I bought a Sharp V903 from Parallel Imported at the start of the week. Yesterday I decided I needed a USB datacable to connect the phone to my PC. I purchased a Force Technology USB datasuite from First Mobile (assured by the staff that it would work for a 903, though it says 902 on the packaging). Installed USB Driver from the Sharp CD that came with the phone. No problems. Rebooted. Start Handset Manager installation from the Force Technology CD. Get a couple of windows re WHQL (Continue Anyway) and eventually get a window telling me to power on the phone and plug in to USB port. When I do this, the phone shows up in Windows Device Manager, but the installation program never detects it. Strangely, the installation program window has 2 buttons - SKIP (which is greyed out and unavailable, otherwise I would click it) and CANCEL which does just that. The software will NOT install if it fails to detect the USB driver.
This thread (http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?ForumId=40&TopicId=5957) seems to be a similar problem, and I tried downloading the latest 903 USB driver from the Sharp site (NZ) but to no avail.
Are there any other suggestions? Has anybody else got a V903 attached to a PC via USB? If so, what cable is used and where is it available.