04-22-2005, 11:00 AM
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Vodaphone v1620: Seriously Slick Styling Says Source
"Vodafone is rolling out its push email, a service providing real-time, secure and remote access to email, contacts and calendar direct to a range of business-focused mobile devices. As part of its announcement of this new service, the company is also introducing the Vodafone v1620 Pocket PC Phone Edition. The v1620 is an enhanced version of the HTC Blue Angel, with a fast Intel Xscale CPU at 520MHz, 128MB RAM, QVGA (320x240 pixels) TFT touchscreen."
Vodaphone is releasing their branded version of the HTC Blue Angel, dubbed the ultra roll-off-the-tongue name of the V1620. While this particular model of PPC-PE is not new to us, the styling on this branded version is pretty nice (Seriously Slick according to my confidential source). Perhaps the day isn't far away where we'll love what these devices can do, as well as how good they look in our palms (or maybe that last line should read "how good they look instead of Palm's")
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04-22-2005, 11:22 AM
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Oracle
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WOW!!! That really does look good! I think it looks better than the standard Blue Angels available.
I think they are making up for the crappy look of the VPA Compact vs. iMate JAM/XDA II Mini, with there Vodafone v1620 vs. XDA IIs/iMate PDA2k
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04-22-2005, 11:42 AM
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if only this device had VGA resolution, wouldnt be the BEST device ever?
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04-22-2005, 11:43 AM
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Oracle
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AMEN!!!! 0X 0X
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04-22-2005, 12:26 PM
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we've got one of them here at work. although its not called the V1620. the only downside i have about it is the d-pad - theres too much roll in it and you can see the insides!.
with regards to their push email service - oh please! here in the UK, vodafone and o2 don't work with AUTD activesync. if you phone up vodafone and ask them if they support it, they havn't a clue, then ask you if you'd like a blackberry device... o2 said they don't support it and that i should get in contact with microsoft and ask them about it...
so at the moment i'm stuck with either manual or every 5/10/15 minute syncs.
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04-22-2005, 12:30 PM
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Pupil
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blue angels aren't that great
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04-22-2005, 12:47 PM
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Oracle
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Originally Posted by atpcz
we've got one of them here at work. although its not called the V1620. the only downside i have about it is the d-pad - theres too much roll in it and you can see the insides!.
with regards to their push email service - oh please! here in the UK, vodafone and o2 don't work with AUTD activesync. if you phone up vodafone and ask them if they support it, they havn't a clue, then ask you if you'd like a blackberry device... o2 said they don't support it and that i should get in contact with microsoft and ask them about it...
so at the moment i'm stuck with either manual or every 5/10/15 minute syncs.
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Vodafone is not supporting AUTD because they're implementing their own service based on Visto. The service is available for Windows Mobile (Motorola MPx220, v6120) and Symbian (P910i and 6630i).
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04-22-2005, 12:50 PM
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Oracle
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Originally Posted by atpcz
with regards to their push email service - oh please! here in the UK, vodafone and o2 don't work with AUTD activesync. if you phone up vodafone and ask them if they support it, they havn't a clue, then ask you if you'd like a blackberry device... o2 said they don't support it and that i should get in contact with microsoft and ask them about it...
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As for not supporting AUTD... All Vodafone operators have a service that provides e-mail to SMS gateway. I am using this on Vodafone NZ, and another MVP followed one of our guides and is using it in Germany.
Call Vodafone and don't ask for AUTD - simply ask for an e-mail to SMS gateway service. They may charge for each message sent though, depending on country.
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04-22-2005, 12:53 PM
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I wonder if this new version of Blue Angel has Windows Media Player 10. Maybe they switched it to the latest Microsoft Bluetooth stack instead of Widcomm too.
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04-22-2005, 01:13 PM
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Thinker
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Re: Vodaphone v1620: Seriously Slick Styling Says Source
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Originally Posted by Jon Westfall
"The v1620 is an enhanced version of the HTC Blue Angel, with a fast Intel Xscale CPU at 520MHz, 128MB RAM, QVGA (320x240 pixels) TFT touchscreen."
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Was I the only one who noticed that this is not the standard HTC Blue Angel?
It has a 520MHz XScale CPU but it's not the equivalent to the Xda IIi right? It looks like an Xda IIi + Xda IIs hybrid.
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