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I'm thinking about buying a W800i, and one of the selling points would be the usage of it's memory card as a Mass Storage Device, meaning I can plug the USB into any computer and it would recognise the Memory Stick as a storage drive.. Without drivers.
Does the W800 work that way or do you have to install drivers in order for Windows to recognise it?
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Posted: 2006-01-01 12:38:04
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you must install the drivers for it to be recognised and transfer the data. If the computer had bluetooth then no installation would be needed
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Posted: 2006-01-01 12:53:56
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Was that sucks. Guess I'll have to haul a Memory Stick reader with me at all times. ... Or better yet, I'll tape one of the phone and be done with it.
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Posted: 2006-01-01 13:06:16
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I'm sure you only need drivers if you want to use the Disc2Phone software. It should act as a mass storage device when you make the USB connection.
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Posted: 2006-01-01 14:01:00
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You don't sound too sure, DC:UK.
Could someone confirm?
Thanks
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Posted: 2006-01-01 16:01:02
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You will need the drivers. In xp the drivers can be automatically installed for the mass storge device.
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Posted: 2006-01-01 16:05:44
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You absolutely need the drivers. In most versions of XP that have SP2 or later, you will be able to update the drivers automatically if you have an active internet connection.
So it's not true mass storage device compliant, the way a usb drive or card reader is, where generic mass storage drivers are loaded by windows. Later versions of XP will no doubt include the drivers in the onbord driver cache.
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Posted: 2006-01-02 08:22:32
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My windows XP automaticly installed my w800i as a mass storage device when i plugged it in using the usb cable.
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Posted: 2006-01-02 13:40:18
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same with me no driver was needed my pc reconised my w800i as a mass storage device when it was 1st pluged in by usb
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Posted: 2006-01-02 17:40:55
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The memory stick drivers are provided on Windows and are there by default. But Windows asks to install other pieces of hardware for the handset, before it will detect the mass storage device and thus install it. If Windows detected(and sometimes it does) the memory stick(mass storage) device first then it would work fine. I think this is how the W900i works as it installs the drivers for the handset as soon as you plug it in and thereby removing the need to download the drivers and installing them manually.
[ This Message was edited by: Stu| on 2006-01-02 20:13 ]
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Posted: 2006-01-02 21:08:30
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