Blackberry tour vs Nokia N97: compare them in the process of making decision

This summer there are some very strong devices out there including Blackberry Tour, Nokia N97, HTC Magic, iPhone 3G S, Palm Pre. Some may prefer iPhone 3G S or Palm Pre, but at last I have narrowed down my choices to Blackberry Tour and Nokia N97, and I’ve had a really tough time choosing between the two:

Blackberry tour:
· Supports high-speed 3G EV-DO Rev
· Non-touchscreen, a large, highly tactile, full-QWERTY keyboard for fast and precise typing
· Advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for the Bluetooth Stereo Audio Profile (A2DP/AVCRP)
· 256MB Flash memory, support cards of up to 16GB
· Built-in GPS with support for geotagging, BlackBerry Maps
· Allowing users to edit Microsoft(R) Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the handset
· Easy mobile access to Facebook(R), MySpace and Flickr(R), as well as popular instant messaging services including BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo! IM, AIM(R), Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger
· Support for BlackBerry App World, as well as third-party mobile applications
· BlackBerry Internet Service allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts
· No Wi-Fi, it is said to be added in the future.

Nokia N97:
· Sliding QWERTY keypad and touchscreen display
· Memory – 32GB Internal memory, 128 MB RAM, microSD up to 16GB
· Camera – 5 MP (Carl Zeiss optics)
· OS – Symbian
· Battery – 6.6 hours talk-time and 430 hours standby
· Radio – Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio; FM transmitter
· Widescreen – 16:9, 3.5in TFT, 640 x 360 pixels
· 802.11b/g; USB; Bluetooth with A2DP; GPS with A-GPS
· 3.5mm audio jack
· Handwriting Recognition
· A little expensive, at about $650

That’s the simple information I have got about the two phones. Here I should explain my smartphone requirements. I’m looking for a device to serve as my personal telephone, media player, mini computer and business assistant. For personal telephone, it is used for daily contact, to make calls and receive calls. Both Blackberry tour and Nokia N97 were easy to use and very convenient to dial a number.

For multimedia, both of them are advanced media player for videos, music and pictures. Blackberry tour supports video formats including MPEG4, H.263, H.264 (encoding and decoding 30fps), WMV and audio format including MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA. Nokia N97 can play mp4 and 3gp videos with up to 640*360 pixels resolution. Personally I prefer to watch movies with Blackberry tour. In the meantime I go to Nidesoft Inc to get programs Nidesoft Blackberry Converter Suite, which rip DVDs and videos into Blackberry-friendly files. Just copy the converted file to memory card, pop it into phone’s card slot, and enjoy. Or use program Nidesoft Nokia video converter if you would like to choose N97 as media player.

As for connectivity, the Nokia N97 looks like a good all-rounder, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and an Infrared port. The BlackBerry Tour features Bluetooth as well, (with A2DP) but is somehow lacking Wi-Fi (just like the much-derided BlackBerry Storm). Although the rumor said that the Blackberry Storm 2 will have Wi-Fi. N97 also features an FM radio, which the Tour doesn't.

If you always travel around for work then Blackberry can be a wonderful assistant. The BlackBerry Tour smartphone provides the industry's leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking together with built-in GPS. I like type emails and message with the full-QWERTY keyboards fast and easily. N97 also have GPS and can send emails, but the business-oriented Blackberry tour is better for business assistant.

In the end, I make up my decision. The Blackberry tour won out, it made the most sense to me as media player and business assistant. But as I’ve noted the Nokia N97 was also pretty impressive and could be a viable option for many others.

Blackberry video conversion, how to make best settings and convert step by step

I have got a Blackberry Storm as my birthday present and I was deeply in love with the gorgeous screen. I can’t wait to fill the 8gb card with videos to show off to all my friends. Before that I have tried watching a movie on my blackberry that I had already ripped with iPhone/iPod touch settings, The video works but the file size is unnecessarily large and the audio didn't match up with the video well when playing on the Blackberry. I collect information here and there and at last get the problem solves. So below is the details shared here.

Output video format: mp4
Output audio format: mp3

Video:
Video Size/resolution: 480x320
Video Bitrate: 1200kbps

Audio:
Audio Bitrate: 64kbps
Channels: 2 channels

Now if you have no idea what to do with that, then here are some simple instructions for you.

First you need a third-part software. I use Nidesoft program, probably the best Blackberry converter available. I download from its official website: http://www.nidesoft.com
Note: the program you downloaded on nidesoft is free trial version, you are limited to creating video files that are a maximum of 2 minutes long.
In order to convert videos longer than that, you will need to purchase the software with 25 dollars, or download the full version somewhere on google.com

Then if you convert videos from DVD, you should use Nidesoft DVD to Blackberry Converter and follow the step-by-step ways.
Step 1: Launch the program; Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive. Click the “Open DVD” button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie, open it, select some titles and chapters you want or you may select the whole video to convert.

Step 2: make settings: click “profile” drop-down list to select “BlackBerry MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)” format, click “Settings” to set video size and bitrate. If you want to combine two or several titles into one, you may select titles and click blank box before “Merge into one file” to merge them together.

Step 3: click “convert” button to convert videos. Then it will be completed in few minutes.

However, if you convert from other videos, you should use Nidesoft Blackberry video converter with the following ways.
Step 1: Launch the program and Click "Add" button to load source video files to be converted:

Step 2: make settings: click “format” drop list to select “Blackberry MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)” as output video format. Set your video size and quality under the preview window.

Step 3: Click "Convert" button to start to convert video format.
After the file is converted, just transfer the file to the videos folder on your BlackBerry through the Desktop Manager and enjoy your newly created video. By the way, the file converted can not only used on Blackberry Storm, but also other Blackberry phones such as Blackberry Pearl, Bold, curve.

Ok, until now you have got the whole idea of how to do with it. But you may encounter some other problems when doing it. Below are my problems and solutions I have collected after long time practice, list here to share with you.

I think there's a virus in this Program!!??
There's no virus in Nidesoft. One person reported being infected by Backdoor.Graybird, but if you got it from the site I linked to in my post it did not come with the download. If you downloaded it from somewhere else on the web then I am not sure. Probably malware/spamers have uploaded it to phishing sites to snag people. Always make sure you download things from their original website, or from a trusted location like download.com, and always run antivirus and scan stuff you are installing.

The higher the resolution, the better the video quality?
Not necessarily at all. If you’re converting a video that is 640×480 and convert it to the same 640×480 resolution then all you’re leaving is more work for your phone. I understand the login behind it, the pixels get compressed and shop up more clear and sharper. But if you compress these pixels in the conversion process wouldn’t the same thing happen? So why not just convert straight to a 480×320 and save your Storm the trouble?

The higher the bitrate, the better the quality?
Yes, that is true. However, the higher the bitrate, the larger your video files. So it is not necessary to raise your bitrate very high when you feel your video quality is fine. I have spent hours working different settings and the best results have hovered around 1200 kbps.

Where do I find the files?
You may change the output directory by press "browse" button, or the destination will be set automatically at C:\temp, you may press “open” to find the files.

Can I get ringtones into my Blackberry with the above idea?
Yes, you can. You may get ringtones in that way both from DVD and video. But you need to make a little different settings. As Blackberry audio support .mp3 format, you need to select “Blackberry MP3 Music (*.mp3)” as the output file format. Then drag the converted file into ringtones folder in your memory card.

I'm trying to convert a movie purchased from itunes but the Nidesoft software gives me an error. When I view the details of the error it tells me not enough space on my drive. I have plenty of space. Now when I tried it with a movie (same extension .m4v) that was ripped in the past, it works. Any suggestions??
Meet DRM.
Itunes store video files are encoded with fairplay digital rights management that means they will only play on Itunes, Ipod, or AppleTV. I have found another thread to solve this problem, go to: http://www.forums.crackberry.com/f135/howto-put-drm-protected-files-your-storm-pics-118585/

Why are there black bars on my video?
Even though it looks "widescreen" the storm is native 4:3 not 16:9. So unless you want to stretch everybody and make them tall and skinny you will still have the black bars.

Is there a way to make it fullscreen without the black bars?
Yes, you can crop the file when you do the transcode, but I haven't done it with Nidesoft Blackberry video converter yet. I'll post it when I figure it out.

Ok, that is my details and I would keep updating my thread when got more solutions.

Enjoy DVD and Video with new BlackBerry Storm, Curve, Pearl, Bold, etc.

BlackBerry company has released a series of mobile phone such as BlackBerry pearl, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Curve. The Blackberry Storm is among the latest additions to the BlackBerry mobile phone family. Since its release, it has storm the markets with its impeccable features. why is it so popular and what's the features of BlackBerry Storm?
The Blackberry Storm has probably the greatest touch-screen of all the phones made so far, because when you touch it, you really push the display, like a normal button. The technology is called Click-Through and currently is exclusive for the Blackberry Storm.
Also, it has something special for all the text lovers. When writing text messages, you can actually hold the phone in landscape mode and use the QWERTY keyboard. Fortunately, the phone will figure by itself if you hold it in portrait or landscape mode and switch keyboards, also the keys will glow when pushed.
The Blackberry Storm will run Blackberry's OS 4.7, the latest version, which is cool, because it comes with supports for lots of email accounts, Blackberry Enterprise, Lotus notes, IMAP4, POP3, Microsoft Exchange and much more.
Until now, Blackberry has been known for its business devices, however this one tries to attract all kinds of users, from businessman to music fans. Its functions has ranged from business to entertainment, it features a Media Sync software, that supports a plentitude of file formats, like MP3, WMA, AAC, MPEG4, WMV and H.264. Also the Media Sync can synchronize with iTunes. On the other hand, It features 128MB of flash memory and 1GB of integrated memory, which can be expanded via the microSD / SDHC memory card slot to up to 16GB, large numbers of videos and songs can be instored.

Beside BlackBerry Storm, other BlackBerry phones such as BlackBerry Pearl, curve and bold also support media functions. Here are some information of BlackBerry video and audio file formats and parameters. These references may help you to get perfect video and music files into your Blackberry phone.
BlackBerry Storm 9500:
support MP4, M4A, 3GP, 3GP2, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA and MP3 formats.
Recommended video format: MP4, 480*360 pixels, up to 2 Mbps, 30 frames per second.
BlackBerry Curve 8900
support MP4, M4A, MOV, 3GP, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3 formats.
Recommended video format: MP4, 480*360 pixels, up to 1500 kbps, 24 frames per second.
BlackBerry Bold 9000
support MP4, M4A, MOV, 3GP, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3 formats.
Recommended video format: MP4, 480x320 pixels, up to 1500 kbps, 24 frames per second.
BlackBerry Pearl 8100, 8110, 8120, 8220 smartphones
Support MP4, M4A, MOV, 3GP, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3 formats.
Recommended video format: MP4, 240x320 pixels, up to 768 kbps, 24 frames per second.

Then I wil give you two powerful software to experience BlackBerry entertainment: Nidesoft BlackBerry Video Converter and Nidesoft DVD to BlackBerry Converter.
Nidesoft BlackBerry Video Converter is powerful and wonderful Movie Converter for BlackBerry mobile phone. It could convert video and audio files to all BlackBerry movie and music format. The source files formats that could be converted by this BlackBerry Video Converter include: MPEG, VOB, MP4, M4V, WMV, ASF, AVI, 3GP, FLV, YouTube, etc.. Additionally, you could use this BlackBerry Converter to convert MOD to BlackBerry video. To free downlaod it here and have a try: http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/blackberry-video-converter.exe
and you may get more information about it here: http://www.nidesoft.com/blackberry-video-converter.html
After download and install this software, you may get video into your BlackBerry this way:
Step 1: Click “add” button to import your videos from your computer.
Step 2: click the “format” drop-down list to select the BlackBerry format
Step 3: click the “convert” button and start the conversion.
Ok, after the conversion finished, you may get the movies and music for your BlackBerry.
Nidesoft DVD to BlackBerry Converter is an excellent BlackBerry Video tool which could convert DVD to BlackBerry video and music: 3GP, MP4, MP3, etc. This powerful BlackBerry Converter supports all the BlackBerry family, including BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry 8830, BlackBerry 8820, BlackBerry Pearl 8800, BlackBerry Curve 8300, and even the new released Storm! You may free download it here and have a try: http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/dvd-to-blackberry-converter.exe and get more information about it here: http://www.nidesoft.com/dvd-to-blackberry-converter.html

After download and install it, you may get videos and music into your phone in this way:
Step 1: Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive. Click the Open DVD button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie, open it and selsect tiles and chapters you want.
Step 2: Click the “profile” button and select the BlackBerry format.
Step 3: Click the “convert” button to start the conversion.
In few minutes, the conversion will be completed and you may get the videos and music for your phone from DVD. Now, you may enjoy videos and music with the BlackBerry Storm.
BlackBerry storm is not only a convenient business phone but also a great media phone. With Nidesoft you may enjoy your Blackberry comfortable and easily.

iPhone killer? - BlackBerry Storm released: Enjoy your DVD and Video with it!

There is no doubt that the iPhone has changed the smartphone world and forced cellphone manufacturers to sit back and rethink how they create new devices and features and how they can compete. Nokia recently announced a very compelling entertainment-focused iPhone rival and Blackberry will launches an stronger competitor - BlackBerry Storm. With the nearby publishmet of BlackBerry Storm a new phone war is approaching. Could BlackBerry Storm be an Apple iPhone killer? And who will win in this battle, the Apple iPhone 3G or the BlackBerry Storm?

Screen
The BlackBerry Storm features a high-resolution 360 x 480 touchscreen, which gives it a 4:3 aspect ratio akin to older TVs, versus the iPhone 3G's 320 x 480 touchscreen which is a 3:2 ratio. Not much to choose between the two, though.
Keyboard
The Storm offers several virtual keyboard options, including standard QWERTY in landscape mode and SureType in portrait mode
The iPhone offers several keypads (QWERTY, numeric, symbols) in both landscape and portrait modes.
Camera
The BlackBerry Storm features a modest 3.2 megapixel camera, still beating the iPhone's two megapixel affair. Additionally, it supports video recording out of the box.
Navigation
The Storm uses BlackBerry Maps and offers Touch Screen Navigation. The iPhone features Google Maps and navigation.
Communications
Both units handle 3G where available, feature Wi-Fi connectivity, have GPS and Bluetooth. The Storm's Bluetooth implementation is better than the iPhone's.
Web Browsing
Both units feature web browsers, though as far as I'm aware exact information about the Storm's software isn't yet public. Various forums have suggested it's based on "WebKit", which is what Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome (among others) are based on.
Operating System
The Storm appears to be running BlackBerry OS 4.7, whereas the iPhone runs OS X.
Storage
The Storm features 1GB of internal memory, 128MB of Flash memory, and support for microSD expansion cards up to 16GB. The storage of iPhone is 16 GB, but no expansion.
Multimedia
We all know that iPhone 3G is the best iPod Apple has ever created. iPhone 3G supports a wide range of audio formats including AAC, MP3, WAV and video format MPEG-4 , while the Storm pipping the iPhone with WMA and WMA ProPlus audio formats. And video formats, the Storm also able to handle WMA files. The music and video playback experience of iPhone is awesome. We can image that the experience of enjoy video and music with Strom is more wonderful.
Then I wil give you two powerful software to let you enjoy such wonderful experience: Nidesoft BlackBerry Video Converter and Nidesoft DVD to BlackBerry Converter.
Nidesoft BlackBerry Video Converter is powerful and wonderful Movie Converter for BlackBerry mobile phone. It could convert video and audio files to your BlackBerry movie and music format. The source files formats that could be converted by this BlackBerry Video Converter include: MPEG, VOB, MP4, M4V, WMV, ASF, AVI, 3GP, FLV, YouTube, etc.. Additionally, you could use this BlackBerry Converter to convert MOD to BlackBerry video. To free downlaod it here and have a try: http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/blackberry-video-converter.exe
and you may get more information about it here: http://www.nidesoft.com/blackberry-video-converter.html

After download and install this software, you may get video into your BlackBerry this way:
Step 1: Click “add” button to import your videos from your computer.
Step 2: click the “format” drop-down list to select the BlackBerry format
Step 3: click the “convert” button and start the conversion.
Ok, after the conversion finished, you may get the movies and music for your BlackBerry.
Nidesoft DVD to BlackBerry Converter is an excellent BlackBerry Video tool which could convert DVD to BlackBerry video and music: 3GP, MP4, MP3, etc. This powerful BlackBerry Converter supports all the BlackBerry family, including BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry 8830, BlackBerry 8820, BlackBerry Pearl 8800, BlackBerry Curve 8300, and even the new released Storm! You may free download it here and have a try: http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/dvd-to-blackberry-converter.exe and get more information about it here: http://www.nidesoft.com/dvd-to-blackberry-converter.html
After download and install it, you may get videos and music into your phone in this way:
Step 1: Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive. Click the Open DVD button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie, open it and selsect tiles and chapters you want.
Step 2: Click the “profile” button and select the BlackBerry format.
Step 3: Click the “convert” button to start the conversion.
In few minutes, the conversion will be completed and you may get the videos and music for your phone from DVD. Now, you may enjoy videos and music with the BlackBerry Storm.
The iPhone 3G is a great media phone, and BlackBerry Storm equally matched. Under the severe competition in this area, the mobile phone develops quickly and the mobile phone device is more and more advanced. With the quick developmet of mobile phone technology, the Nidesoft will also improved in the future.

Some Problems of Ripping DVD to ipod Players

Some Problems of Ripping DVD to ipod Players

Are you still confused when facing your favorite DVD collections but have no way to convert them to your ipod player? Are you unhappy because you can’t enjoy your favorite movies and music anytime and anywhere? Don’t worry, this guide will help you to solve all your problems by introducing effective ways of ripping DVD to your ipod players.

How to rip DVD movies to ipod players?
Step 1: download the Nidesoft DVD to iPod Converter and load DVD movies
a. Download and install the Nidesoft DVD to iPod Converter
and learn more about it
b. Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive
c. Click the Open DVD button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie and open it, select the VIDEO_TS folder and click ok. Or, click the Load IFO button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie, open the DVD folder, open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files and click ok.


After add your movie, you can choose any titles or chapters you want to convert by click the check boxes before them. In this way, you can choose to convert DVD with the entire movie or just convert one or several chapters.

Step 2: output settings
Audio Track: Select an audio track from the available audio tracks of your DVD movie.
Subtitle: Common DVD movies have several subtitles such as English, Chinese, French, etc. You can choose one language you prefer or select “None” to delete subtitle.
Profile: Press the button and show the list of profiles, you can select the profiles you want. For example, if you want to convert your DVD movies to your iPod video player, click the “iPod video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)”.


Note: you can choose the profile according to your player. For example, if you want to rip DVD movies to ipod Nano, select ipod Nano MPEG-4 (*.mp4) which is the most suitable.
Settings: If you want to customize the output video’s quality, you can click the settings button to open the settings window and set video resolution, video bitrate, audio channels, audio bitrate
Destination: Click the browse button and select a location on your computer for the output video files.

Step 3: start conversion
After the settings finished, you can just click the convert button to start the conversion. You can view the conversion speed at the bottom. The conversion will be completed in few minutes.

How to edit video during the conversion?

Merge: A regular DVD movie has several chapters, you can convert several chapters into one by click the blank box before merge into one file. Click the check box before any chapter you want and merge them into one file.

Crop: Cut off the black edges of the DVD movie to watch in full screen by click the crop button. A window will be opened and you can customize the size of screen by your will.


Effect: Click the Effect button to set special effect including gray effect and negative effect. You can also set the brightness, contrast, saturation and volume.


Trim: as you have selected the clips to convert, you can trim any segment of the clips by click the trim button. You can move the slide below the screen or set the start time and end time to trim any segment.


If you still have other problems, you can get more information on the
Nidesoft website
Or sent emails to: support@nidesoft.com

Tips: Rip official DVD movie is illegal, so make sure you are authorized before you rip them

What format does Apple family products support and how to get high quality videos and songs into Apple player

Recently Apple family has released popular media players such as iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, iPhone and apple TV. You may want to get your favorite movies and songs in your player from DVD, YouTube or any other ways. However, the Apple family products are different from each other. They support different audio and video formats. If you want to get your favorite movies and songs in your player you should know what format your player support. Now I will give you the detail information about their supported audio and video formats so that you can get perfect videos and songs into your Apple player.

iPhone
iPhone player support the audio formats: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), WAV
iPhone player video supports MPEG-4 format: 640 *480 pixels, up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, mp4, and .mov file formats

iPod Touch
iPod Touch also support the audio formats: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), WAV
iPod Touch video support MPEG-4 format: 640 *480 pixels, up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, mp4, and .mov file formats. It also support for 480p and 576p component TV out.

iPod Nano and iPod Classic support the same audio and video formats as iPhone.

iPod Shuffle support AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps) and WAV. It doesn’t support any video format.

Apple TV
Apple TV support the audio formats: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), WAV
Apple TV videos support MPEG-4 format: Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 720 by 432 pixels at 30 fps) in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats


OK, after acquire those information you can get movies and songs into your Apple player from DVD, YouTube and other format videos. If you want to get files from DVD, recommend you use Nidesoft DVD to iPod Converter as this software has full functions that enable you convert your DVD files to your Apple player and set your video and audio quality during conversion. You may free download this software here and have a try:
Nidesoft DVD to ipod Converter
You may also get more information about it here:
Nidesoft DVD to ipod Converter

After install this software you may convert your DVD files to your player in this step by step way:
Step 1: load DVD movies.
A. Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive.
B. Click the Open DVD button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie and open it. After add your movie, you can click any title or chapter to preview it in the preview window on the right. Then you can choose any titles or chapters you want to convert by click the check boxes before them. In this way, you can choose to convert DVD with the entire movie or just convert one or several chapters.

Step 2: you may customize the output videos more specific
Profile: click the button and show the list of profiles, you may view the profile for all the apple products, choose one according to your iPod player. For example, if you want to convert DVD files to iPod Touch, you may click “iPod Touch Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)”
Settings: you have acquired detail information about each apple player’s supported format. Click setting button, you may set the video resolution and bitrate, audio channels and bitrate. In this way, you may customize high quality of your output files.


Step 3: start the conversion
After setting your videos, you may click the Convert button and soon you will get your perfect videos for your Apple player, just enjoy it.

Also, if you want to get movies and songs from YouTube video or other format video, you may use Nidesoft video converter to convert it. Free download it here and have a try:
Nidesoft Video Converterand get more information about it here:
Nidesoft Video Converter
you may also get the guide of how to
Use this software here

Ok, if your need further information about converting videos to Apple players you may send email to me: support@nidesoft.com. It’s my pleasure to help you solve your problem

Google Phone G1 - Begin to enjoy your DVD and Video with its powerful functions!

On Oct. 22, Google Inc has unveiled its first phone T-Mobile G1, informally known as the Google phone. Based on the Android platform, the T-Mobile HTC Dream G1 phone is the first phone to be powered by Google’s mobile operating system. Everyone all over the word pay attention to this phone, so do I. I got that this phone have the below main functions:

Search Google phone lets you to search for everything- from images to news, weather, products and much more. You may get the information you want, right on your Android-powered phone.
Map
Google Maps on Android gives you both map and satellite views of the area you're looking at, using an interface that feels just like it does on the desktop. Scroll in a direction to see more of the map, or zoom in and out by tapping the magnifying glass.
Youtube
You may access millions of YouTube videos, right from your phone.
Gmail
You may send gmail on phone, gmail on Android shows new messages in your inbox as they arrive, you needn’t to refresh or check mail.
Calendar
Calendar allows you to switch between Day view, Week view, Month view and Agenda view, giving you the exact amount of information you need at the moment you need it.
Talk
Talk on Android allows you to easily switch between chats or even create a group chat with several friends at a time.
Contacts
you may contact with your friends, family with call, email or send an IM or text message.
Entertainment
This phone support multiple audio formats including MP3, M4A, AMR, WMA, MIDI, WAV, OGG Vorbis and video formats including H.264, streaming, 3GPP, MPEG4, and Codec 3GP. The music player of this phone is so nice, best since iPhone. Thus we may enjoy our favorite movies and music anytime and anywhere with this portable phone. We just need to drag and drop video and audio files onto a memory card. I was deeply fascinated by this phone of its entertainment function. Then I also got ways of how to get movies and music from DVDs and other video files.
Way 1: how to get movies and music from DVDs for Goole Phone?
To get movies and music on google phone, I recommend you wonderful software. It is Nidesoft DVD to Google Phone Converter. This converter is the first professional DVD Converter software which could convert DVD to Google Phone format in high quality at fast speed. You may free download it here and have a try:
Nidesoft dvd to google phone converter
Get more information about this software here

After download and install this powerful software, only three steps are needed to complete the conversion.
Step 1: Insert the DVD disc into the DVD Drive. Click the Open DVD button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie and open it. Now you could click the Titles and Chapters to preview the movie sections as you like. If you want to convert some of them, you could check it.
Step 2: click the “profile” button and show the list of profiles, you just need to click the “Google Phone Video (*.mp4)” profile.
Step 3: click “convert” button to start the conversion. The conversion will be completed in few minutes.
Tips: this converter have full functions that enable you edit your video during the conversion. You may edit your video with crop, trim and effect functions.
Way 2: how to get movies and music from other videos for Goole Phone?
To get movies and music from other format video, I will recommend you another powerful software. It is Nidesoft Google Phone Video Converter. This software is first and best Google Phone Converter software which could convert all video files (AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, FLV, XviD, MOV, YouTube, etc.) to Google Phone video and audio format to support G1 Android system with fast conversion speed and excellent quality.
free download it here and have a try

And get more information about it here


After download and install this converter, you may convert your videos to Google Phone in this way:
Step 1: Click “add” button to import your video from your computer. Nidesoft Google Phone Video Converter supports batch conversion, so you can import multiple files at one time.
Step 2: click the “format” drop-down list to select the format. Here you just need to select “Google Phone Video MP4 (*.mp4) format.
Step 3: click the “convert” button and start the conversion. The conversion will be finished in a short time and you can view the speed at the bottom.
Notes: you can customize the output video by a few clicks on the right. You can set the video size, choose the crop mode to cut off the black edges, set the video and audio quality.
The first Google Phone wowed, yet still there is plenty of room for improvement. For example, there’s no standard 3.5mm headphone jack (only a proprietary USB-based port) and no stereo Bluetooth support. You have to buy an adapter while listening to music or watching videos. It has no video camera and doesn’t support video recording. However, I am optimistic with the second version. The G1 will improve in the future, so does the Nidesoft software. Then we can enjoy the video and songs on phone more convenient. I am looking forward to.