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RE: PDA/Phone advice


  • To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: PDA/Phone advice
  • From: "Tony Butler" <lists@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:18:53 -0000
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  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

> It's a shame that you don't like the SPV as I have found both
> the SPV and SPV E100 fine and there is a third-party product

I really wanted to like it, but I found the buttons too small and hard to
read, never mind actually using them!
Also have a m8 with one which is prone to crashing even more than normal MS
operating systems :(
I have an ericsson t39m at the moment, which just keeps going and the
battery lasts about a week.
I am reluctant to go to something that needs to be recharged pretty much
every day, though the current crop of colour blah blah phones all seem to
be
like that anyway.
I don't really want a camera on the damned thing, but it seems if you want
all the other features then a camera is almost compulsory....

The XDA is too PDA-sized for me as a phone, though is smaller than phone +
Ipaq.
I've ordered the P900 now anyway as I feel completely lost without a
calendar on the go - I know I have a lot of things happening next week, but
I've no idea what or where since the ipaq is gone :(
God knows when I last backed up the ipaq & sychronisation was only set
up
one way (due to bad past experience of 3 way sync resulting in one device
deciding "Oh, you just deleted all your contacts" and kindly
propagating
that to the other 2 :((), so need something quick and will have to do a
partial rebuild of calendar from a semi-reliable backup - SWMBO's calendar
stuck to the back of the fridge door :-/

Cheers,

Tony

> that supports AIM, etc. ( http://www.agilemobile.com/am.html
> ) which is free!  I have only one issue with it - you have to
> select dual band (900/1800) OR US-style 1900 band which then
> re-boots the handset - nowhere near as good as the Nokia in
> that respect.
>
> I understand that the new E200 is better (Built-in camera and
> Bluetooth) and I would not hesitate in getting another SPV.
>
> There is also the XDA from O2 but I have only seen mock-ups
> and BT gushing about how good they are (that's BT and the XDA)!
>
> Regards
>
> Jon Whiten
> http://www.whiten.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Butler [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 December 2003 17:29
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] PDA/Phone advice
>
> Bugger :(
>
> My Ipaq is MIA - I think I left the bloody thing in work and
> it was "cleaned" off the desk :(
>
> So....looks like I'm in the market for either a PDA or a smart phone.
>
> Requirements:
> MP3 playback, sync with outlook, decent calendar required.
> Bluetooth or IR also for web browsing/remote email access.
> Some sort of push technology maybe for email would be good too.
> AIM client would be perfect
>
> Are there any better MS phones than the orange SPV?  Don't
> like that...
>
> Any suggestions anyone?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tony.
>
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