Motorola SLVR L7 review roundup

Cingular began selling Motorola's SLVR L7 just three days ago, but critics have wasted little time checking it out, and the net is already being flooding with reviews. Not surprisingly, a lot of the reviews reach similar conclusions: stylish phone, so-so music player. After all, the SLVR L7's iTunes implementation is basically the same as the one on the much-beloved ROKR E1, meaning it's limited to just 100 songs. That hasn't stopped Cingular from promoting iTunes as the main feature behind the SLVR; promotional materials and the phone's retail box proclaim "iTunes Cingular" in big letters, with the phone's model name in almost invisble text. However, we suspect that most buyers will know what they're looking for. This isn't the ROKR, and people will be buying this as a SLVR first, and a musicphone second, no matter what Cingular says or does. Here are the reviews we've found so far. Be sure to add any others that you've found in the comments so we can keep the list up to date!

• Chicago Tribune
• The New York Times
• iLounge
• PC Magazine
• CNet
• Wireless NewsFactor

[cmoney @ Feb 2nd 2006 5:07PM]

Here's another review:

http://www.mobiledia.com/reviews/motorola/slvr-l7/page1.html

I just got one since they're $299 without a contract and wanted a new phone. It's pretty old technology, same old sucky Motorola interface, low-quality VGA camera, but it's nice looking and the built in speaker sounds pretty good. It'll come in handy when I'm in a hotel room without a CD player and I wanna listen to some tunes. Plus hooking up to iTunes is nice as is the ability to play my iTMS songs.

One question: the review I linked to mentioned support for Media Net Live Ticker, anybody find a way to activate this? I haven't found it yet.

[michael sorbara @ Feb 2nd 2006 5:30PM]

I own a prototype of this phone, and enjoy the Uncapped itunes, a bit nicer camera. and the fact that ive had this phone since mid november. i told you engadget that it had itunes. now to convince my father to bring my home the ROKR 2 ill send in pics once i recieve it in a few weeks/=.

[mossop @ Feb 2nd 2006 5:58PM]

Your right, they did skimp on the camer, they should have added the 1.3 mp camera from the V3i.

Look out for 1GB transflash/micro-sd from sandisk, that will give you 200 songs (in theory) they seem to be available in the US already.

[M-Nemesis @ Feb 2nd 2006 6:51PM]

Let's all say this together...MOTO STILL CRAP

Luckily this one is just thin enough to level my desk...

BAD BAD BAD UI...get a clue...

[cassius @ Feb 2nd 2006 7:37PM]

MOTOFUKR! I want one.. preferably without iTunes, I dont need a music phone anyway..

[Scrunter @ Feb 2nd 2006 8:02PM]

Here's another:

http://www.cameraphonefocus.co.uk/motorola/motorola_itunes_take_2_slvr_l7.php

What's the deal with the headphone jack?

[Scrunter @ Feb 2nd 2006 8:03PM]

Err, let's try that again...

http://www.cameraphonefocus.co.uk/motorola/motorola_itunes_take_2_slvr_l7.php

[Cullen Dudas @ Feb 2nd 2006 10:01PM]

I was at bestbuy buying a new phone and the guy pulled it out of his pocket, well he said that it scratches worse than the nano, this thing has so many minor scratches

[Chris Taylor @ Feb 3rd 2006 12:37AM]

Sadly I wont be getting the slvr even though I wanted it soooo badly. First teh data plans from cingular suck compared to sprint and no evdo like it was supposed to have but they took it out (I could care less about the vga camera) The second bigger issue is the itunes. this was supposed to just have an MP3 player I dont have itunes and never will have itunes so I can never put music on this phone if I understand this properly. not thanks. and I SO desperately want a super slim BT Memory card color phone like this :-(

Chris Taylor

[ak @ Feb 3rd 2006 12:19PM]

Does it still have these problems that the RAZR had? I truly hate the RAZR phone book.

"The stratospherically stupid address book, for example, can handle only one phone number for each person. You must create separate entries for "Mom home," "Mom work," "Mom cell" and so on. (Hello, Moto? We're not in 1970 anymore.)

And if several friends' names begin with the same letter, you can't type SY to highlight Sylvia; that would be too obvious. Instead, pressing S takes you to the beginning of the S's. Then you have to walk through them all with the arrow key until you reach Sylvia. (Moto added a Search dialog box in some versions of the software, but it's still clunky.)

Worse, the Razr actually has two address books: one in the phone and another on the internal account information card. Good luck trying to figure out why you can't associate ringer sounds, photos or one-digit
speed-dial keys with certain contacts. (It's becase they're on the card list but not the phone list.)"

[ak @ Feb 3rd 2006 12:19PM]

Does it still have these problems that the RAZR had? I truly hate the RAZR phone book.

"The stratospherically stupid address book, for example, can handle only one phone number for each person. You must create separate entries for "Mom home," "Mom work," "Mom cell" and so on. (Hello, Moto? We're not in 1970 anymore.)

And if several friends' names begin with the same letter, you can't type SY to highlight Sylvia; that would be too obvious. Instead, pressing S takes you to the beginning of the S's. Then you have to walk through them all with the arrow key until you reach Sylvia. (Moto added a Search dialog box in some versions of the software, but it's still clunky.)

Worse, the Razr actually has two address books: one in the phone and another on the internal account information card. Good luck trying to figure out why you can't associate ringer sounds, photos or one-digit
speed-dial keys with certain contacts. (It's becase they're on the card list but not the phone list.)"

[djaladin @ Feb 3rd 2006 5:49PM]

I have the Slvr, and it's great. Yes, it's limited to 100 songs through iTunes, but you can copy music straight into the audio folder after hooking the phone up to your computer. You can access these songs by going to "My Stuff/Sounds" from the phone's main menu, then choose the menu (four lines) key and "switch storage device" to the memory card. Then it plays through Moto's built in audio player, though the iTunes interface is better organized.

As for the phonebook, the Razr's phonebook (as well as the Slvr's, V557's, and most of Motorola's for that matter) does not have the flaws you mentioned. You just have to set it up right. Go to the phone book, menu key, setup, and change the search method to "find" instead of "jump to". Now you can type in multiple letters for one name and the phonebook searches to the nearest matched entry like you want it to.

As for multiple numbers for one contact, this can be done too. From the same setup section, go to "view" and change it to "primary contacts" instead of "all contacts". Then you can enter multiple numbers for one given name. You designate which one is the primary contact by highlighting the name in the phonebook, menu key, and choose "set primary".

And for the phone reading both sim and phone contacts at once, there doesn't seem to be a way around this that I have found. But the fact is, the phonebook can work just as you would like it to if you'd take some time to learn the functions of the phone. It's customizable for everyone's needs instead of just making it the same method for every user.

[Patrick @ Feb 4th 2006 6:25PM]

Mind if I ask some questions about this phone?
1) Voice Dial - does it recognize speech, or do you have to record names like the RAZR v3?
2) Is the screen glass or plastic? Does it get greasy? Does it scratch easily?
3) Are there any UI or feature improvements over the RAZR?
3) Lastly, if I don't really care about iTunes that much, should I get the RAZR or SLVR?!?
Thanks a lot!!

[Jack Campbell @ Feb 5th 2006 2:34AM]

I've had mine now for 3-days, and absolutely love it. I've been waiting for a quad band world phone to adopt in my international travels, one with iTunes capability, sexy looks and tiny size... Bluetooth... good ergonomics. I am not a feature junky. These are the things I want, and are the features I actually use. Everything else is superfluous to me. The inbound call clarity is excellent. My calling partners all say my own voice sounds clear and crisp. And, the GSM performance beats a variety of prior phones I have tried locally from Sony/Ericsson and Nokia. In other words, I love the thing and could not be more pleased. This is the phone that has finally moved my primary service from Verizon (CDMA) to GSM. And, on a side note, it has relegated my iPod nano to duty as an exquisitely styled desk accessory... The 100 songs I can put on my SLVR are more than enough to keep me jammin' for a couple of days between playlist mods. I heartily recoomend this phone to anyone interested in music + strong fundamental phone performance + amazing (traffic stopping) good looks.

[Deebers @ Jan 15th 2007 10:24AM]

Hi there. I had a RazrV3 and it got ruined, so I thought why not try this, cause it DOES LOOK pretty nice. You must have had the phone for a while now, are you still lovin it? I don't know how many options I'll actually USE, I'm mainly a text feind as I'm not allowed personal phone calls at work, but the standby time reported etc. blew me away! What do you think of this phone today? Please don't tell me you've already replaced with another model! I love phones, HATE wasting money!
Dina

[spam @ Feb 6th 2006 7:42PM]

When will Cingular FINALLY have the RAZR V3i in stock? Every time I ask them, I hear "in a few weeks."

[glw @ Feb 8th 2006 2:03AM]

will the new 1gb microsd card work with the slvr v7? and support 200 songs?

[Jay Dallas @ Feb 9th 2006 10:55AM]

djaladin

When i set up my contact as "Primary", then go back throught the phonebook... i can still see every friggin number for a single contact but its listed as a whole seperate contact. And when i dial with my bluetooth headset, it doesnt ask me if i want to call "home", Work, Mobil or other like my Sony Ericson does. anyway to set this up. My T637 was obviously way ahead of its time.

[Jay Dallas @ Feb 9th 2006 11:05AM]

Just got this phone! Had the T637. that phone was great but obviously way ahead of its time. On the SLVR is there a way to only read 1 persons Contact with all of their numbers combined or collapsed instead of a different contact folder for each persons "home, work, mobil & other"??? I tried to set a "primary" but once i get back into the phonebook, all the different numbers are all spread out again??!!

Also, when voice dialing with my bluetooth set on my T637, a first beep asks me for the name, and a 2nd beep ask me for "home, work, mobil or other" anyway to do this with the SLVR?? or do i just have 1 choice? this is not going to work.
Any help would be appreciated.

[kevin lee @ Feb 9th 2006 7:21PM]

Haha, just ordered the phone today. $199 at the moment, and $100 rebate few months later. Hopefully it'll be worth it. One question to anyone that already has it- does the phone scratch easily? Thanks in advance.

[Jason @ Feb 12th 2006 1:29PM]

Any body have problems with the slvr memory card not reading all the time. Sometimes I have to take out the card and reinstall it to get it to read the card. I tried to reformat the card and reinstall music but the problem still exists.

[paul zhen @ Feb 12th 2006 6:17PM]

does the the l7 gms (not the cingular phone) have itunes. and can the gms phone hold the 1 gig flash memory card minisd

[brian h @ Feb 13th 2006 11:07AM]

According to Motorola's webpage, this phone has PTT, but Cingular doesn't list it. Did Cingular disable this? Also, I've heard the RAZR antenna is very good .. how is everyone finding the L7?

[thecartergroup @ Feb 13th 2006 6:17PM]

I just picked up this phone and like it better than the RAZR. This phone is slimmer, smaller and generally easier to hold than the RAZR (when it is open). One comment and one question - The microphone produces some static feed back if you are talking on the phone with it perched between your shoulder and ear. And question - Has anyone noticed that when you migrate your songs over from itunes that the lowest setting on the volume is extremely loud? In fact it is louder than I would listen to music at the loudest level. If you turn the volume down, the music disapears. Anyone else having similar problems with music volume?

[Jake @ Feb 13th 2006 11:11PM]

So far i really like this phone. I just picked it up today and i like it. The only thing i don't like is that when i bought it i was told it would do data sync with the pc to transfer my pix & music to and from so i could make my own ringers & backgrounds and save my stuff.. As far as i can tell that was crap i can get the itunes player to play but without dling cingulars music i cant get any other music as a ringer, nor my pix to it. is it possible or was the salesguy just full of it? To the guy who asked if it scratches easy... yeah the case does but so far ive been lucky and the screen hasn't. i accedently dropped mine twice today.. 2 nicks in the case. music quility is pretty decent and the ease of use is pretty good for the itunes. overall i'd say good phone.. worth 200 bucks?? I dunno.. if the sync really works then definatly yes. if not then no.

[latis @ Feb 16th 2006 6:35PM]

The music volume is really loud, and there seems to be no way around it. I tried reducing the song volume before moving the songs over from iTunes, but that didn't do anything. Kinda stuck on that one.

I've had mine for about a week now, and I haven't had any problems with call clarity, and the thing seems pretty durable. I have noticed some scuffing on the *-key from having to use the keypad lock all the time, and the screen gets dirty, but no scratches yet. All in all, I like it alot.

[Jake @ Feb 16th 2006 10:41PM]

urg stupid double post by email lol sry bout that.. ok well i figured out you CAN data transfer threw the phone. and after alot of playing around with the phone. i must say i love it. It takes alil getting used to but once you figure out the system its cool. My buddie has a Razr and he likes mine better and not just for the itunes.. i said before worth 200 bucks?? well now the answer is definatly yes. :)

[kevin @ Feb 17th 2006 10:36PM]

Can someone tell me step by step how to get songs to become ringtones?

[Patrick @ Feb 19th 2006 1:50PM]

For the Slvr L7, Could it use Push to talk (PTT)? It would be perfect if it had this last feature. The little button at the top of the phone is it a light or something?

[Ryan @ Feb 19th 2006 2:55PM]

I've had this phone for a little more than a week, and so far, I like it.

The antenna is great. I get a bar or two when I made a call in the NYC Subways and Cingular usually sucks around that area I hear.

The iTunes is great. Although 100 songs isn't a whole lot, just think of the sheer size of the phone and what else it could do. Plus, with the additional flash card, you could fit more. But anyway, 100 songs is usually about 300-500 mins. I don't have to worry about an extra iPod or anything.

I've dropped it twice so far and it hasn't scratched, but the only times I've dropped it was in my car. I'm careful when handling it in concrete or sitting on it when I put it in my back pocket.

I've got a few issues with it, because let's face it, it's not the perfect phone. It's always competing against the many RAZRs out there. A lot of them try to disprove the whole "it's even thinner than the RAZR" fact (I find it's about the same size but the RAZR is just wide as ****). Firstly, it gets dirty very easily. My pocket is probably one the dustiest place on Earth. I breed lint. About half of it ends up on my phone. You can easily wipe this off with a hot breath and whoever happens to have a cotton T-Shirt nearby. Secondly, the Speakerphone quality isn't the best. I would've preferred it if it actually still had the PTT option. Thirdly, you can't really take a picture of yourself. I tried, but it was just off center. Still, I don't use the camera solely for taking pictures of myself, so it's not really that big of an issue. Just note that if you want a picture of yourself in there, ask someone else to take it. Fourthly, iTap just sucks compared to T9 in my opinion. Still, I think it's better than the old fashioned ABC so I'm willing to get used to it. Lastly, you can't use any songs in your iTunes as Ringtones. I think that's basically one of the biggest complaints about this phone. You technically SHOULD be able to... but if Cingular is going to start putting iTunes on a lot of their phones, their MediaNet is never going make any profit from selling Ringtones. Therefore, they can't overcharge you for the Ringtones that you hope sound okay because you've never heard them or you're not sure if that's exactly the one you're looking for. Their solution: disable it so they can continue to do this.

But hey, I understand. It's profit first and people second. It's the way it works. Overall though, the phone looks great and definitely competes with the flip phones out there. Is it worth $200? Well, apparently, the RAZR is about $175... and it has no iTunes. It's about the same thickness... and not as wide. So if you're looking for a stylish showy phone with OK battery life that you want to take out and have people surround you for some quick and easy popularity (only good for probably about a month or two from today) that can play 100 songs of your choosing, it's worth it. If not, it's about $180 to get a new phone anyway for your plan, right? So what's an extra $20?

[Dr. Richard L Golden @ Feb 19th 2006 4:54PM]

I have a Black Razr and love it. I don't really listen to muxic on my cell, its for making calls. is the video quality good on the L7? is it in the same calss as the razr? I want one but hesitant if I am doing an upfrade form my razr or just getting a razr that isnt a flip phone?

[abraham @ Feb 19th 2006 7:41PM]

Will the Motorola SLVR be able to play mpeg 4? It has a 512 mb flash card, so like the psp enough for one movie or a couple of shows?

[abraham @ Feb 19th 2006 7:42PM]

Will the Motorola SLVR be able to play mpeg 4? It has a 512 mb flash card, so like the psp enough for one movie or a couple of shows?

[abraham @ Feb 19th 2006 7:42PM]

Will the Motorola SLVR be able to play mpeg 4? It has a 512 mb flash card, so like the psp enough for one movie or a couple of shows?

[John B @ Feb 19th 2006 9:41PM]

SLVR does not resume playing iTunes when call is finished
I wanted to see if anyone is having the same problem I am having with my new SLVR 7. So far I am very pleased with it. There is one small thorn in my side though. Unlike the commercials, when the guy is done talking on the phone he ends the call and iTunes starts playing where it left off automatically, my SLVR does not. This really bums me out! I have gone through every conceivable preference and setting on the phone to see why the music stays paused when the call is over and I have found no solution. When the call ends I just see the iTunes icons on the screen, set to pause. Now I know this is hardly the end of the world, but I really would prefer not to have to pull out my phone and hit play again after every call. If that is going to be the caseI may as well just stick to my Nano.

Anyone else having, or heard of this problem.Are people NOT having this problem? I am looking for feedback or a solution. I really don't want to trade my phone in for a replacement after having set it all up.

If anyone has any advice I'd truly appreciate it.

Thanks

John B.

[Nikola @ Feb 21st 2006 11:27AM]

Please can somebody xplain how to put song on Motorola slvr 7 ?

[mikey boy @ Feb 23rd 2006 9:26PM]

Here's how I figured out how to put an mp3 onto the SLVR and use it as a ring tone [on a Mac, at least].

1. Connect the phone to the mac and make sure disk mode is enabled [you can do this in iTunes].
2. Open the phone in the finder and go to: mobile > audio
3. Copy your mp3 to this folder.
4. Eject the phone.
5. On the phone itself, go to the Main Menu > My Stuff > Sounds
6. Use the top-middle button above the 5-way directional button to access the Sounds menu, and select Switch Storage Device.
7. Select "Card" from the menu.
8. Now your mp3 will be listed under the Sounds menu. Highlight it and press the top-middle button again.
9. Select "Move", and choose "Phone" from the next menu.

NOW, you can switch storage devices back to the phone and your mp3 will be listed under the Sounds that are actually stored on the phone. Highlight your mp3, hit the top-middle button again, and select "Apply as Ringtone".

Done and done.

Enjoy!

[ras0ne @ Feb 24th 2006 9:35AM]

I've had the phone for about a month now. I think it's pretty cool compared to the sprint phone i used to have. I figured out how to set an MP3 as a ringtone a while back.

If you move an MP3 over it only lets you move one, no matter the size of the file, but if you download off their site, you can have multiple.

It doesn't really make sense and is kinda shady on their part, hopefully they'll be some sort of hack out there soon.

overall though, i get good reception, the phone has the nice heavy sturdyness to it. my case isn't scratched yet, and the screen seems to be glass.

it would be cool if they came out with silicon covers for then, like how that have them for the ipod shuffle and nano.

[JoMak @ Feb 24th 2006 11:51AM]

I've had my phone for just under a week and I am liking it. NOT loving it, LIKING it. I am scouring the net for cracks/hacks for the 100 song limit in iTunes, nothing yet. I just read about mobile media maker though. Has anyone tried using this to make movies for their phone. I wanna know if it's worth 'buying' the software.

[Ringer @ Feb 24th 2006 8:49PM]

#30, Why not make your own ringtones for the RAZR or SLVR? You can use mobile PhoneTools, which is a moto product, but everywhere on the net for "free" hint,hint :) or a free tool called MOBILedit! It's so easy to make you own ringtones and at "high quality"..all you have to do is move a slider to the section you want as a ringtone, as in my case I use normal the first verse and then the chorus. Note, you can also make you own movies and upload them, you own wallpapers, edit you phonebook entrys and even sync with "outlook" if you actually use that forsaken thing :) The RAZR is as in a phone one of the nicest out there, just purchased the SLVR today, just for mere enjoyment :) I've wanted a mp3 player phone for awhile, it get boring at work, it just looked to be a very cool phone, although I am very concerned with the screen, but hey that's the what my extra $3.00 on my bill is for, incase of a defect I get a new one. We'll see if the phone is worth the $200 or not?

[Anna @ Feb 28th 2006 6:10PM]

I definitely agree about the minor scratches. There are so many minor scratches it makes me so sad since I am very anal about these things. The scratches are only on my keypad though and can only be seen when glared by the light and looked at very closely. But still, i don't expect it to be scratched when I am so careful.

[David @ Mar 20th 2006 4:25PM]

Hi. Seems the only songs I can import into my SLVR are those I purchased from the iTunes website. Songs that I ripped from my CD collection transfer without issue into my iPod Video but not my SLVR. Anybody have this problem or have any ideas what might be going on? Win XP Pro OS. Thanks in advance!

[Adam @ Mar 23rd 2006 7:38AM]

#40, got a question for you about mobile Phone Tools - so far I've downloaded the program (deluxe 3.11)and it doesn't recognize the model number (L7 SLVR - SLVR L7), and I've been updateing the program to try and compicate for this problem (right now, in fact, I'm downloading the update for version 4). Im wondering if either it's under a different model number or if I need to just check updateing the program (which, I'd do anyway because software is really only as good as it's latest version, right). Any help would be nice.

Also, I've seen that many people have asked questions in regaurds to the SLVR's keypad, screen, body/shell, and iTunes. I think I can answer these... Also, here's a site for those that wish to find out more in detailed info for themselves (tech-heads like myself, would love this site's review of the product):

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/motorola-l7-en.shtml

The keypad is like the RAZR, only this time, Motorola has covered the keys in plastic to protect them from scratches. I also feel that this gives a better "hold" onto the keys as well as when useing them.

The screen, or so they say, is made from scratch proof material - it's a 262K TFT matrix by Sharp, and the resolution is 176x220 pixels (30x38 mm).

The body, on other hand, is probably the only part that will scratch easily or at all, because it's but isn't this where a phone cover or holder comes into play - why would you buy a brand new cell phone, and NOT get a cover for it.

With iTunes, I haven't had a problem with uploading songs onto it, except for MIDI files, which won't load onto it. As far as MP3's go though, I've only had 1 single file that wouldn't upload - why though, I haven't figured out yet. No, you CAN NOT use your iTune songs as ringtones (which is it's biggest set back I'd say as well as others too, especialy if Motorola is thinking about produceing more phones with the program capability).

Speaking of ringtones though, has anyone found any ACTUAL free ringtone sites, that you don't have to subscribe too? Yeah, I'm cheap and I don't think it's worth spending $2 on just a single ringtone, if the costs were lower than that (say, like $0.25 for each ringtone), then I'd have no problem with spending the money on them, lol.

I've had mine for a few weeks now, and I'm starting to love it a lot (although I'm sick of the factory ringtones, lol). Only other set back to it, besides the iTunes as ringtones thing, is the camera (which is alright, but it really needs a flash - and if the megapixels where greater, that would be a plus too).

Also, I wish the phones that are being sold now would all have AT LEAST 1 full-version game on them, instead of 3 demo version games (I mean, come on man, at least give us Tetris for free, you know).

[Adam @ Mar 23rd 2006 8:57PM]

Nevermind #40, I got it to work now, lol. I'd suggest that everyone who wants to use MP3's as ringtones, to download mobile Phone Tools (and if you're on dial-up, then plan on spending a good 8 hours devoted to downloading and updateing the product, lol).

[SLVR USER @ Mar 23rd 2006 11:30PM]

Does anyone know how to setuo email account info in SLVR L7 to receive email?

[Philip Zimmerman @ Mar 30th 2006 12:04PM]

I have the SLVR L7, but it sits in a drawer at home. The first time I dropped the phone getting out of my car (maybe a two foot drop), the large face shattered (it's made of glass!!). In trying to find a remedy to this fragile glass face issue Motorola has been totally unsatisfactory and unresponsive. Has anyone else had a broken face issue? and how was it resolved?

[Tall Hawaiian @ Apr 4th 2006 1:35AM]

I just got the SLVR in the mail today. Al of my enthusiasm slipped away as I patiently familiarized myself with the interface. I CANNOT FIND THE iTUNES APP ANYWHERE IN THE MAIN MENU OR ANY MENU. NEITHER IS THE iTUNES MENTIONED IN THE MOTO MANUAL...am i the only guy that bought a SLVR with no iTunes programmed into the phone? I live on an island so here we always give this kinda stuff the benefit of the doubt, but for a price over $200, my patience will soon run short. SOMEBODY tell me that i'm not the ONLY ONE that has a SLVR L7 phone that gives no reference to iTunes.

[Sam @ Apr 13th 2006 8:55AM]

#47, If you got the unlocked version of the phone, it won't have itunes. Only the CINGULAR version has that feature. Kind of sucks ass but, not much you can do. I'm still waiting for my SLVR to come in. *excited*

[Motorola SLVR L7 @ Apr 13th 2006 12:06PM]

Hi. Seems the only songs I can import into my SLVR are those I purchased from the iTunes website. Songs that I ripped from my CD collection transfer without issue into my iPod Video but not my SLVR. Anybody have this problem or have any ideas what might be going on? Win XP Pro OS. Thanks in advance!

[Brendan @ Apr 17th 2006 7:56PM]

#49, i've downloaded songs from anywhere and everywhere...not going into detail but all the songs ive tried to upload into my SLVR have worked just fine, no hassle or problems...I don't know what your phones deal is :(