On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Gerhard Fasol wrote:
> > A. Consumers in Europe sometimes need to upgrade the OS on a handset (for
> > various reasons - usually unstable OS delivered by handset manufacturer!).
> > In doing so normally they lose any content items (ringtones, logos, java
> > apps) that they have purchased previously and stored on the phone.
>
> Yes. The solution are removable memory cards. Most Japanese high-end
> phones now have removable memory cards, e.g. 128 Megabytes. In my
> view, this is the only practical solution. Try moving many megabytes
> of pictures from one phone to the other via infrared. I did once,
> takes forever...
However, in Japan, at least for all the phones I'm aware of, you cannot
transfer Java applets or ring tones to memory cards. Nor are they
preserved through the cable transfer they do when you buy a new phone.
cjs
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Received on Thu Nov 20 12:16:36 2003