I just tried to play music files and it says locating followed by connecting. Then it says buffering at 0% for what feels like a long time, then it shows 6% then jumps to 24% then fails and I get a message saying
The server is busy or not responding. Try again later.
- OR -
Cannot play the file because a network error occurred.
- OR -
Your home PC is not connected to the Orb server.
- OR -
Your computer is asleep, lets send a wakeup command, OK your PC is on now (mind you, it never was asleep, I'm sitting here working on it all the while!) It goes through a speed detection and I'm back at my folders. Ready to go in this viscious cycle all over again...or, maybe it'll work this time? I can never tell.
And on and on. It's now 5 minutes later, I haven't heard a single song and I'm off to go stream something from thestreamcenter.com which works perfectly.
Came back to it a half an hour later and now Orb is working fine. That's how it's been for me. Sometimes it works fine and other times it just is a pain.
Viewing photos seems to work well. They're kind of small compared to the screen size, but it's cool to not have to actually carry them with you and to have access to your entire library on a whim.
Watching a small video (like a music video) works similar to the music experiment, only without all the error messages. It'll just be playing, then stop and if I hit play again it starts up again. It might play all the way through if I'm lucky.
I don't have any TV stuff to test.
So, all in all, a frustrating experience.
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Devices: T-Mobile MDA (Cingular SIM), i-mate SP5m (sitting in a drawer at the moment while I attempt to migrate to PPC permanently), Cingular 3125 (unlocked and in use on T-Mobile), Motorola MPx220 (retired), Motorola MPx200 (retired)
Accessories: Plantronics Explorer 330 & 2G Patriot Micro-SD (use w/MDA), Kingston 2G mini-SD used in SP5m, Plantronics Discovery 640 & 2G San Disk micro-SD (use w/3125), Jabra A210 BT adapter + Motorola HS805 (retired)
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