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First review of HBM-30 |
Superluminova
Joined: Feb 24, 2002
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From: ...Mummies Tummy!
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here ya go:
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/sonyericcson-hbm30-en.shtml
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Superluminova
Joined: Feb 24, 2002
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From: ...Mummies Tummy!
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i must be the only one intreasted in this device them?
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l6gtv
Joined: Apr 24, 2003
Posts: 111
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no, I 've been waiting for this things for months!!! |
l6gtv
Joined: Apr 24, 2003
Posts: 111
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Just spoke to UK SE, and they sait it won't be available in the UK till late Nov.
If anyone can let me know if it's been released where they are, or if it has a earlier release date, PLEASE PLEASE let me know. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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looks ok but I would rather get the next gen ipod (hopefully with colour) or some other equivalent, especially when you consider the money they are supposed to want for this accessory
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mmsman
Joined: Dec 14, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: slovenia
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Yeah it looks ok but i don't think it's worth the money.... but
the russian review was there for almost a month I don't know why mobile review hasn't published it then....the english sit isn't that good(still good but a lot worse than the russian site) |
soulframe
Joined: May 23, 2003
Posts: 225
From: London
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The SE shop has it for £199
Direct Mobile Accesories has it for £179 delivered:
http://www.directmobileaccessories.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=598
Also on Ebay: some guy is selling it for £145 starting bid (with a reserve of £175)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3054713519&category=48451
[ This Message was edited by: soulframe on 2003-10-22 23:34 ] |
GothTeddy
Joined: Mar 27, 2003
Posts: 86
From: Scotland
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well, i've been looking forward to this for months now and i'm thoroughly unimpressed 
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d-_-b
Joined: Nov 13, 2002
Posts: 214
From: Sydney, Australia
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its availble in australia allready !!!!
Now i have m600i, w800i, w810i, k750i, p910i, s700i, k700i, z1010, p900, p800, t630, t610 z600, z200, t230, t100 and t68i... all im waiting for is the p990i and w950i. |
neo001
Joined: Aug 07, 2003
Posts: 405
From: tijuana , mexico
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the only problem i see that it has is the price ... !!! 
Unfortunately, no one can be told . . .
what The Matrix is. . .
You have to see it for yourself . . . |
babar
Joined: Oct 10, 2003
Posts: 19
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Received the HBM-30 yesterday and have so far been unable to use it for mp3 playback. I did succeed in recording using the included wire but ofcourse that is analog and with it you don't get the IDtags, etc.
I have also tried using the 16mb memory stick which came with the P800 to store mp3's after reading in the review that you can't store mp3's on the included (white 64mb duo card) even though the manual suggests otherwise.
Further, I spoke to SE tech support a few minutes ago only to confirm that they do not have tech support for the product! The rep went on to say that it wasn't released in the US market; odd considering I purchased it on Friday from the SE US site which ofcourse uses the US$. To this it was suggested that the product could possibly have been released but not tech support was available.
The device itself is not upto the quality one would expect from SE. The buttons are a faux metal the memory card sticks out a little. The construction is good but it reminds me of the original iriver with it's low quality build... I don't mean to harp about this but I actually expected something better for $250.00
I still have been unable to transfer MP3's using the 16mb stick (not magicgate) and have tried both my pc and mac to transfer the files. Further, the files can be read on both machines from the memory stick but are not recognized by the HBM-30. Also tried numerous times with the 64mb stick but that ofcourse proved futile.
I would like to give this device a chance as it would prove useful when at the gym as phones are discouraged.
I would be happy to try any suggestions to make this work. Has anyone succeded?
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kapitan jackal
Joined: Aug 19, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: AREA 51
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not amazed nor pleased . . . |
neo001
Joined: Aug 07, 2003
Posts: 405
From: tijuana , mexico
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@babar
That really sucks dude ...  hope you be able to get it working like you wanted too !
Unfortunately, no one can be told . . .
what The Matrix is. . .
You have to see it for yourself . . . |
Mimzo
Joined: May 24, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Dubai
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I saw it at a shop here in Dubai yesterday. It's selling for $290
Is it true that it only works on built-in memory? That would suck. I still haven't studied it at all. I don't know why I don't find it as appealing now as it was when we first started hearing about it.
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gilmartin
Joined: Jan 09, 2003
Posts: 73
From: Glasgow, Scotland
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I don't know if this helps or not, but the SE website has a disclaimer about MP3 Encoding tucked away here:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/downloads/HBM30_Disclaimer_R1A_Multilingual.pdf
It seems you must encode the MP3s using a specific LAME.
[ This Message was edited by: gilmartin on 2003-10-28 08:39 ] |
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Posted: 2003-10-20 01:20
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