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Is that a more politically correct title than "computer dummy"?
When I bought my old Motorola cell phone, long ago, I think I paid $50 for the DataPilot cable and software to transfer photos to my computer. But when I bought a new computer nealy 3 years ago, it doesn't have the kind of plug the old cable required, so I just haven't been using the camera in the old cell phone.
I use the cell phone so little that over a year ago, I changed from my old "plan" to the pre-paid $0.25 a minute plan; much cheaper. But my old cell phone may have been on its last legs. The vibrate feature died when it rings, the ringtone wasn't loud enough, the screen was sometimes hard to see, etc. Batteries Plus is the only place I could find a new battery for it.
So I've been looking for something both simple and cheap. I have no use for cell phone texting, Internet, e-mail, games, and all that other stuff. I just wanted something with enough volume, spreaker phone capability, and a camera from which I could transfer photos to my computer. It seems that most such cell phones have a memory card and cost $300 and up. The cheap "Go Phones"; i.e., pre-paid AT&T cell phones had no camera. Well, now they have a Samsung SGH-A197 with everything I wanted, plus a lot more.
I talked to a couple of retail store clerks, an AT&T company agent, and customer service at Amazon.com. All of them said, I'd just need a data cable. OK, I bought the phone and the data cable. When it didn't work, I started searching on the Internet and find that there exists (somewhere) software that is required. Not one person mentioned any software when they told me I'd need a data cable. The only trouble is that I've not been able to find that software, or anyone who knows what it is or where to get it.
A young lady at Best Buy thought on Samsung.com you ought to be able to enter your model number and get the software. I don't find anything on that website to do that. She also had a DataPilot set of universal cables with the software built in that she thinks would do the job for $25. She's probably right, but on their website, DataPilot lists hundreds of phones supported, including the Samsung SGH-A177, but not the A-197.
The phone works great and it'll make decent photos. Any ideas on where to find the software for the USB cable would be greatly appreciated.
When I bought my old Motorola cell phone, long ago, I think I paid $50 for the DataPilot cable and software to transfer photos to my computer. But when I bought a new computer nealy 3 years ago, it doesn't have the kind of plug the old cable required, so I just haven't been using the camera in the old cell phone.
I use the cell phone so little that over a year ago, I changed from my old "plan" to the pre-paid $0.25 a minute plan; much cheaper. But my old cell phone may have been on its last legs. The vibrate feature died when it rings, the ringtone wasn't loud enough, the screen was sometimes hard to see, etc. Batteries Plus is the only place I could find a new battery for it.
So I've been looking for something both simple and cheap. I have no use for cell phone texting, Internet, e-mail, games, and all that other stuff. I just wanted something with enough volume, spreaker phone capability, and a camera from which I could transfer photos to my computer. It seems that most such cell phones have a memory card and cost $300 and up. The cheap "Go Phones"; i.e., pre-paid AT&T cell phones had no camera. Well, now they have a Samsung SGH-A197 with everything I wanted, plus a lot more.
I talked to a couple of retail store clerks, an AT&T company agent, and customer service at Amazon.com. All of them said, I'd just need a data cable. OK, I bought the phone and the data cable. When it didn't work, I started searching on the Internet and find that there exists (somewhere) software that is required. Not one person mentioned any software when they told me I'd need a data cable. The only trouble is that I've not been able to find that software, or anyone who knows what it is or where to get it.
A young lady at Best Buy thought on Samsung.com you ought to be able to enter your model number and get the software. I don't find anything on that website to do that. She also had a DataPilot set of universal cables with the software built in that she thinks would do the job for $25. She's probably right, but on their website, DataPilot lists hundreds of phones supported, including the Samsung SGH-A177, but not the A-197.
The phone works great and it'll make decent photos. Any ideas on where to find the software for the USB cable would be greatly appreciated.
hones & Fax Machines:US Mobile Phones:AT&T 12-11-2010 
