MSMobileNews.com Reviews O2's XDA Exec

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.msmobilenews.com/page/1059/' target='_blank'>http://www.msmobilenews.com/page/1059/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The HTC Universal, the first Windows Mobile powered device to be 3G enabled. On paper this device looks amazing: 3G, 802.11b wireless networking, a powerful 520 MHz processor, Windows Mobile 5.0, 180° swivel screen with VGA resolution, a decent sized QWERTY keyboard and dual video cameras for photos/video calls. Pretty impressive I’m sure you’ll agree but is it really all it’s cracked up to be? Well, not content with merely one Universal review, today we’ll be looking at this device in it’s O2 branded incarnation, the O2 XDA Exec."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20051204-MSMobileNewsXDAExec.jpg" /><br /><br />There've been several reviews of various incarnations of the HTC Universal as of late, and here's another one. MSMobileNews.com, though, takes it one step further: they've got a few QTVR (Quicktime Virtual Reality) videos so you can turn the device around and check it out in every angle. We need more of that. 8)

[GaryK]

I think this review left out one major point. They said that HTC does a good job. However, I am really annoyed that there is no american version of this device :cry: The USA is becoming a second class citizen. How could they leave out the 850 band? I could live without EDGE, though I would perfer having it. I left T-Mobile and went to Cingular for coverage. I don't want to buy an expensive device and go backwards on the phone end.

[Janak Parekh]

The USA is becoming a second class citizen. How could they leave out the 850 band?
It may be more accurate to say that the US has been a second-class citizen with respect to GSM for a long time, and is only recently becoming first-class in its coverage and features. It is indeed a shame that the Universal has not been designed with the US in mind.

--janak

[Raphael Salgado]

Want some real 3D goodness of the Universal? Click here: http://www.qtek.nl/9000_3D.asp

If you want to see the Wizard the same way, click here: http://www.qtek.nl/9100_3D.asp

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I own the Qtek 9000 and am a US-resident with Cingular as my wireless carrier. I have to say that the lack of 850MHz is transparent to me in my areas (New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania). I seem to have as good reception as my previous device (the i-mate K-JAM). Had the device for just under two weeks and it remains fully functional as a phone as well as a PDA. Worth the price paid. Thanks to MadMonkeyBoy (www.madmonkeyboy.com), too.

[q-live]

when is it coming out for tmobile??? from what i understand it was suppose to came out since october.

[q-live]

does anyone know????