Q:  What does the Load2Mobile service do?

A:  Load2Mobile is a free internet service which stores songs that you select into your personal music locker and makes it possible to load them onto your mobile phone without any cables or special software. Check out the video below to see how it works.

Q:  What do I need to use Load2Mobile?

A:  Any Mac/Win/Linux computer with a web browser, some music files and a modern mobile phone. Then just visit: http://mp3tunes.com/load2mobile and follow the onscreen instructions. Load2Mobile can send songs via SMS (text) and via MobileSync software for your phone.

Q:  Is there a charge to use Load2Mobile?

A:  Load2Mobile is a free service.

Q:  How does Load2Mobile increase the capacity of my phone to store music files?

A:  Every song is loaded into your personal music locker. Then if possible a format and compression tailored for a mobile phone is utilized. This squeezes a typical 4-7MB MP3 file down to 550k-700k. This file is then sent to your mobile phone. This means you can fit 8-10 times as many songs on your mobile phone as you could loading a typical MP3 file. On a phone with 1gb of available storage you will be able to fit about 1,500 songs.

Q:  Do I need a special cable or software on my phone?

A:  No cabling is required. The songs are transmitted to you over the phone network so you will need a data plan. Most phones support data connections. Consult your plan to understand the cost of any data transmission.

Q:  How do I play music files once they are on the phone?

A:  Nearly all modern phones have built-in music players which will let you browse and play music files. They often have a random playback feature and the ability to support playlists as well. You can play songs using the phones speakers, but for extended listening you will likely want to use headphones. Some phones have a standard 3.5mm (1/8") headphone jack which should accept standard headphones. Other phones have the smaller 2.5mm (3/32") headphone jack which requires an adapter to use conventional headphones or headphones specifically designed for the smaller plug. The most advanced phones have Bluetooth capability so you can use wireless headphones with your mobile phone.

Q:  Is there a way to increase the storage capacity on a mobile phone?

A:  Many mobile phones support Micro SD cards which are tiny memory cards which will give a phone more storage. You can purchase 2GBs of storage - enough for about 3,000 songs for under $10 which should be ample room for most music collections.

Q:  What songs can I send to my mobile using Load2Mobile?

A:  Any songs on your local computer or song in your personal music locker can be selected and sent to your mobile phone. In addition, a Firefox and IE browser plugin is available which will let you select a song publicly available on any web site to send to your mobile phone. You can also visit Sideload.com and select any song from this music search engine to send to your mobile phone. In the future, music retailers and download sites will be enabling our Load2Mobile functionality so that music purchases and downloads can be directed to your mobile phone.

Q:  What phones will Load2Mobile work on?

A:  We've successfully used Load2Mobile on a wide range of phones including Blackberry, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson phone models. The phone must be able to receive a SMS message and have a data plan so it can download the actual music files.

Q:  What about Apple's iPhone?

A:  We would like to support Apple's iPhone, but it is a closed device with Apple refusing to allow any way to add songs to the iPhone unit wirelessly. They are intent on locking users into only using iTunes. We have an iPhone application which we cannot make available in the app store.

Q:  How is Load2Mobile better than an Apple iPhone?

A:  iPhone must attach their device to a computer via a cable or docking station to add new songs. The only songs they can load to their device wireless are new purchases from the iTunes store. Load2Mobile users can direct any song from their computer or music locker to be loaded onto their phone wirelessly. With a browser plug-in they can also send music files from web sites to their phone. This insures music on your mobile phone is always the freshest music in your life. Since most people already have a mobile phone which they carry around they can save the cost of purchasing an iPod or iPhone and use Load2Mobile to transform their phone into a MP3 player.

Q:  How long does it take to load a song to my phone using Load2Mobile?

A:  It takes about 1 minute per song to download the song to your phone over most mobile data connections. The time may vary based on the speed of the phone and the network connection but it generally takes 1 minute.

Q:  What will the songs sound like on your mobile phone?

A:  Even though the songs are small so they will load quickly they are full stereo and surprisingly pleasing sounding. Of course if you're loading crap like Jack Johnson it won't improve that.

Q:  How can I quickly send and receive lots of songs to my mobile phone?

A:  To quickly send multiple files we recommend downloading and installing MobileSync. This small software program will run on most open mobile phones and will allow you to to quickly send songs directly to a designated phone and have your phone automatically receive them. It can also automatically be configured to keep your phone current by sending all new songs added to your personal music locker to your phone without further action from you. It's free and highly recommended for the avid music fan.

Q:  I am a webmaster / band / blogger how can I use Load2Mobile on my web site?