mySmartPhone Previews The Qtek 9090, Aka XDA III

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mysmartphone.no/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=161&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0' target='_blank'>http://www.mysmartphone.no/modules....order=0&thold=0</a><br /><br /></div>The "XDA III", an upcoming Pocket PC phone with both an integrated slide-out thumbboard, Bluetooth, and WiFi, has been previewed by mySmartPhone. The article is in Norwegian, so if any of our Norwegian readers want to translate juicy bits or point us to a Norwegian-to-English machine translation, please feel free to help out and post below. :) For the rest of us, there are a ton of photos, including many alongside the XDA II:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20040806-XDAIII.jpg" /><br /><br />It appears to be a <i>little</i> thicker than an XDA II, but is otherwise almost identical in dimensions. :drool: The only nit I have is the lack of an integrated flip cover... I'd love to see one on a Pocket PC Phone Edition, but I'm still waiting. :|<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> Here's <a href="http://www.tranexp.com:2000/Translate/index.shtml?from=nor&to=eng&type=url&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mysmartphone.no%2Fmodules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%26name%3DNews%26file%3Darticle%26sid%3D161%26mode%3Dthread%26order%3D0%26thold%3D0">a link</a> to an English translation. Thanks, Duncan!

[Duncan]

Translation (http://www.tranexp.com:2000/Translate/index.shtml?from=nor&to=eng&type=url&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mysmartphone.no%2Fmodules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%26name%3DNews%26file%3Darticle%26sid%3D161%26mode%3Dthread%26order%3D0%26thold%3D0)

For future reference - eveyone should have this bookmarked: http://translation.langenberg.com/ - it is a page collecting together all the major translation services (whole pages, words, sections, language identifiers). I've yet to find a language that isn't covered by one of them...

[JohnJohn]

This is the untimate device for me. Thumbboard, BTm Wifi. Does anyone know when it will be over her in the US?

Thanks,

[whydidnt]

This is the untimate device for me. Thumbboard, BTm Wifi. Does anyone know when it will be over her in the US?

It will probably have to be imported, like the XDA II. American carriers can't be bothered supporting complicated devcies such as this. :roll:

So probably a couple of months after our Euro friends have it, and if you think the 4705 is expensive, don't even bother thinking about this one.

I love the specs, love all those buttons, love the thumboard. Wish it had a faster processor, and the dream machine would have VGA. But, if you look up ugly in the dictionary you'll find a picture of this phone. :twisted:

What did they do to the speaker and why?

[alexm]

This is the untimate device for me. Thumbboard, BTm Wifi. Does anyone know when it will be over her in the US?

Thanks,

Same here! If you find it - please let us know!

[Nikhil]

Seeing as the original XDA II is still upwards of $800 and started at someting like $1,000, I expect this to cost as imported around $1,200...which is insane...and yet I still want one.

[dhpss]

I went down to Microsoft office in Irvine, CA, last night and had opportunity to play with both iPaq 6300 (brought in by a T-Mobile rep) and this XDA II (brought in by a Microsoft employee). The XDA offers a very good design and feel compared to the iPaq. Only problem with this XDA is the lack of WiFi and the seamless integration GPRS/GSM/WiFi/BT like the iPaq. Even the XDA II is thicker but the round shape seems to provide a very good feel in your hands and the robustness too.
The XDA also has a much better memory implementation.

The iPaq 6300 with the provided thumb keyboard is very cumbersome next to the XDA. ..

[Ryan Joseph]

I absolutely can't wait for this device. I know I won't be able to afford it, but I still can't wait. It's just so incredibly cool. That integrated keyboard would be awesome to say the least.

And I don't think the speaker looks that bad. Plus there's the fact that it has 8 hardware buttons if you count the camera and speaker. 8O

But hey, the banks are there longing to loan out money, why not take them up on it? :lol:

[ctmagnus]

I agree with every single word of your post.

[powder2000]

Um, doesn't anyone else notice the yellow (supposed to be white) screen?
:? Is this made by the same manufacturers of the 1945? Otherwise, looks sweet!

[sylvangale]

You're color blind! J/K. :)

Looking at this pic makes me think it's the camera and the reflection of the PDA screen that are interfering. Also the h1940s which had hot (yellow) screens had higher saturation which had the effect of making the screen colors rich and vibrant... which you don't really see here.

http://www.mysmartphone.no/bilder/qtek9090/qtek9090stor4.jpg

[surur]

I believe the XDA 3 is going to be about $100 cheaper than the xda 2 (ie. $699 vs $799). Certainly the websites ive seen seem to indicate that.

Still, I think I can get the added functionality from a wifi card from £70. Ill be waiting for VGA and 3G before I upgrade.

Surur

[marlof]

I can't help but feeling the XDA III is a cheap rip-off of the XDA II design (which in itself I even didn't like much). Subtlety is replaced by plastic bulging. Yuck. This is one device I do not want to carry, no matter what functionality it brings. And it brings a lot. Now where's my BenQ P50?

[yawanag]

The only nit I have is the lack of an integrated flip cover... I'd love to see one on a Pocket PC Phone Edition, but I'm still waiting. :|

I had a flip cover with my Jornada 548. Was always buying a new one as it would snap and break. The plastic hinges just didn't last. I solved that problem by buying a case with a flip cover.

[4ru]

Hello!
Mobile-review.com will put the full XDA III (Qtek 9090) review in English by Monday.
A link will be http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/htc-blue-angel-en.shtml (the link doesn’t work yet).

Anton

[4ru]

http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/image/htc/blue-angel/pic03.jpg

Unfortunately Qtek 9090 has the same yellow screen with iPaq 1940/4150. :(

[4ru]

Is this made by the same manufacturers of the 1945?
Yes, a manufacturer is HTC (in both cases), moreover the “yellow” screen made by the same manufacturers (Sony) :twisted:

[ricksfiona]

Wow, now this is a nice machine!

[Janak Parekh]

I had a flip cover with my Jornada 548. Was always buying a new one as it would snap and break.
...and, of course, the 548-style flip would get in the way of phone use. I think it could probably be done if implemented correctly, though. For this unit, a case would cause major problems with the slide-out keyboard, unless you had a really unique case design.

--janak