MrPalm Previews the O2 Stealth

[Nurhisham Hussein]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mrpalm.com/o2stealth.php' target='_blank'>http://www.mrpalm.com/o2stealth.php</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Today I’ll be taking a look at the retail version of O2 XDA Stealth with its final firmware. O2 Stealth is one of the high-end tri-band GSM PDA phone include a 2.4-inch TFT LCD, 2.0 megapixel camera with Flash and macro mode, 192MB ROM, 64MB RAM, Mobile Direct Push technology, polyphonic ringtones. Staying connected is easy thanks to support for WLAN, Bluetooth, GPRS, IrDA and miniUSB."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/hisham-20060918-stealth.jpg" /><br /><br />News broke on O2's latest PDA phone <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51233&">last week</a>, and MrPalm is first off the mark with real live photos. Nice to see IrDA still available and I like the fact that it's got a jog dial (it's no scroll wheel, but hey, beggers can't be choosers!). The matte black look is a bit dull, but I'd imagine the final production sets will have spruced up graphics, or at least I can hope so.

[Darius Wey]

Those buttons under the screen sure are huge. I wonder if they could have made them smaller, made the device just a tad wider, and replaced that 2.4" LCD with a 2.8".

[Nurhisham Hussein]

I truly hope those buttons are backlit - if not, that may explain why they're so big. Still, it seems a strange design decision, unless Gigabyte got a cheaper price on the 2.4" screen?

[Ed Hansberry]

O2 Stealth is one of the high-end tri-band GSM PDA phone…

Tri-band? (checks calendar)

[Nurhisham Hussein]

Tri-band? (checks calendar)

I don't think O2 are planning to sell this in the States, Ed :|

[Ed Hansberry]

Tri-band? (checks calendar)

I don't think O2 are planning to sell this in the States, Ed :|
Are their users planning on traveling to the US? if not, why not stick with European dual band?

[Nurhisham Hussein]

Are their users planning on traveling to the US? if not, why not stick with European dual band?

My feeling is that this is an O2 Asia-only device (where O2 is a pure retailer) - so tri-band would be appropriate.

[Ed Hansberry]

Are their users planning on traveling to the US? if not, why not stick with European dual band?

My feeling is that this is an O2 Asia-only device (where O2 is a pure retailer) - so tri-band would be appropriate.

So that O2 is not this O2? http://www.o2.com/about_us.asp

[Janak Parekh]

Are their users planning on traveling to the US? if not, why not stick with European dual band?
From what I've heard, designing a quadband antenna is much harder to do right than triband. &lt;shrug>

--janak

[Nurhisham Hussein]

So that O2 is not this O2? http://www.o2.com/about_us.asp

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