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I think its a nice addition to the D750/K750/W800 but just a little too much of a gimmic for myself, and to be fair, I'd rather see what song was being played on a nice screen on my phone than fiddling around with yet more wires, etc in my pocket.
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Posted: 2005-10-09 16:52:52
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Aren't the unit a bit clumsy when it comes to the "handsfree" part?
It just makes no sense to have that thing attached to your t-shirt neck sleeve =/
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Posted: 2005-10-10 01:58:36
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iīd love to have a remote, but i canīt sacrifice the superior sound quality of the hpm 70īs
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Posted: 2005-10-11 20:20:56
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You wouldn't have to sacrifice the sound quality:
You can use any earphones with the remote - you don't have to use the Touch earphones supplied.
B
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Posted: 2005-10-12 00:23:47
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On 2005-10-10 01:58:36, chrelbr wrote:
Aren't the unit a bit clumsy when it comes to the "handsfree" part?
It just makes no sense to have that thing attached to your t-shirt neck sleeve =/
Exactly the reason I don't want to buy one, just seems like even more bulk to carry around for such little benifit of being so lazy I can't be bothered to;
1. reach into my pocket
2. grab my phone with both hands and use my full upper body strength to pull it out
3. actually have to press 2 buttons to change track
unlike just the one on the remote
4. put the phone back into my pocket and dance again..
5. figure out how the hell I managed to do all that without the aid of a ''Touch SRC-100 Remote Unit''
Just my personal opinion, its an over-hyped, over-priced gimmick that everyone will want so much they waste their money and buy it (just like the Ipod, but thats another story altogether)
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Posted: 2005-10-12 00:58:05
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yeah, the bulkiness itīs another issue that puts me off from this remote...
perfect would be a hpm-70 with media player controls in the mic thingy
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Posted: 2005-10-12 11:29:10
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i donīt think its bulky at all. and i have used it for a while
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Posted: 2005-10-13 22:15:46
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Any chance of taking photos of it compared to the phone itself or somethign liek an HPM 20 to give an idea of size?
I really want a remote, btu at the same time something slim liek the old cd player remotes would have been perfect.
Though TBH I just leave keylock off now and justuse the keypad to switch to something else so something lie this would definately be in the gimmick catagory.
New the price for this is about 99 US I believe. So get off ebay if possible.
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Posted: 2005-10-13 22:44:21
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DO you get this with a W800? or do u buy it?
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Posted: 2005-10-14 02:36:01
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I got mine off ebay - a Japanese seller seems to have a good stock of them.
There is actually a special edition Touch W800 package that contains the phone and all usual stuff except includes the SRC-100 remote and a 1GB pro duo. Interestingly, it doesn't contain the Touch earphones but the better phones that are supplied with the HPM-70. This package is only available in Hong Kong as far as I'm aware.
Regarding the bulkiness. It's not too bad on your t-shirt neck 1) because it's light 2) because the clip goes up to the top of the remote, which means the remote will hardly sit above the line of your t-shirt collar. It is also excellent if you have a breast pocket.
The lightness means that you don't actually need to clip it anyway, but that's not ideal.
With regard to it's size, you've got to be realistic - a remote will never be as small as the HPM-70 mic (unless it is voice activated). I agree with Gigs that the old Sony CD/Minidisc slimline remotes were top of the tree. Although the joystick control on the SRC-100 is actually better suited to a remote (I just have to brush my finger over the remote to change track/volume) - really a new & fantastic method of control.
In terms of a remote's worth... that's all in the eye of the beholder.
Some people, like me, grew up in the walkman/minidisc days where we came to love our remotes and really value their use.
Others who are used to ipods etc will probably be more accustomed to using the main unit for control. Hence the worth of a remote is a call for you to make, not for me to review.
Basil
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Posted: 2005-10-16 12:39:38
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