02-10-2004, 07:47 PM
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Breathe Deeply, O2's XDA II is a Jack-of-all-Trades
"If you look at the XDA II's technical specifications, you�d see one hellova wireless PDA. It�s got a super 240 x 320, 65K colour, touch sensitive, TFT LCD screen. You can even playback video clips which flip the image sideways so they look far better than normal. But does the Xda II perform as a truly mobile office in your pocket? Er, no.
Some of the Xda II�s imperfections can be blamed squarely on its OS � which happens to be Pocket PC 2003 Phone Edition/ Windows Mobile. Yet other failings are entirely the fault of O2/HTC�s specifications. Like its battery life, for example. Contrary to rumour, O2 does NOT supply a spare battery with the Xda II. So you�d need to buy a second one in order to obtain anything remotely resembling a day�s full usage out of it. Plus it takes ages to recharge. And if you�re not careful, draining the battery completely results in a full reset of all your data."
Why even bother reviewing a device if your bias against Microsoft is so painfully obvious? :roll: The reviewer also doesn't grasp that this is a PDA, and not a smartphone, because at the end he criticizes the Pocket PC Phone Edition for not being a better "smartphone"....this is one of the worst reviews of the XDA II that I've ever read.
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02-10-2004, 07:55 PM
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Mystic
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Besides what you feel is his personal bias against MS, do you find what he say's to be factually incorrect? I do agree that this device is better compared against the Treo 600.
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02-10-2004, 07:56 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Totally agree. It�s like a KKK member talking about how Tina Turner sings!
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02-10-2004, 08:02 PM
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A bad review gets a bad review? :silly:
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02-10-2004, 08:04 PM
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Oracle
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agreed - geesh - my daughter could do a better review... comparing it to phones is like comparing a car to a motorcycle - they both can get you to point a, but they are both used for different things...
It really bugs me when I see people review items that have very little knowledge regarding what the item's primary purpose is... :evil:
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02-10-2004, 08:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Re: Breathe Deeply, O2's XDA II is a Jack-of-all-Trades
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
The reviewer also doesn't grasp that this is a PDA, and not a smartphone, because at the end he criticizes the Pocket PC Phone Edition for not being a better "smartphone"....this is one of the worst reviews of the XDA II that I've ever read.
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What is the definition of a smartphone? Where is the line between a PDA-phone, a smartphone and a cellphone?
Way way back in the good ol' 1990's, Nokia's Communicator was called a smartphone when it was released. Not by the corporation itself but by the media. Now, is/was the communicator a smartphone by your definition?
While you're pondering at that; I believe that the definition of a smartphone varies greatly between each individual. (Especially us gadget geeks!  )
Also, the inquirer has published some negative reviews of other devices. And, to my knowledge, they may do so -- after all this is the internet. I do not care what they wish to diss and not, their opinions are in my mind irrelevant.
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02-10-2004, 08:17 PM
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Thinker
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Is he referring to the original ROM which did have bad battery life, or the latest ROM which has much better battery life?
You can select all email messages by using the Ctrl + A keys on the software input. Just like the desktop computer.
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02-10-2004, 08:55 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Re: Breathe Deeply, O2's XDA II is a Jack-of-all-Trades
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Originally Posted by manywhere
What is the definition of a smartphone? Where is the line between a PDA-phone, a smartphone and a cellphone?
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The lines are indeed gray, but two that are commonly used is the presence of a dialpad or presence of a touchscreen. The XDA does not have a dialpad and does have a touchscreen, which strongly implies that it's a PDA with phone functionality added on. The Nokia Communicator, on the other hand, did not have a touchscreen and had a dialpad (right? I can't remember anymore 8O). The Treo 600 is somewhere in between.
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Also, the inquirer has published some negative reviews of other devices.
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Right - the Inquirer is... shall we say... "cutting-edge". 
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02-10-2004, 10:02 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2002
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But he�s right about one thing: there is no easy way to dial on a PPC. On a Treo 600 that can be done with one hand. On a tungsten I can dial via BT to my T39. On my iPAQ, i can dial using BT, but is not fast and takes two hands. And i really thing that this is weird. Why a 266mhz ppc can�t do something so easy? :devilboy: :devilboy:
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02-10-2004, 10:11 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Say what you will but in every lie there is always an ounce of truth. Perhaps to a non-cutting edge personality this is a bad device. Perhaps we all are bias against someone who does not conform to our ideas of ideal.
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