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Re: XDA II - Bluetooth/WIFI ?



Marcus,

You can actually use bluetooth to active sync with your computer, and=20
through this you can connect to the internet.

I only realised this after I bought my ipaq 5550 and started using it ..
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now I hardly ever use my wifi. I find it drains the battery much more than=
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bluetooth.

How powerful is the XDA? Are there any limitations to what it can do? In=20
comparison to my ipaq? Can I run all the software I have on it?

Ho Yin

At 09:56 12/02/2004, you wrote:
>Just had a demo of the new O2 XDA II PDA/Camera/Phone, and was
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>impressed. Its smaller than my current Dell Axim (X5), has a phone
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>in (with speaker phone.. so no fine when using in the car) and a
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>(no flash though).
>
>The price seems pretty good at =A3199 + contract (=A315pm), so that's
abou=
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>=A3380 with a 12month contract. That compares pretty favourably with my
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>that cost =A3260 but I'm also getting the phone and camera and included
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>time. At the moment I always have the Axim, an aging Motorola V50 and
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>IXUS camera in my pockets so the xda would certainly be useful. I tend
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>carry the camera around just for use as a visual notebook rather
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>quality photoraphs, so the lower quality of the camera shouldn't be
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>much of an issue.
>
>I currently use the Axim for general reminders (outlook) etc +
netremote +=
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>TomTomNavigator + playing divx movies. The XDA has Bluetooth and SD
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>but not Wifi or CF. Since I'm using the CF for a WiFi card in the AXIM
to=
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>access my Home WAP (for netremote), is there anything that would allow
me=
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>to connect Bluetooth the home network or would I have to use a Wifi SD
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d ?
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>Marcus
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