01-30-2006, 03:30 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Brando i-mate K-JAM Music Dock Review
http://www.4winmobile.com/viewtopic.php?t=1405
"The Mini S is a superb device, but lacks a charge and sync cradle. Brando is offering a charge and sync cradle to use with the HTC Wizard, the device shipped by O2 as the XDA Mini S, by T-Mobile as the Vario and by Imate as the K-Jam. This cradle is no ordinary cradle though, it boasts stereo speakers. Can it live up to the reputation of the Mini S itself?"
4WinMobile reviews a new dock for the HTC Wizard, which is sold under several names, most recently as the T-Mobile MDA here in the USofA. If you have one of these devices or are contemplating getting one, see if this speaker laden docking station is for you.
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01-30-2006, 05:11 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Looks very interesting. Too bad I don't have a Wizard to use with it, though. I think it's great that we are finally starting to see different accessories for Pocket PC's. I know we are talking about two different markets, but look at all of the accessories available for the iPod. I can't help but think that having a huge choice of accessories doesn't sway some people into purchasing that device over competitors.
Of course if we could get more WM manufacturers to standardize on the mini-USB connector that would probably go a long way to making it easier for accessory manufacturers to create a wider variety of accessories as they won't have to rewire/rebuild for each new device out there. Here's a place where I think it would be a good thing for MS to require standardization within their devices. (And there aren't a lot of places I think that to be the case.  )
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01-30-2006, 07:40 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Feb 2002
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I have t agree here to a point. Though I am not an iPod fan and there are better products and better prices, one of the reason I chose the iPod over the otherproducts for my wife was because of all the accesseries. Wish this was availabe for PPC-6700
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02-03-2006, 09:52 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Just bought 2 of these dockers; one for home, one for work. They're pretty good. The speakers arn't hi-fi by any means, but they perform well enough.
I chose them mainly because I wanted a sync/charge docking station and the only other one I found had no cables/psu and cost about the same. These came with mains charger and mini-usb cable included. So the speakers are a bonus.
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02-15-2006, 09:51 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 39
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Strange plopping sound...
Hi,
I just got my Music Dock for my K-jam from Brando today. Looks great but one problem:
As soon as I dock my K-Jam I hear a popping noice every 2.5 seconds. Very annoying! :evil: :cry: :evil:
I tried soft resetting a couple times. Didn't help.
I closed some processes with SkTools too see if they were making those noices. Didn't help.
Somehow as soon as I dock the noice starts. It doesn't happen when my K-Jam is not docked. :?:
Any advice?
Wouter
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02-15-2006, 10:09 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Found the problem
Ok I found the problem.
The poweroutlet supplied with the music dock doesn't work properly. Somehow it gives a disturbance. There is a green light on the poweroutlet and it flashes red every 2.5 second. Maybe it it not completely 220 volts compatible?
Wouter
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02-15-2006, 11:11 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Nov 2005
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It's the phone and the network communicating. Mine does it, but not every 2 seconds. Maybe every 5 - 10 minutes.
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02-15-2006, 11:32 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Still strange that there is no disturbance when connected to the USB cable only. It only happens when using the USB poweroutlet.
Wouter
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