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Try soundtaxi http://www.soundtaxi.info/ you can import as many tracks as you want, select convert and sit back while it does it's thing. Also works with DRM protected tracks from iTunes, Napster, Nokia, Audible etc. And the pro version will also strip the drm from iTunes TV shows and movies leaving you with a nice AVI file to play on whatever you like.

I've played iTunes + tracks on a Nokia N95-8GB before with no conversion needed, just drag and drop onto the phone, update music library and they play straight away.

@Andi and pji I'm not knocking what you say but if you said

"I've been doing this using a sftp server and sftpdrive/expandrive" or "You just install your own server and connect it as Volume via SSHFS (MacFusion). It's really easy"

to most people they wouldnt have a clue what you were on about. Online storage solutions like this are for the masses, it makes it quick and simple. Even those with the technical knowledge to do it themselves might prefere a solution like zumodrive, sugarsync box.net etc becasuse it's hassle free. You go away on a business trip, try to access the server back home and find out it's gone down, you're screwed until you get back. With most online solutions when they do go down it's usually only for a few hours at the most.

Just managed to get an invite to try it out, only been playing with it for a short while but my early impression is mixed. It is clean and simple to use but the pricing for what is essentially just online backup puts me off a bit especially as it's still beta. I've recently been trying out sugarsync which will keep any selected folders on your computer in sync with ones on the cloud as well as having a section that can just be used as online storage, and its about half the price for a large storage package, plus the iphone app is prety slick.

The only problem I've had with M4E 2.7 on the E71 is whenever I swap sims between phones it looses its access point. Both my N95-8GB after swapping sims and switching on connect and sync fine but the E71 always asks to define the access point and then I have to set the sync schedule as it will have defaulted back to manual.

Interesting artice as I'm a big audio book listener. I may give it a go just out of curiosity but I'll proabably stick with Audible books and AudibleAir for listening on my phone as it gives me direct access to all previous purchases at a choice of file size/quality. It is nice to see someone else venturing into the mobile audiobook market but I'll save my judgment until after I've tried it.

I see your point. I know a few mobile power user and average users, of those averave users the ones that would consider paying for email too expensive are the ones that would also find setting up an email account on a phone too difficult or would have no need for it so wouldn't use it if even if it was free. I can only speak from experience of the people I know. I did set email up on a friends phone once and as they were already paying for data it wouldn't have cost them anything but they never used it because they couldnt find a need for it.

A free add funded service is fine if it's replacing something thats expensive (for Ewan this seems to be the case) but as I currently pay £5 per month for "unlimited" mobile data and within this I also have exchange email pushed to my phone, receiving adds would be a huge price to pay to save a few quid each month.

If you can get a decent amount of calls and texts on a different network I'd do that and leave Voda. I left orange after 8 years because they couldn't sort me out with a text package big enough to fit my needs, then I gave them another chance 12 months later only to be screwed for a £25 phonecall that should have been free. Reward the networks with your business that have good service and plans, ditch those that don't. I've been with 3 the last 3.5 years and this would have never happened with them, even with their x-series 1gig fair use policy you can go upto 2gig on occasion without being charged extra.