From: "Geo." 

"Randall Parker"

wrote in message news:464fd1aa$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> You don't have to buy your cellphone from the company that you buy your
> cellular service from, right? So why wouldn't cellphone makers offer
> options like FM?

Actually you do to some degree. Not all celphones are supported on all cel networks.

> Also, if you take pictures with your cellphone do some cellphones have a
> USB or other jack so that you can download the pictures to a PC without
> going paying to send the pictures thru the cellular network?

Yes, the cable for mine was $50 with a CD and if you use some software
found on the internet you can not only get the pictures you can upload your
own ringtones and even access the GPS information and log files. The
software they include with the cable doesn't do much of this but will let
you maintain your contact list much easier than you can from the phone
buttons.

Oh, I've converted full movies and uploaded them to my phone as well (it's
got a gig of ram) but you really can't watch a movie that way, it's fun to
show folks though. Watching the beginning of "Pitch Black" with
the crash scene is pretty cool on any screen.

Geo.

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