07-19-2003, 05:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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XDA 2 Ready To Go?
http://www.xscale.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=370&mode=&order=0&thold=0
It looks like the successor tho the XDA, which is currently sold by T-Mobile, O2, AT&T Wireless and other carriers around the world, is nearing completion. XScale.de has dug up this information and image.
Preliminary specs include:
� 16bit color screen
� Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition
� 640X480 camera (that is the little circle in the black section on the back)
� SDIO slot allowing WiFi or Bluetooth connections
� 400MHz X-Scale
� Improved battery life
� GSM/GPRS network
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07-19-2003, 05:06 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Any mention of the memory? I'm assuming 64MB.
I was hoping for one integrated wireless (assumed BT). There seems to be a real push for integrated cameras with phone devices. Personally I don't have a need for it, so I'd have preferred Bluetooth. Oh well, I'd mostly use WiFi in the house and BT on the road so I guess I could deal.
Still, the fact that this feature seems to be missing makes me a little more inclined to wait and see what the HP phone device looks like (fingers crossed that it actually happens).
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07-19-2003, 05:22 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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The specs that O2 announced last week included 64MB RAM and integrated Bluetooth.
That is a very slick looking device. I've been contemplating making the jump to PPCPE, but I'm spoiled by my iPAQ 1910, and the current XDA just doesn't cut it (12-bit color, 32MB RAM, etc.).
Looks like I'll be making the switch as soon as T-Mobile offers this in the US! 
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07-19-2003, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by JoshB
The specs that O2 announced last week included 64MB RAM and integrated Bluetooth.
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I thought I had heard that. Now I am a happy camper again. :lol:
Now comes the painfully long wait for it to become available in Canada. :boohoo:
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07-19-2003, 05:41 PM
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Thinker
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Re: XDA 2 Ready To Go?
It seems to me the following:
- It looks longer.
Look on the right side (right photograph) there are three buttons there. One for probably initiating the shutter on the camera, one for the volume control, and the final button; one can only assume being used for a recording button? That was originally left out of the first generation of XDA's.
It will have an SDIO slot. Does this mean it will have two slots? One for memory and one for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth? I think that would be a hassle to switch them in and out just to use the functionality of a wireless feature and then swapping it out to use it for storage.
I'm so excited :clap:
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07-19-2003, 05:41 PM
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Philosopher
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http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/3763.html
Here is an article about the O2:
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Tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz connectivity is also an improvement over the current dual-band capabilities of the XDA, but the XDA also features integrated Bluetooth as well as support for 802.11b expansion through its SDIO capable SD/MMC card expansion slot.
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07-19-2003, 05:42 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by JoshB
The specs that O2 announced last week included 64MB RAM and integrated Bluetooth
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the mmO2 press release: O2 Announces Future Plans for XDA Platform
was a bit ambigious as to whether Bluetooth was integrated...
"It will also offer optional wLAN capability and Bluetooth for seamless connectivity"
but then later is lists the key features including:
Bluetooth and optional Wireless LAN capability
some reports have written up that Bluetooth is integrated, others that it's option (via SDIO), as there isn't a "published" tech sheet, just a press release so it's not 100% clear, would only make sense to have BT integrated though... can't waiting to see the published tech specs and some decent photos of the device...
BrianG
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07-19-2003, 05:47 PM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by Gremmie
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/3763.html
Here is an article about the O2:
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Tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz connectivity is also an improvement over the current dual-band capabilities of the XDA, but the XDA also features integrated Bluetooth as well as support for 802.11b expansion through its SDIO capable SD/MMC card expansion slot.
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So, Bluetooth is integrated and Wi-Fi is optional by way of the SDIO slot. That's reasonable. I don't plan on using a Wi-Fi setup too often anyway, so it will work out fine.
Now even more excited :multi:
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07-19-2003, 05:48 PM
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Ponderer
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The next PPC Phone I buy must have Wi-Fi & Bluetooth built in (WANDA?) so that the SD/SDIO slot is available for storage. If you have to switch between storage and BT/WiFi that means you have to carry very small (and expensive) cards around with you. And what if you have apps on the SD card that you need while you are using Wi-Fi?
No thanks.
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07-19-2003, 06:04 PM
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Oracle
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Now this is an awesome device! Can hardly wait till it shows up on US shores!
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