The Orange SPV M3000?

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.smartphonefrance.com/actu.asp?ID=2971' target='_blank'>http://www.smartphonefrance.com/actu.asp?ID=2971</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20050726-SPVM3000.jpg" /><br /><br />So the buzz at Smartphone France is the imminent arrival of the Orange SPV M3000 - an Orange-branded HTC Wizard, which we've reported on many times before. The specs? 108mm x 58mm x 23mm, with a 4-hour talk time and 7-day standby time. Included is a 65K QVGA screen, 1.3MP camera, Wi-Fi, GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, and a slide-out landscape keyboard. Based on <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40451">earlier reports</a>, the quad-band device features a TI OMAP 850 processor, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, and a miniSD slot. Time will tell what the actual specifications are, but back to the release date of the SPV M3000. It's been claimed that the device will surface in September.<br /><br /><b>Translation:</b> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smartphonefrance.com%2Factu.asp%3FID%3D2971&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools">French to English</a>

[andydempsey]

Is it just me, or does the keyboard slide out of the wrong side? When using the keyboard, shouldn't the joypad be for the left thumb?

[Rob Alexander]

Ouch! Seven hour standby?! Sorry, but it doesn't matter what it does, if it won't last through a normal business day without a charge then what good is it?

[Janak Parekh]

Ouch! Seven hour standby?! Sorry, but it doesn't matter what it does, if it won't last through a normal business day without a charge then what good is it?
You're right. It doesn't make sense. Something like 4-hour talk and 7-hour PDA would make more sense...

--janak

[winsquared35]

I know some French. It actually said 4 hours talk time and 7 DAYS on standby.
Now it makes more sense.

[ctmagnus]

Even the Google translation says seven day standby :p

[saru83]

I was sooo interested in this PPC Phone till i got to know that its not INTEL based processor, so its NO good for me anymore :(

[Darius Wey]

Even the Google translation says seven day standby :p

Yeah, my bad. I whipped up that post a little quickly and seemed to have overlooked that small typo.

Updated...

[stevelam]

I was sooo interested in this PPC Phone till i got to know that its not INTEL based processor, so its NO good for me anymore :(

Yeh the TI processor kills it for me as well. Well that and the HTC Universal!!

[Jason Lee]

I dunno. It has everything i need and it is REALLY small. If this TI processor can hold up in benchmarks i might actually consider one of these as apposed to the universal. I would loose vga and i'm sure a little processing power but I could probably live with that for the huge decrese in size.

Dunno. I'll have to see reviews, benchmakrs, and final specs on both before making a choice. :)

But i have this bad feeling that the TI isn't gonna cut it. :(

[adamz]

I hope it doesn't have a miniSD slot instead of an SDIO slot. Maybe the keyboard-less successor to the HTC Magician will have a better processor and SDIO.

[Jason Lee]

I hope it doesn't have a miniSD slot instead of an SDIO slot. Maybe the keyboard-less successor to the HTC Magician will have a better processor and SDIO.

eep, just noticed that. If it doesn't have an SDIO slot there's no way i would get it. :(

I have not having a CF slot, there is now way there are gonna take my SD slot. There are times that i would rather have 2 devices just so i can have my CF slot back. Really need it for work. :( ppcpe is just so nice to have though...

[gibson042]

I have not having a CF slot, there is now way there are gonna take my SD slot. There are times that i would rather have 2 devices just so i can have my CF slot back. Really need it for work. :( ppcpe is just so nice to have though...
Yeah, no kidding. I would pay about $40 for an adapter that let me use one or two CF cards over Bluetooth (which is the only feasible way I can think of to get the slots back; SD adapters would be way too bulky and way too flimsy).