and sound awesome. Like I just said on another thread, "All good things comes to those who wait" I am glad I did. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-11-2010 06:49 PM                     If the Samsung Vibrant is like most Android phones you should be able to connect it to a computer via USB and have it work as an external disk drive. I can see all of the folders on my HTC Evo 4G phone via USB connection to my computer and move files back and forth freely. That's in addition to the Bluetooth and Internet connections. AFAIK, the iPhone doesn't allow such easy file movement.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-11-2010 07:12 PM                     Bobby, it doesn't unless it's jailbroken and even then it's somewhat complicated to use. The Samsung looks great Claude but didn't they require you to purchase a data plan to use it?  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-11-2010 07:52 PM                        Mike, Yes, I had to buy a data plan for about $30.00 a month. I will be paying T Mobile about $135.00 a month including the data plan for my Vibrant, Unlimited wireless internet for my computer and unlimited minutes cel phone usage. Up until now, I have been paying T Mobile about $65.00 for only my cel phone unlimited minute usage and about $70.00 for 5 gb. of wireless internet service to Verizin . I had to go with Verizon because T Mobile was not offering wireless internet service about two years ago but switched to T Mobile about a month ago from Verizon because of a cheaper rate and UNLIMITED internet service when they started to offer the service. Now that I am with T Mobile for all of my wireless service, the total pay out a month will be just about the same as I was paying before. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-12-2010 06:42 PM                        I might have done something stupid! I spent some time happily downloading some more pictures and music into my new phone last night and guess what happened? The pre loaded file of the movie, AVATAR just vanished. I was told by T Mobile, the movie was stored on my memory card and I think they said my music and pictures are stored on the phone itself so adding music and pictures could not have done it. I would like to think the movie was a locked file and to delete it would require a special effort on my part to do it. Al though I have the movie on a Blu-Ray disc and DVD, I think having it on the phone is kind of cool and I want it back. T Mobile had suggested I call Samsung tomorrow and see if they would be willing to replace my memory card with a new one with the movie I hope they will do it. -Claude  |  IP: Logged

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