Sharp 902
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- paul.s
- iSb
- 11 Feb 2005
this seems to be the easiest to find link on this phone on google, so i'll post my experience so far here. been using this for the week now, can't say i find it at all thrilling. best feature is the video - qvga video direct to the sd card is impressive, not something i've seen anywhere else. the 2mp camera would be impressive if it wasn't for the fact that 100% of all photos i've taken with it are blurry because of the time it takes to make an exposure. lame. autofocus is slow as well.
that said, the ui is average, and not my favorite. current SE ui's are much better to look at and easier to use. there are some real bad faults concerning photos and editing them in phone. you can take your beautiful large res images, but you can't edit them or scale them down ("size too large. cannot show" - crappy). what's the point of a resizing utility if the large images you want to resize can't be used by it?
the font is obviously the fixed width font from the japanese version of the phone and is ugly (can you tell i'm a graphic designer?). wish there were themes, as the vodafone graphics are quite unimpressive and boring.
one feature that could be promising is that you can seemingly use java screensavers. however, where are they? are there any? looks like no so far, so what good is that feature.
the stereo speakers are a novelty. sounds nice if you listen looking straight at the screen, but for ringtones, you never are just holding your phone looking at the screen waiting for a call (unless you really do have nothing to do).
tried copying an mp3 and an aac encoded m4a files to the sd card. neither showed up in the media player. sad, because the adaptor for headphones is actually a real minijack - meaning i could use my high-quality earphones, since my ipod suddenly decided to evaporate all the files on it (with at 512 or 1mb sd card, this could be an ipod shuffle (though obviously not near the same size!).
it's said that japanese phones are somewhat difficult to use, because the japanese market takes some pride in being challenged by technology then figuring out. i don't like that, being from the west. it's a waste of my time.
vodafone live is quite crap as well. wanted to look up a restauraunt's phone number. after spending 15 minutes looking for the right way to search for it, still wasn't close to finding it. would be nice if i could just enter the name of the restauraunt in a directory - seems obvious to me, but not to vodafone. streaming new clips could be decent, but the couple i tried to stream stopped before the end. lame.
i'm looking to trade for the V800 in the office and use that instead. looking forward to it. there's my firsthand experience with using the phone so far. anyone find any java things to use as screensavers, please post. cheers!
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- Gloomy
- 4Am
- 10 Feb 2005
i dont know what to do buy this phone at like 1000 cad unlocked(japanese version) or wait for the xcute DV1?
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- gloomy
- 4Am
- 10 Feb 2005
for those peeps who dont believe that you can unlock japanese vodafone live phones maybe you should go to downtown van you can buy V902SH japanese model in orange white and black and they are wcdma and gsm and they are unlocked! they also have the japanese version of the V800, so far i have not seen any of the european version vodafone lives unlocked tho, but jap version is better cuz you can use it in japan because it is also WCDMA. and more color choices
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- FBIagent
- SdY
- 10 Feb 2005
Hi.
Does it support Macromedia Flash files? what version? i´ve uploaded a movie encoded with Flash 4 ,5, and 6 and none of them played... thanks
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- Anonymous
- TkM
- 10 Feb 2005
im fed up with ppl complaining about the size!!! if you want a superior phone accept the size, otherwise just dont buy it and get sum crappy fone!!!
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- Aaron
- n1d
- 10 Feb 2005
unacceptable size, i would confuse this with a brick or a shoe
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- Rob
- Tky
- 10 Feb 2005
Hey
Just upgraded my gx20 for a 902 and i can't believe how good this phone is.
I have read most of the reviews and i think that the size dont matter. Small phones used to be fasionable but not anymore, its the features that matter now and I think that shape have probably covered everything wot is on the market.
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- James
- mXL
- 09 Feb 2005
I was quite surprised with the video quality its better than i thought it would be
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- david delany
- mRX
- 09 Feb 2005
It looks like the best 3g phone on offer yet.I have a sharp gx20 already and i cant wait to get the 902.iIts not out in Ireland yet.I stiil cant find out how much it will cost or when its coming.Can you find out the price or have you any to sell yet???
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- Anonymous
- MMt
- 09 Feb 2005
does the bluetooth or infrared could be used for data transfer or is just another sharp?(vodafone)
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- James
- TkM
- 08 Feb 2005
yes i know that, but what im saying is that it dosent appear to save anywhere!
Thanks anyway
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- Anonymous
- S39
- 08 Feb 2005
james:
open the mediaplayer,select video there you three options (phone/mem.card/sd-video)depending on witch format you used
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- James
- TkM
- 08 Feb 2005
Ive recently got a 902, but when i save recorded videos they are nowhere to be seen, can any1 help????
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- Anonymous
- S39
- 08 Feb 2005
SD Video= QVGA(MPEG4)
It will been automaticly saved in a separated folder "SD VIDEO"
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- Anonymous
- ixx
- 08 Feb 2005
Can any one help!?
I want to record using SD Video on my 902 but cant find the option, does any one know how to do this?
I’ve looked in video camera mode/ advanced options to find the extended mode but it does not exist!
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- Brett Morgan
- Rx1
- 08 Feb 2005
Where can I buy this phone in Australia is Vodaphone going to release it in Australia
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- Anonymous
- mXN
- 08 Feb 2005
cant get on with 3g at the moment its to hit and miss.im off back to 2.5g until things get up running decently its flipping awful still even on 3.have been with 3 11 months and still without warning batt goes or signal,, and on prepay its £15 amonth still at basic phone calls of which 3g is not meant to be really about on its own its about the whole speed entertainment factor.I GIVE UP
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- Ju
- P$h
- 07 Feb 2005
I've seen this phone on eBay,is it ok if I buy it and unlock it, would it be working?
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- FBIagent
- SdY
- 07 Feb 2005
Hi.
Does this phone supports Macromedia Flash files? what version? i´ve uploaded a movie with Flash 4 ,5, and 6 and none of them played... thanks
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- mike
- j1c
- 07 Feb 2005
Would anyone tell me if it is possible to record movie to an SD card in MPEG4 format and watch a long movie on the 902? What kind of software do I need and equipment? I would appreciate any help, Thanks!