Shout About Mobiles

A while ago, Sony had promised us that they were going to improve the PC Suite system that they send out with their phones. (To be honest, I am one of the few people that is actually happy with what I have already!) However, quite a few people who first use the Sony software find it hard to work, often getting lost trying to find their way around it. (I think that this is true of all PC Suites no matter who the manufactor is – but I could be wrong!)

Now that all mobile phones are fast becoming more than just a mobile phone (they are a link to the office, a storage facility for memories, ways to keep track of the kids, a directional tool to get yourself somewhere and even find yourself when you are lost!),  it is about time the manufactors went out of their way to make it easy and understandable for us to transfers music, pictures and videos from our phones to our computers (and visa-versa).

And now Sony Ericsson have shown us their latest attempt at an easier to use PC Suite -it is known simply as ‘Media Go’.

This new software is designed to change the format of your music, so that the music is a more phone usable format. This will mean no more running around the internet like a head-less chicken trying to find a file converter just so you can have your favorate song as your ringtone. ‘Media Go’ will not only save you time and money because you won’t have to download different pieces of software, it will also give you Sony as a point of contact for helping you make it work (third party pieces of software from the ‘net can and do go wrong, with  noone to help you!).

The new application is branded Sony rather than Sony Ericsson, and needs to be installed alongside the PC Suite rather than as a stand alone piece of software. However, the new software is still only in beta, so lets hope that they change this for when it gets released.

Good things about it so far are:

• the transfer speeds that it offers – I heard that it can get tranference of about 1mb in 30 seconds, which is great.
• Sony have recognised that nearly everyone uses iPods these days and that means they also use iTunes – so Sony has designed this new software to go grab your libary form iTunes for you.

In a nut shell, from what I have seen so far, it really does seem that Sony has gotten their idea working right from start, with only a few things to iron out before it is perfect.