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PeterKay
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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From: The Ummah
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whats the video playback on the m600i like?
Anyone tried a pre-encoded video yet?
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Jah
Joined: Jun 22, 2003
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From: UK
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@Gabster + others that are having battery and slow down problems:
- what third-party apps are you using?
- are you using the original 64MB M2 card or one that has been freshly formatted
- have you tried to reflash the firmware
- are you using a 2g or 3g SIM
I am using Handy Base, a new M2 card (1gb) and 3g SIM
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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I agree with your additional points, I do feel the M600 and P990 will be successful because I can see alot of good improvements over the previous UIQ, and I too love the form factor (and wish the k-jam was this thin!). I also realise the reality of buying early (because I always do).
To be honest, having read stuff here I upgraded mine to R1B as soon as I took it out of the box so goodness only knows how it was on the original (alledged) production version firmware that came to me on the device!
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On 2006-06-19 13:28:07, Jah wrote:
- what third-party apps are you using? none at present
- are you using the original 64MB M2 card or one that has been freshly formatted original, unchanged
- have you tried to reflash the firmware yes, after you suggested that over the weekend
- are you using a 2g or 3g SIM to be honest I don't know, this is one that Vodafone supplied me when they sent me the V800 to test
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When testing a phone I prefer to keep everything as original as possible
@peterkay, the supplied demo video plays very nicely but I plan to test others tonight
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Joined: Jan 24, 2006
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if i get one, i will be using a 2g sim, buy a new m2 card, and will want to run non uiq apps, but will only install when firmware is better than it is now...
Is it a problem if i use the above?
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JorgenSt
Joined: May 27, 2002
Posts: 63
From: Uppsala, Sweden
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I've run the phone with the original software for a week with two major hickups (had to pull the battery both time).
After upgrading to r1b I hade som connectivity problems, but they disappeard after a factory reset.
No problem with the battery, exept from that usb-charging sucks  .
Opera-mini is my favourite app (as it's on my other phones).
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PeterKay
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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Cheers Masseur, please let me know the video size and bit rates if possible.
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adnhk1
Joined: May 23, 2002
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Hi all... finally, someone asks this question about video playback... I was really disappointed with it that after trying out over the weekend, I gave up  Let's hope newer firmware would solve all the issues I encountered.
Ok, with hardware acceleration for MP4 at full 30 fps, I encoded an MTV, 320 x 240, 30/29.97 fps (tried both), AAC audio strereo 44.1Khz at 96kbps. The file turns out to be 12MB for a 5 min MTV clip. Try playing back on the phone, its video quality is really only about the same as the demo video... but worse of all, it hang after a few seconds of playback... Re-encode a couple other MTVs but still the same... I believe it needs to lower down the audio bit rates, but with hardware acceleration via Nexperia, this should not be the case
Then, I tried movie trailers downloaded from the link below (trailers designed for SE phones), and to my disappointment again, the phone still sometimes hanged when it's running low on memory to that fact that I had to perform hard reboot. Note the high quality ones are still .3gp only with mono audio at 22.1Khz...
http://mobile.planetmg.com/movietrailer/sg/moag
Note the website seems to be down currently. Perhaps try again later or tomorrow.
TCPMP/SmartMovie 3.x (CoreMP4 codec) on a P910i easily beats the M600i with current R1B01 firmware both in terms of video playback (with stereo audio) quality as well as stability. The file sizes are also comparable, at 12MB for a 5 min MTV clip. |
Jah
Joined: Jun 22, 2003
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@JorgenSt
USB charging can be switched off
Connections>USB> then uncheck the option to charge via USB
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Jah
Joined: Jun 22, 2003
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@masseur
okay,
1. does that mean your 64MB M2 also did not include the trial third party apps? Try to reformat it using the format facility in the File Manager
2. your probably have a 3G SIM, I assume when you're in London you see the 3G icon on the status bar?
As you have already reflashed besides the fact I use T-mobile, I see no other differences between our devices (besides the color!) so I'm not what is going on here. Lets hope SE get another firmware version out soon
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mr7306
Joined: Jun 18, 2006
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Did somebody has Wayfinder on his M2 Card ? I red in MR forum that the devices from Sweden have it, but I had the following mail from the Wayfinder support department ......
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Hello Marc!
thank you for your e-mail and your interest!
I'm sorry but the SE M600 is not compatible with the Wayfinder Navigator at the moment.
We cannot exclude that it will be implemented in the future, we are testing some new Sony Ericsson and trying to render them compatible with the software of Wayfinder, but we can not yet answer when this will exactly happen.
In order to check the complete list of the supported phones in the near future, visit the link below:
http://www.wayfinder.com/products/compatible_phones.en.php
Don't hesitate to contact me for any further clarification you may need!
Sincerely,
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Jah
Joined: Jun 22, 2003
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M600i probelms
Okay, I am now suffering the delayed response, just a few seconds as opposed to instant response. I checked and this is the first time the RAM has been down below 5MB. Perhaps memory leaks and fragmentation are causing apps to run slowly.
Also managed to reproduce error with day events another poster mentioned, ie an all day even when synced with Outlook leads to a 2 day event in Outlook.
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JorgenSt
Joined: May 27, 2002
Posts: 63
From: Uppsala, Sweden
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@mr7306:
I got the Wayfinder Buy&Try, but then I'm in Sweden aswell... But when installing I van only choose between nordic languages, so I guess thats why it aint aviable if you chose any other language.
@jah:
Thanks, but I would like to use it but after 3h of charging I still only got 9% of battery power .
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DragonEye
Joined: Sep 26, 2002
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From: Canada
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On 2006-06-19 14:34:54, adnhk1 wrote:
Hi all... finally, someone asks this question about video playback... I was really disappointed with it that after trying out over the weekend, I gave up Let's hope newer firmware would solve all the issues I encountered.
Ok, with hardware acceleration for MP4 at full 30 fps, I encoded an MTV, 320 x 240, 30/29.97 fps (tried both), AAC audio strereo 44.1Khz at 96kbps. The file turns out to be 12MB for a 5 min MTV clip. Try playing back on the phone, its video quality is really only about the same as the demo video... but worse of all, it hang after a few seconds of playback... Re-encode a couple other MTVs but still the same... I believe it needs to lower down the audio bit rates, but with hardware acceleration via Nexperia, this should not be the case
Then, I tried movie trailers downloaded from the link below (trailers designed for SE phones), and to my disappointment again, the phone still sometimes hanged when it's running low on memory to that fact that I had to perform hard reboot. Note the high quality ones are still .3gp only with mono audio at 22.1Khz...
http://mobile.planetmg.com/movietrailer/sg/moag
Note the website seems to be down currently. Perhaps try again later or tomorrow.
TCPMP/SmartMovie 3.x (CoreMP4 codec) on a P910i easily beats the M600i with current R1B01 firmware both in terms of video playback (with stereo audio) quality as well as stability. The file sizes are also comparable, at 12MB for a 5 min MTV clip.
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i use the same hq videos i had from my w900 and they all ran smooth no issues.. HD rips of House and LOST... looked fantasctic |
Jah
Joined: Jun 22, 2003
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From: UK
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@JorgenSt
you may have a faulty battery. I've not suffered any battery problems
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is there or will there ever be a camera attachment for this phone?
What are the chances of this happening? |
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