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hpm-10 why discontinued? |
RP2X
Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 56
From: UK
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Any real reason why its been discountinued I know the reader looks old and aint even USB... but are Sony making some new model thats bigger/better?
hopefully there readers XP approved from start:) |
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al1307
Joined: Mar 14, 2002
Posts: 181
From: Cambridgeshire, England
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HBM-30! Bluetooth MP3 player! There's been posts on Esato before about it! Try doing a search!
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Mobile_Phil
Joined: May 14, 2003
Posts: 53
From: Sweden
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I really don't think that the BT MP3 player will be a good substitute. It will be VERY expensive by the looks of it, and will therefore not appeal to the general public...
I think that there should be a new version of the MP3 player which uses the same layout as the latest Radio handsfree which works much better with the connection to my T68 than the good old HPM10...
I really like the Radio HF actually! Well done SE!  |
Law
Joined: Jun 11, 2003
Posts: 24
From: Denmark (home of Harald Blueto
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I have the HPM-10, and it has stopped working correctly. The connector that goes in the bottom on the phone doesn't always work. It has to be in a special position to work. The slightest touch will stop the music. This means zero portability, which makes it pretty useless.
I've heard others have problems with accessories that connect to the bottom of the SE phones. Surely some never experience problems, good for them. But the solution with those connections isn't that good.
So bluetooth seems like a better solutions. Sure its a bit more expensive, but I don't think SE wants to develop 2 new MP3 players. And because HPM-10 use MMC cards and not the Sony memsticks, they won't just "facelift" it to look like the new radio.
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T39m + hpm-10 mp3 headset. Waiting for T610 to become availible again in Denmark.
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Mobile_Phil
Joined: May 14, 2003
Posts: 53
From: Sweden
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The point I was trying to make was that the connector for the radio handsfree has a new layout, and therefore is not prone to the glitches that the old MP3 player had... I had the same experience as you with the MP3 player although it got much better after having had the phone in for service after complaining about the poor connectors and difficulties with the MP3 player and the camera. So it might also be an issue with your phone!
But no such problems at all with the radio handsfree. Never disconnects! So my guess is that this is the new style of the accessories with one connector thingie, and then the actual accessory further up on the lead... |
Eleventy7
Joined: Jul 05, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: the rotten oasis
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i got the HPM-10, used it about 3 times coz i hated the little bastid!
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Psykotik
Joined: Jan 18, 2002
Posts: 476
From: the safety of my padded cell
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I got a hpm 10 for 20quid, and its shite. Theres only one way to solve the connection problems with it, and thats butchering and doctoring a rs232 ericsson cable to fit between them.
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RP2X
Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 56
From: UK
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Ahh cool cheers for reply, excuse the newbeeness
Bluetooth sounds awesome, so if theres an mp3 player for it im game....gonna run searchs for it now:) |
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Posted: 2003-06-12 22:46
