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Trust Ericsson to come up with this novel idea: shrink an MP3 player small enough to piggyback on a handphone, using the handset's battery to feed its minimal power requirements and the handset itself as its remote control. True to the Ericsson legacy, the HPM-10 is extremely functional and great value for money.
At First Glance
The HPM-10 snaps on easily to the host mobile phone and stays on securely. It is constructed of scratch-resistant molded plastic and has stylishly simple contours that make it look even a tad cooler than most existing Ericsson handsets. The bundled earphones set can also double as a hands-free kit, very useful indeed if you don't already have one.
Sound Quality And Controls
All music is stored locally on a removable 32MB Multi-Media Card (MMC), which gives users almost half an hour of distortion-free music. Any time there is an incoming call, the player will pause the track being played; once the call is completed, the user can continue listening to the track at the point paused.
The sound quality is very impressive considering how small a package the HPM-10 is. It did well even when playing the very expansive "Last of the Mohicans" track. While it may lack the fancy functions other MP3 players offer, it simply does what it was designed for: delivering good-quality sound from MP3 files.
Establishing A Connection
The most complicated part of using the HPM-10 must be transferring music from your PC to the Multi-Media Card, and vice versa; users must first plug in an MMC adapter (to either the parallel or PS/2 port) to establish the necessary connection. As many devices ordinarily use these ports, the extra female parallel and PS/2 ports mounted on the adapter allows you to continue using devices such as printers, keyboards and mice.
Once connected, the MMC adapter shows up on Windows Explorer as a removable storage device and downloading MP3s is a simple process of drag-and-drop. Ericsson has thoughtfully included additional PS/2 adapters for computers equipped with an older version of the PS/2 port.
MusicMatch Jukebox
Included in the companion CD is the MusicMatch Jukebox software and a comprehensive HTML-based user manual. The MusicMatch Jukebox software is a full-featured digital audio player that also allows users to tune into Internet radio stations. It also supports the CDDB (CD Database), an on-line repository that automatically attaches artist names, album titles and song titles to the tracks you "rip" from music CDs. All you need is an active Internet connection to enable this data transfer.
Conclusion
At a fraction of what some standalone MP3 players cost, the Ericsson HPM-10 offers good value for money and a welcome distraction from the daily humdrum of the work/school commute. The Ericsson HPM-10 is only compatible with mobile phones from the Ericsson T28, R320, R310 and A2618 generations and later. Judging from the direction Ericsson has taken in adding greater functionality to their handphones, we can eagerly look forward to what new innovations they may soon uncover
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Posted: 2002-07-26 04:53:00
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The remarkable is that SonyEricsson hasn't upgraded the software/drivers to function under WinXP, and their not planing on doing it either (ref. telephone call to SonyEricsson (Sweden) Earlier today)).
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Posted: 2002-07-26 10:29:00
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Hi, how much is the mp3 player? Also, i u buy say five 128mb cards, can u interchange them when u want? Thanks for ur help
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Posted: 2002-07-26 11:00:00
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well i picked my MP3 player for £35 from expansys, and u can cahnge the MMC card whenever you want. Not sure whether they have a 128MB MMC card yet!?!?
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Posted: 2002-07-26 14:03:00
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Thanks, ill go and get one.
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Posted: 2002-07-26 14:53:00
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What drivers ???
dont say you are ACTUALLY using that parallell port cable ??
buy a new USB port cable.. it cost only about 400 SKR ( 50 € )
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Posted: 2002-07-28 14:37:00
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Any body know how to get to the menu whilst playing a mp3? I once read it on the forum but cannot find it now! Please help,reply to badboyzukltd@lycos.co.uk
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Posted: 2002-07-28 16:49:00
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On 2002-07-28 16:49, badboyzbadboyz wrote:
Any body know how to get to the menu whilst playing a mp3? I once read it on the forum but cannot find it now! Please help,reply to
badboyzukltd@lycos.co.uk
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Yes the thread is here:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=7305&forum=16&23
I agree the HPM-10 is a great little MP3 player and the sound quality is great to. The one problem I feel is the player to phone connection can sometimes be unstable and it can disconnect easily.
Ed
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Posted: 2002-07-28 17:21:00
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It does work with windows-xp (at least the english version). But you have to download the newest driver from wap.sonyericsson.com (require that you login).
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Posted: 2002-07-29 12:39:00
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No my friend, IT DOESN'T WORK.
Because it works 4 u it doesn't mean that all of us in this forum are idiots and can't get it work. Just take a ride to my home and see what happens when i plug tha mmc reader in a new winxp installation even without installing any drivers! I try to boot win in order to install them an I get a woderfull BSOD. Then i try connctin the reader after the boot and in that case i can install the latest drivers downloaded from the SE website but the blue sreeen remains when i reboot. Just now sometimes i dont get it and i can boot...only to get a system crash a couple of minutes later when my pc is a little bit stressed...
Yes THIS IS NOT WINXP SUPPORT. At least SE knows it and they have never mentioned that winxp is supported!
Papajohn
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Posted: 2002-07-31 11:23:00
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