4GB memory card for w800i- waste of time or worth the money?

VonClinkerhofen · 8 Jul 2006 at 17:46

If this has been repeated I apologise but I have tried searching. I have a w810i and it holds about 90 or so songs on the memory card which is 512mb.
There are 4GB sandisk cards available on ebay for about £30-£40. If I buy one of these and put it in my phone will it work? ie will the capacity of my phone to hold mp3s increase 8 fold? It seems to me that there shouldn't be any logical reason why not, but I was thinking maybe either the mobile phone company or Sony may have put some technological jiggery pokery on the phone to stop this self upgarding. I mean if they were to bring out a better phone with a larger memory you wouldn't want to upgrade your phone when you could just upgrade the memory stick. Maybe I'm just paranoid. Anyone actually performed this without any problems? I am on O2 contract if it makes any difference. And I haven't flashed my phone either

*For the pedants out there, Yes I now realise I typed w800 and I meant w810, but I have a hangover so forgive me*

VonClinkerhofen · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:17

Energize said:
That phone only supports up to 2Gb memory cards. Some phones dont have a limit though.

thanks. Off to buy 2GB card now then.

VonClinkerhofen · 9 Jul 2006 at 14:41

Damn it just bought one...THEN...decided I'd see if anyone had replied to my thread...(Why I did it in that order I do not know)

I paid £31 inc P&P for a 2GB sandisk....Never even crossed my mind that I would be buying a fake card...there are currently about 1500 for sale on ebay and thats just the ones with 2GB capacity. But they all go for around £30 so if it's fake I could always re sell it.

Not too bothered if my data gets lost and or corrupted it's only music and it's all backed up on CDs.

As for the guy that said I should cut down the quality of my songs. It's not really good forum ettiquette to discuss the whys and where fors of mp3 downloading etc so lets just leave it there.

VonClinkerhofen · 9 Jul 2006 at 16:44

gib786 said:
i personally convert any track thats going on my phone to .aac as the bitrate to file size ration is v good

I'm afraid you're going to have to dumb it down a little.

Firstly would a SE w810i play this type of file?

And secondly if it would, how do you convert an .mp3 into a .aac? (I assume you do it with a specific programme designed for just that)

Thirdly where would I get such a handy little programme and would I have to pay for it?

VonClinkerhofen · 11 Jul 2006 at 12:11

Well I now know the answer to my original question and it's not good news folks.

The disk just arrived and it's so fake. mJust a sandisk sticker on a generic card. Not in any kind of packaging just a card in a plastic holder.

And worst of all it doesn't even fit in my damn phone. :mad:

Looks like the patron saint of impulse purchasing was having a day of rest on Sunday afternoon.

Unfortunately some other newb is going to have to pay the price now. This piece of crap is going straight back on ebay