Here’s a very short review of Sony Ericsson HPM-90, hopefully it’s of some interest to some of you.
HandsFree: Sony Ericsson HPM-90
Purchased at: Elgiganten store at Kungsgatan, Stockholm Sweden.
Purchased when: 3 Dec 2007
Purchased for: 499SEK, that’s about 79USD?
My Setup
Mobilephone: Sony Ericsson S500i Green
Memorycard: Memory Stick Micro 2Gb
SW ver: CXC1123326 R6B C002 070607
In-ear phones: Sony MDR-EX71. These are my well trusted, better-sounding earphones. The original ones that came with the handsfree are fine, probably switch to them the day my EX71 dies.
***Note that the in-ear phones in the pic are my own, and not the ones that came with package***
The back side has a semi glossy surface that ressembles the original SE picture, the front is more dull, matt black.
Cable length from phone plug to remote is about 76cm, remote to mic unit roughly 16cm. A clip is attached on the cable between the remote and mic. 2 pairs of extra in-ear plugs(large/small) came with the kit.
Plugging it in!
S500i recognizing the handsfree model when plugged-in. The Walkman Logo and time is briefly displayed on the handsfree display.
Lets Play!
Pressing the play button on the hands-free launches the Music Player and starts playing the latest chosen track, even if the phone key lock is ON. The artists name and track title is displayed on the (horizontal scrolling) screen for about 10 seconds then goes blank untill the next time you manually change tracks or press the STOP button. Nothing is displayed when the current track ends and automatically goes to the next track. Artists name and track title scroll vertically when manually changing tracks. The display(width 2cm) is NOT identical to the one on the SE picture.
The volume level is displayed when +/- is pressed.
Look who’s calling/You got mail!!
The number or caller name is displayed when an incomming call/message is received.
Bugs and/or unimplemented features. You decide.
Issues mentioned below only apply my S500i with it’s current SW. I have no idea if these problems exists with other phone models/SW.
1. (**This issue is resolved. See edit note at the end of this post**)Fast-forwarding is not available on the remote.
Press+hold on my phone will fast-forward the track with audio, Press+hold on the remote = nothing.
Press+hold(about 3s) then release on the remote will cause the track to fast-forward with NO audio. Only way to stop it is to press back-skip button, (this will skip to the beginning of the current track and play from there) or forward-skip and the next track starts playing. So no way of fast-forwarding to a section of the track and play from there.
2. If the Music Player is launched by pressing the PLAY-button on the remote then you minimize the player letting it run in the background, lets say to check your in-box, you will not be able to re-enter the Music player “Now playing”. Only way is to either stop Music player with the remote, or choose a new Artist/Track/playlist on the phone.
Short Conclusion
Am I happy with the HPM-90? Yes, very.
[Written by: DanteP]
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