Registered: Mar 2000
Location: Garland, TX, USA
Posts: 108

Oh, god, now I've gone and done it!

Ok, I just got my MiniJam from Amazon on Tuesday. I took it out of the box. Looked great, even better up close. I put the 64MB MMC into the MiniJam and turned on the Visor.

The InnoGear file loader asked me to format the MMC (and yes, it's a proprietary format). I did, and it was taking a *very* long time. So, I thought I'd put the Visor in my cradle to be ready when it completes the format.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE! The minute I put it in the cradle, the Visor reset. Now the MMC is unreadable and the loader gives me a warning (some C library) that the MMC is unreadable and resets the Visor.

I called InnoGear and they said that only the loader program can format the MMC, so it looks like I have to send it back. Can you believe that? I didn't even get a chance to try it before I killed it! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I'm really really surprised there's not some more robustness built into the system to prevent this. No, I was not wearing wool slippers when I put my Visor in its cradle. There was no static discharge. Go fig...

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Registered: Dec 2000
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Sounds familiar

Same thing happened to me. (except I actually got it to work for about an hour).

Solution: Return to Innogear. Got a refund. Bought a SoundsGood. Works great. Much better transfer rate. PalmOS never dies.

Registered: Mar 2000
Location: Garland, TX, USA
Posts: 108

But...

But the Soundsgood is:

* More expensive
* Less expandable
* Not as cool a case design

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Registered: Jul 2000
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Re: But...

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Originally posted by Ruprect
But the Soundsgood is:

* More expensive
* Less expandable
* Not as cool a case design

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Arlington, TX
Posts: 334

I've used both and I prefer the MiniJam. More capacity and the buttons are easier to use. The SoundsGood will get extremely loud! I've already damaged my hearing enough with car stereo sound-off competitions. My MiniJam has worked great from day one. When I got the Prism, it wasn't compatable. Installed the patch when it was available and it has worked fine ever since. I do wish something could be done about the download rate. Too slow. Can't wait for the skins editor and being able to write apps to the MMC.

Rick

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