08-07-2002, 11:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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I finally have one...
With all the controversy surrounding the new Phone Edition devices, I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of my very own North American-frequency HTC Wallaby/Spaceneedle (Wallaby = European frequencies, Spaceneedle = North American). This is functionally the same hardware as the T-Mobile Phone Edition device, the 02 XDA, etc. Pictured below...
Notice how the light reflects off her glorious metallic casing...even the light worships her splendor. But I'd better hide it before my wife gets home - wouldn't want her getting jealous.  I haven't activated it yet, but I'm hoping to get hooked up with voice and data from Fido this week. Currently running some battery tests, and it's performing quite well indeed. The screen is shockingly nice - it makes the iPAQ 3870 screen look quite pale in comparison. It's not a back-lit screen like the 3900 series, but lit from the bottom. It just looks...better. I also found it curious that the backlight has two modes: off and on.
Stay tuned for the continuing adventures of Jason and his Spaceneedle (I should give it a name)...
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08-07-2002, 11:05 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 735
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Ooooooo, preeeeetyyyyy lights. <drool drool> :P
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08-07-2002, 11:10 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 864
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You can almost hear the angels saying "ahhhhhhhhh" and the clouds parting as light gleams off it ... 
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08-07-2002, 11:11 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Oooooooh - pwetdy. DO let us know how you get on (as if you wouldn't. :wink
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08-07-2002, 11:20 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Re: I finally have one...
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
� Notice how the light reflects off her glorious metallic casing...even the light worships her splendor.
� But I'd better hide it before my wife gets home - wouldn't want her getting jealous
� I should give it a name
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I am thinking you should get therapy. :wink: :lol: :lol:
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08-07-2002, 11:29 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,303
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Re: I finally have one...
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
I am thinking you should get therapy. :wink: :lol: :lol:
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Hey - is that any way to talk to the Profit? :wink: He has the Tablet of Silver and the Glory goeth before him.
So what does it say about us that we log in and read about it?
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08-07-2002, 11:38 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 717
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oh where in Canada does a mortal get one of these... I bet this is the first one in Alberta.
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08-07-2002, 11:47 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 36
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XDA stowaway/ir/serial port
hi jason--
i very much enjoy your site, but this is my first post.
saw the T-Mobile version in NYC yesterday and was impressed. beautifully sleek and small and ipaq enough to make me happy. so i'm tempted.
but maybe you can help out with 2 questions, please?
1. does it have an IR port and the same serial port as the IPAQ (i know they're both made by HTC) so it can take an ipaq stowaway keyboard or other peripherals that hook up with IR (such as an IR modem).
when i travel, i use my ipaq with the stowaway and CF modem to get web access where cell service isn't active and thought of using an IR or serial modem to replace the CF modem.
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2. can it install a WAP browser for WAP-enabled sites if you don't want to use IE/WWW bandwith?
voicestream high-speed data services are very expensive (at least to me) and i thought about using it with WAP at the slower voice rate (i think thats the right acronym!) at times to save bandwith and $$$$.
i know these are detailed questions, but i thought i'd send them off to the world in the hopes someone could help. :-)
thanks,
hope
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08-07-2002, 11:47 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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wishes
I only wish it had 64mb of RAM and a CF slot so that I could abandon my existing Pocket PC.
Any word of at least RAM upgrade options?
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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08-07-2002, 11:55 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by szamot
oh where in Canada does a mortal get one of these... I bet this is the first one in Alberta.
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Yes, quite likely. They're not available anywhere in Canada...I wish I could say I was the first, but Barry Shilmover (also in Calgary) from Sonic Mobility borrowed one from Microsoft, so he was the first. :cry: But I get to keep mine. :wink:
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