Compatibility Screenshots: Sharp GX-30: with 1Gb MMC

The following screenshots show the Sharp (Vodafone Live!) mobile in use with the biggest MobyMemory MMC card; the 1Gb:

GX-30 & 1Gb with Slot Open:

NB.

When we inserted the card for the first time, the phone said it did not like the card and that it needed formatting. This was strange because it was originally a FAT format, which is compatible with all mobiles (so we thought).

After using the onboard format function :

Under [Main menu / Settings / Memory Card / Format ]

(it will ask you for the phones security code, to make sure you are not wiping someoneelses data..].

After formatting (which took about 5 seconds), it told us there was now 980mb of space available on our card..that's better..

We switched the phone off, removed the card, and inserted into a card reader on a PC to inspect what it had done to the card. It was now formatted as a FAT (again), but had inserted a few extra folders on the root. (BACKUP, PICTURES, SOUNDS, VIDEOS). Either way, it all worked fine now.. which is great, but remember not to refill your cards until it has done its formatting (strangley this formatting wasnt necessary on our 128mb when we tried it. We will try to get to the bottom of it in a more detailed study).

Remember that the music player only likes non-VBR MP3's in the current firmware, and also, max bit rate is 128kbps. You can still fit an awful lot of CBR (constant bit rate) tracks in 980mb.. about 20 hours or 300 tracks..

But you do have to store the tracks in the SOUNDS folder (and not in sub-folders below that) for the on-board MP3 player to find them.

All in all, the Sharp GX-30 is fully compatible with MobyMemory MMCs, and you keep your compatibility with the Nokia and Siemens memory standards, as well as SD one.

And what a beautiful phone (the screen is simply stunning - we would love to get some converted video content on there: its video player is on .3GP standard...watch this space).

If only it had an open OS so you could load your own apps (like on symbian and winows smartphone mobiles..).. maybe someday.

hope this helps someone.

Cheers