[RogueSpear]

Would it really have been too much to ask for Bluetooth 2.0 and at least a miniSD slot? Always so close to perfection, yet so far away.

[RogueSpear]

Would it really have been too much to ask for Bluetooth 2.0 and at least a miniSD slot? Always so close to perfection, yet so far away.

[martin_ayton]

Originally Posted by SHC

I don't know what the concensus is but I've got both and prefer Spb.

Yeah, I was kind of getting that impression from reading around. Thanks for responding.

Originally Posted by efjay

SK Tools (currently $9) also has a backup option. The latest beta 3 has full support for WM5.

Ooh. Interesting. I currently use SKTools on my BlueAngel and I like it a lot. I'll go try it out. Thank you.

[aquanaut]

Of course it has bluetooth 2.0 with AKU2.3! The A2DP works very nicely with a pair of HBH-DS970's for telephone and wireless stereo tunes... all while grabbing my daily current event fix over a 3G UMTS2100 connection...

Not sure what it needs miniSD for though... I picked up 1Gb of microSD (aka, t-flash) about $34... not a big deal. No experience with miniSD, but my sandisk microSD card is noticebly faster at transfering files than my previous 1gb sandisk SD card.

cheers

[DaveSadler]

Does anyone know of a reputable reseller in North America? www.expansys-usa.com is not listing anything but accessories.

[RogueSpear]

Originally Posted by Darius Wey

Within the elegantly curved shell, you'll find quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band 3G connectivity, a Samsung 400MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 1.2, a 2.0-megapixel camera and secondary camera for video calling, a 2.8" QVGA display, a microSD slot, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and Windows Mobile 5.0.

Perhaps this is a typo?

[powercx]

Finally someone came out with a smaller 3G Capable PDA Phone rather than the bulky Dopod 900 that was out a few months.

SPB Pocket Plus 3x and SPB PocketWeather 1.3.5 works in WM5.

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by RogueSpear

Perhaps this is a typo?

Maybe, maybe not. i-mate seemed pretty clear in further stressing the case by mentioning "without EDR". It's also not uncommon for OEMs to "nerf" features for whatever reason.

[Stan2]

Originally Posted by martin_ayton

I took delivery of mine this morning 8) and it's charging up as I write. It's branded as a T-Mobile MDA Vario II, but it's still a Hermes...

Wait, Tmobile is offering the Hermes? I checked out their website and they don't have the hermes listed. Where did you order your?

[efjay]

Originally Posted by efjay

SK Tools (currently $9) also has a backup option. The latest beta 3 has full support for WM5.

Ooh. Interesting. I currently use SKTools on my BlueAngel and I like it a lot. I'll go try it out. Thank you.[/quote]

I just tried the backup feature in SKTools and it doesnt work very well. You may be better off with SPB or Sprite.

[Brad Adrian]

Originally Posted by martin_ayton

...which of my key apps for the Blue Angel am I going to have to redownload?

I haven't gone through your list item-by-item, but if you've got the most current version of each, you might not have to re-purchase any. The ones I'm familiar with incorporate WM5 compatibility into their latest releases and do NOT have special WM5 versions. These are the ones I use and which I know you won't need to re-purchase:

- Laridian Pocket Bible
- SBP Pocket Plus
- SBP Weather
- Skype
- eReader
- Conduits PocketPlayer
- Total Commander

Even so, if you happen to have recently purchased an application and will need a newer or WM5-specific version, most developers I've dealt with will either give you a free upgrade or deeply discounted upgrade.

Good luck!