Comments on: Using your BlackBerry as an MP3 player

By: otrpu

otrpu — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:43:11 +0000

I’ve been listening to audiobooks on my iPod for a couple years. Last week I bought an BB Curve 8330. Not knowing it couldn’t be done I just imported my books in my iTunes folders into my BB curve. When I say I listen to books I mean all day every day at work. Got 8GB on the MicroSD now, and a stack of 8 books to import today. I start BB media sync, it starts iTunes, I check the files I want imported and it TOTALLY ignores my checks and loads every book in the file. I have joined the tracks of all the cd’s for each book in iTunes and on the iPod it plays the complete book. . .no breaks, going from one cd to the next, and remembers where I stop. BB curve stops at end of each CD and I have to manually start the next CD in the series. Probably something I don’t know or am doing wrong. . .but I’m a listenin to 7.5 hours of books 5 nights a week. I guess I just don’t know any better. If anybody can tell me how to get BB Media Sync to respect my wishes to join all the CD’s and play continuous without stopping after each I’d certainly be greatfull.
Edit:
The 8gb filled up, so went and got a 16gb MicroSD. Spent many hours loading 10 more books into iTunes. Connected the BB Curve 8330, started DM, it did it again. . .transferred everything in iTunes files to the Curve, ignoring my check marks. Now I’ve only 2.1gb free on the new MicroSD. Guess I need to get ahold of the next OS that will allow 32gb card. Pretty soon I’ll have the whole damn library on my curve. Just wish I could get the Curve to playback like the iPod, going cd to cd without stopping, and my having to restart each cd.
Cheers,
otrpu

EDIT to add more:

Wish I knew what I was doing. . .Last night two of my audiobooks played straight through, going from CD to next CD in series, without stopping and making me scroll to the next file and start the playback myself. I don’t know what or how I did this. I import all my library books using the same process. But now I know the BB will playback the books just like my iPod did. Now all I need to figure out is why it doesn’t do it the same way with all my books. This afternoon I downloaded/installed DM v 5.0.1 and Roxio for BB. Maybe I’ll have better understanding about what I’m doing in a couple more days.
Cheers again,
otrpu

By: ShadowWolf

ShadowWolf — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:52:14 +0000

After I purchased an expensive ipod (should be ip.o.s.) that broke just after the warranty expired and would cost almost as much to fix as purchasing a new one, I remembered that my BB plays MP3, Movie files, and plays games…and gets email and makes phone calls. What the heck do I need an ipod for?

By: JohnFx

JohnFx — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:48:53 +0000

Anyone got advice on “tricking” the blackberry to play music over bluetooth to a device (my car) that only supports the bluetooth phone interfaces?

By: anet

anet — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:18:02 +0000

I have a 8330 and its a great mp3 player I don’t have the pop that other curve users have between songs…I get my songs from mytinyphone.com search for FULL and u get mp3 bought good headphones n has good sound w/bass

By: Mila360

Mila360 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:07:48 +0000

I have used my BB 8350 I as a mp3 for the last few months and i love it it works great at work. I brought a special blue tooth so i can listen to the music wireless (plantronics) and the battery life and fit on my ears is horrible but other than that …well…I am looking to up grade my SDHC to a 16gb if it will work

By: BizMan loves gadgets

BizMan loves gadgets — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:55:05 +0000

I bought the SDcard (and the rather pricy 3 channel 2.5mm headphones!)
Roxio Media Manager locks up my PC (a common problem apparently). But the SDcard allows drag&drop from Windows. (I like “simple”)
My 8800 is ok-ish for playback but the DAC is pretty poor so sound qual is not great. (Bass…what bass?)
RIM are going to lose the war if they do not take multimedia seriously.
But like you say, it’s one thing less to carry.

By: HeyPetray

HeyPetray — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:04:44 +0000

I recently picked up a 16gig card with the aim to use my new bb curve as an mp3 player. 2 things appealed to me.. 1: Consolidating mobile devices 2: Last.fm scrobble function on “FlipSide” player. So far, it seems to work fine. I’ve got about 8 gig of music.

My complaints are few…
-I haven’t discovered shortcuts to perform simple functions like “next”
-Songs stop when calls come in
-Volume cannot be adjusted outside of the app (Very Frustrating)
-You better enjoy coverflow navigation if you use FlipSide. There is no alternative
-Roxio is a pain in the ASS for transfering large quantities of music. Winamp isn’t much better. Make sure your music is tagged well. Flipside navigation only works by Album

In hindsight, I should have just stuck with my iPod, but I’m just hoping that better versions of media players will be released in the near future to make this worth it!

By: The Blue Dot

The Blue Dot — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:31:09 +0000

I use my Blackberry religously with Slacker Radio and Pandora. I love both of the apps! I like listening to new music all the time and you can search for specific songs that you feel like hearing.

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By: Adrian F

Adrian F — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:11:04 +0000

I got my blackberry back in Feb 2009. I then discovered the music player and have been using it since. It’s got to the point where I’m using my iPod less and less… Now that says something! (ps. I work in an apple store :p).

NancyB: I have that same problem/ glitch thing you have when changing tracks.. That loud popping noise is my only complaint about the whole thing.