04-30-2007, 06:00 AM
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theunwired.net does the T-Mobile Ameo
"Thanks to T-Mobile Germany, I've recently received a T-Mobile Ameo, also known as HTC X7500 Advantage or under its code name HTC Athena. This unique, fully integrated Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition has a detachable keyboard and large VGA 5" screen that makes working on the move easy."
Arne at theunwired.net has got his hands on a T-Mobile Ameo (nee Advantage) for a review. If there's something you're burning to know about the Ameo/Advantage that hasn't been asked already, go ahead and comment - he's taking questions while preparing for a full review. In the meantime, enjoy the pics!
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05-01-2007, 02:19 PM
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I think the majority of people would agree that just taking the JasJar body and upgrading it would have been sufficient. A JasJar, but with quad band GSM, EDGE, tri band 3g, wireless b/g, bluetooth 2.0 and WM6 (and maybe another 128MB of memory and a better camera) would have made a killer device.
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05-01-2007, 06:31 PM
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Even at the same price  ? FWIW, I basically agree with you. Having seen one in the flesh, I have a hard time visualizing bringing this around on a daily basis.
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05-01-2007, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Nurhisham Hussein
Even at the same price ? FWIW, I basically agree with you. Having seen one in the flesh, I have a hard time visualizing bringing this around on a daily basis. |
Yeah, it seems like too awkward for a phone, not capable enough to be a laptop PC.
For pricing, I would think that an improved JasJar would not be the $1200 to $1500 prices we are seeing for the X7500. But when it first came out, JasJar's were going for about $1100 from legit stores, so it wasn't far off the price that the X7500's are now. Now, I see JasJar's for $600 new 
Eventually, 7500's will settle to the $1000-$1100 range. If you wait a year, they could probably be had for $800, which would be more reasonable.
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05-02-2007, 04:49 AM
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I would have been happy with a JasJar upgrade too - quadband, slightly larger screen, more RAM, GPS ...
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