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Question: How do I turn songs on my computer into ringtones for my blackberry?

Answer 1: It’s actually very easy. Once you create the small files for ringtones – you simply use the BB desktop software to move them to the ringtone folder.

Answer 2: My brother in law pointed me to tuneusin.com – Go there, click ringtones, not ringtone settings, just ringtones. browse through them. They are great funny excellent, and of course crappy at turns. play one, click save and save as a ring tone. Once you have it click it again in your ringtone list and select at ringtone for the phone.

Answer 3: Download audacity – a free sound editing program. Open a song file you might have. You can use audacity to select a loop and crop it. About 10 seconds long. Save that as an MP3.

Connect your blackberry to your computer, open Blackberry desktop software and open the media manager. You can use that to copy the new MP3 ringtone you created to your blackberry’s ‘ringtones’ folder. Now you should be able to use it on blackberry as a ringtone.

This article is unbelievable:

According to sheriff’s department spokesman Maj. Robert Hills, Ronald Long fired a shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means. Investigators said Ronald Long believed his family was inside the house.

I wonder what the better places to buy TV’s are. I heard BestBuy or Circuit City. Can you guys give me some advice?

Answer 1: I know its not LCD/Plasma but last month I bought a brand new LED DLP, and the best price by FAR was on Amazon.com (from them directly, not using them as a middle man). They were a good $500-$600 cheaper (plus no tax, free shipping) than best buy/PC Richards, and neither of them would come down.

I have also heard good things about The High Definition Store. They didn’t carry the model I wanted when I was shopping, but I see now that their price is closer to Amazon’s than anywhere else I looked. And I have heard very good things about their customer service.

Answer 2: I bought a new HDTV in April and got and very good deal online at Walmart. Try to “google” your model number & brand. You should get a lot of links to different prices.

Answer 3: I was going to buy online but read a few horror stories about return policies and issues with shipping, so I opted for Best Buy. However, I went in with a flier and told them they had to come close to the price or I’d order online and let them sell a service plan to someone else. They came within $50.00 of the price and then I just returned the expensive warrantee within 15 days after I made sure it was working and no issues with it. After I figured out shipping and taxes, I was about where I would’ve been ordering online without worrying about anything happening in shipping or having issues with returning it.
Not guaranteed, but if you’re persistant and a bit obnoxious with the hourlies, you may luck out.

Answer 4: I bought my Plasma from Amazon: Free shipping, no sales tax, and it was $400 cheaper than Best Buy. TV arrived 5 days before the estimated arrival date in excellent condition. I noticed that the price on Amazon was less for about a day (went right back up) and they refunded me the difference. That’s good for 30 days after your purchase, you just have to send them an email. My father just purchased his LCD TV from Amazon, too. I noticed that a few internet sites were a little cheaper, but they charged for shipping or had a shady (to me) return policy.

Answer 5: I bought my plasma at Sixth Avenue Electronics – they have multiple stores in NJ and one on LI. Better prices than Best Buy et al.

Answer 6: They have some great prices at BJ’s and Sam’s club. Anyone ever have any trouble with them? Costco adds 2 years on the warranty at no extra price.

Answer 7: I’d suggest Pricegrabber.com — It’s a list site, which links all retailers with their lowest prices for that particular model. It does your homework for you — you can’t beat that.
I recently bought a 40″ Samsung LCD 1080P for $1500 flat using that site. BestBuy, CircuitCity and Newegg couldn’t even come within $250 of the price I got.

I thought my TV technology blog was fairly specific, but this HDMI blog is about as focused as they come. This site’s categories include HDMI Adapters, Cables, Equalizers, Switches, and HDMI to DVI.

The site is the future home of an online HDMI store, but for now they have suggestions and links to the right products. For example the post on long HDMI cables tells us some of what we need when buying a cable (like double shielding for maximum performance). In the HDMI adapter section, we have adpters for HDMI female to DVI male as well as HDMI female to HDMI male. My last example will be the 4 port HDMI switch that supports resolutions from 480p & 720p to 1080i &1080p.

I bring this site to your attention because if you’re planning to buy HDMI cables, you want to go to a specialist.