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yes, you can it is really easy you just need to get a cabel that plugs into your phone and the mac.

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You can also use a USB cable to connect the phone to your computer (Mac/Windows/Linux). Have the phone turned on. Connect cable to computer and look at the phone screen. It will present a menu of connection modes - select "Mass Storage". The phone will now appear as a drive on your computer. Open the "audio" folder. Inside will be several more folders. Regular music goes in the "music" folder; ringtones in teh "melodies" folder. Just drag and drop your MP3, AAC, or MID files into the appropriate folder. "Eject" and disconnect the USB cable.

Once you are done copying music, remember to "Update Songs" in the Music mode of the phone's Multimedia app to import the metadata.

While the phone does not connect to iTunes, you CAN transfer music to the phone via a microSD card. Just connect the SD card to your Mac and load it up with songs. You can then put the SD card into the phone.

The manual isn't too specific about what types of audio files the phone will play. You're probably fine with regular MP3 files, but it's unclear about songs from, say, the iTunes store. The manual says the phone has the capability to play songs with DRM but does not elaborate about which types of DRM are compatible. I would suggest playing around with the music feature if you've already purchased the phone.

I don't know about direct transfer (USB or Bluetooth), but if you have a USB card reader (very inexpensive) you can just use that to put the music files on a microSD card (up to 8 GB), and then insert the microSD card into the phone. Here's how:

First you'll want to format the memory card in the phone, then take it out of the phone and put it in the computer's card reader. Now put your music files in the "music" folder that the phone created on the card. It can play MP3, AAC, and MID files. If you have any you want to use as ringtones, put these in the "melodies" folder.

Remove the card from the computer and put back in the phone. In the media player app, select Music, then Update Songs - this will scan your music folder, reading the title and artist info and building a list of all your music. You'll want to remember to "update songs" any time you've added or deleted songs from your music folder.

This method should work with any computer and operating system - Mac, Windows, Linux, or for that matter, anything you can use to write to a microSD card.

I own the phone and use it so I can tell you your answers... Yes and Yes

Yes. You can set any number of alarms and easily turn them on or off. There are options for setting alarms too, such as repeat times, no alarm on weekends, etc.

You can go into silent mode at any time by holding down the # key while on the homescreen.

This phone actually lets you keep sound profiles that you can turn on or off. For instance, you can set a profile for work which will set all alert tones to silent, if you prefer. Or, you can have a different ringtone for different profiles. You can customize all of these, though figuring out the options will take a minute or two.

Yes.

Best Buy, Target and even Walmart carry this phone (at least in the Midwest)

I bought this phone and then purchased a prepaid plan, so I'm thinking the answer is probably yes. I would visit or call a T-Mobile store and they can clear it up for you.

NOTE: The guy at the T-Mobile store told me this phone is only available on t-mobile.com or at Wal-Mart, so it probably won't be at the T-Mobile store if you're looking to test it out.

yes. there is a button on the bottom rt side corner of the ph one the key pad all u have to do is push to hv vibrate on.

yes

Yes - though, curiously, you have to save incoming pictures to the phone in order to see them in full-screen. Kind of annoying, but workable.

For outgoing pictures, the camera is surprisingly good for an inexpensive phone.

It's got a standard 3.55mm headphone jack. No adapters necessary. The phone comes with some pack-in headphones that are about the quality you get with the pack-in iPod headphones.

Also, the phone has an FM tuner. It uses the wires of an attached pair of headphones as the antenna.

There's not much in the manual about camera specs. It takes shots up to 640x480px and has a variety of shooting options. Even a few photo filters. No flash LED. It also does video.

That said, the picture quality is surprisingly decent for an inexpensive phone. But if you're looking for a more "professional" camera, this is not your phone.

Yes. You can transfer MP3 files to the phone via a microSD card. The manual even claims it can handle DRM music files, but it doesn't go into specifics.

Yes. There is a microSD slot under the back cover next to the SIM card slot.

I was told no. But one day I decided to use the internet (I don't have internet on my plan). Then, it said it was connecting to my home wifi. So, I guess yes.