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Darius Wey
07-13-2006, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=pt_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pocketpt.net%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Fshowtopic%3D9878' target='_blank'>http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...howtopic%3D9878</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060714-TyTN.jpg" /><br /><br />The <a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=pt_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pocketpt.net%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Fshowtopic%3D9878">online Portuguese to English translation</a> is a little rough around the edges, but tolerable. In addition, there are plenty of pictures and a video presentation to drool all over. For all you HTC Wizard users, this just might be your next device (if you don't mind the microSD slot). ;)

SteveHoward999
07-13-2006, 05:14 PM
I thought it was supposed to have 256 RAM.

I see the Portugese want VGA too :-)

fone_fanatic
07-13-2006, 05:20 PM
did you see how fast the screen switched from landscape to portrait and vice versa!!

Still not sure if i'm gonna swap my wizard for it.. i'm thinking the new treo when it comes to cingular because i'm kinda sick of the lack of cases for devices that slide open. and the new treo will definately have a vaja out for it. Why i'm going for a device because it has a better case, i don't know... come to think of it, umts is tempting.

palur
07-13-2006, 05:56 PM
I like Eten M600+ better than this one. It has 256MB ROM and 2.0 bluetooth, 2MP camera and a quad band phone. I am very happy with it.

fredng
07-13-2006, 06:32 PM
Having bought and set up an HP iPAQ rw6828 for my girlfriend last month, I got a chance to play around with it for an extensive period of time and I must say the current crop of WinMo 5 PDA phones are much more stable than the first batch released in Q3 '05 like my overpriced i-mate JASJAR. And the rw6828's much faster than mine too, even the JASJAR has a faster CPU. To put salt on the wound, there is also much more usable ROM space for applications.

Whining aside, I'd have already placed an order for HTC TyTN should they have made a better decision to use miniSD (it has faster cards from the 60x Ultra II to 150x) and a 2.8" VGA (like the new Sharp one). Oh well, I guess I'll patiently wait for either HTC to release an update to HTC Universal in '07 or Sharp to come up with a quad band/UMTS W-Zero3.

Darren Behan
07-13-2006, 06:33 PM
Until it comes with GPS in addition to everything else, I'll wait.

db

JesterMania
07-13-2006, 07:25 PM
It's a shame there's no VGA screens on modern PPC PEs even though the JasJar and W-ZERO3 have demonstrated its viability. Anyways, it's got everything I want and it'll probably be my next device. The $1570.00 CAD on ExpanSys is slightly too steep though 8O .

FallN
07-13-2006, 07:59 PM
I don't think I'll be upgrading until I can find a device that has the following specs:

Quadband
WiFi b + g
Bluetooth 2.0 (
VGA SCREEN
625 Mhz+ Processor Speed (Or 400 Mhz Dual Processors)
SD card preferred (but Mini or Micro is okay)
Microsoft Exchange/Push Email built in (no need to wait around for the carrier to update the ROM those slow b@stards!)
At LEAST 128 MBs of ROM (prefer 256+)
At LEAST 128 MBs of RAM (stop with this BS 64 MBs! I want a power house of a multitasking PPC Phone without having to babysit RAM and running programs!)
UMA &amp; UTMS!!
2.0 MP+ Video Camera on the front for Video conferemcing!
3.0 MP+ Video Camera on the back for taking pics and video.
Smallish, lightweight, thin. (I couldn't care less about a keyboard.)
Long lasting battery!

Until then I'll keep what I have and wait. Nothing out right now or coming out in the near future has what I'm looking for so I see no reason to upgrade.

Damion Chaplin
07-13-2006, 10:40 PM
3G good. Start and OK buttons good. 400mhz processor good. Scroll wheel fantastic.

MicroSD bad. Proprietary Audio Jack bad.

And anyone know what that circular button above the call button is? The one with the eye and handset?

All in all though, not enough of a step up to temp me into upgrading my Wizard.

Kadegboye
07-14-2006, 12:38 AM
I tried the current MDA (aka wizard) and I hated it because of its slow processor, its short stylus, its much reduced ROM capacity for storage and its woefully functioning speaker phone. TyTN will afford me the opportunity for an upgrade from my old reliable XDA II.
Kay.

fone_fanatic
07-14-2006, 12:44 AM
And anyone know what that circular button above the call button is? The one with the eye and handset?

Thats for video call, select the contact or dial the number and hit that and it will do a video conference call.

Also everyones complaining about the lack of an audio jack, it supports A2DP so whats wrong with A2DP headsets?

Also micro sd... if you think about it, how smaller are cards gonna get? I think they've reached the top of the ladder (or bottom, whichever way your looking at it) so devices newer than this will probably also have micro-sd slots.

meroupow
07-14-2006, 09:54 AM
seriously UMTS...
who is really using it?
if you get connected through UMTS I am almost sure you do not pay for it for a reason or another.
basic mortals will just use few MB of gprs/edge per month.
Nobody knows if UMTS will be affordable some day - unless wimax finally step in the game.
My guess is UMTS will still be useless for next phone generation.
maybe in 2 years we'll need UMTS/UMA/WIMAX.

Philip Colmer
07-14-2006, 10:58 AM
Does it also look as if they aren't using a standard mini-USB connector?

--Philip

Raphael Salgado
07-14-2006, 01:36 PM
Someone please correct me, but unlimited data plans on Cingular will apply to UMTS as well as EDGE/GPRS, so if they have the bandwidth and you have the device on their network, it's a free-for-all (well, not FREE, but you know what I mean).

Menneisyys
07-14-2006, 07:11 PM
seriously UMTS...
who is really using it?
if you get connected through UMTS I am almost sure you do not pay for it for a reason or another.


It all depends on the carrier. For example, in Finland, with some carriers, they are not at all more expensive than "traditional" GPRS/EDGE calls - that is, you can transfer the same number of bytes for a given price (at a definitely higher speed). The situation is the same in many other countries.

As far as HSDPA is concerned, it has the same pricing as GPRS/EDGE/3G here in Europe. Of course, you can't expect unlimited 3G/HSDPA for GPRS/EDGE prices (for example, the 10 euros/month unlimited EDGE from Finnish operator Saunalahti).

Nurhisham Hussein
07-15-2006, 02:17 PM
I have to back up Menny and Raphael on this - in my country, 3G/EDGE/GPRS prices are identical. The main difference with the faster connection is your bill adds up faster, which is where unlimited data plans come in.

Rod3
07-15-2006, 09:38 PM
I have a question; probably a dumb, stupid question, but I have to ask it anyhow. I want a PPC phone device to take the place of my Treo700W, but I want to be able to use my Cingular sim card with it. If I buy an unlocked device - this one or maybe even the Wizard - can I use it? Will it accept a sim card, and can I just go ahead on Cingular with it? I want to get rid of Verizon, but I need that PPC, so am keeping it just to keep my Treo. Help?
And thanks.

Kadegboye
07-16-2006, 08:57 PM
Rod3,
I am sure that if you buy the Wizard or HTC TyTN, both devices will accept SIM cards. I know this because I have used the wizard inside which I used a SIM Card.
Kay.

Rod3
07-16-2006, 09:19 PM
Thank you, Kay. That makes up my mind for me! I knew somebody on this site would have the answer! :D

McDoPDA
07-18-2006, 09:18 AM
seriously UMTS...
who is really using it?Me ! I have an unlimited UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/WIFI connexion for 50€ per month since june 2005 (Orange). I use it every day with my Qtek 9000 and now I will use it with my htc TyTN just delivered this morning. For push-mail, web connexion, info-trafic with Tomtom, UMTS is the best way. As you seem to be french, you should know this offer from Orange...