Another O2 Xda Stealth Photo Review

[Nurhisham Hussein]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.kaitech.hk/content/view/212/56/' target='_blank'>http://www.kaitech.hk/content/view/212/56/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The O2 Stealth is a Pocket PC Phone in a sliding form factor, which have become increasingly popular over the last couple of years. Long gone are the days of the O2 and HTC partnership - the Stealth is manufactured by Gigabyte."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/hisham-20061011-stealthbuttons.jpg" /><br /><br />We have another photo review here, with thankfully no translation required! This one has more extensive pics of the exterior, the odd-man-out propreitary headphone slot, and good comparison shots with the Dopod 838Pro.

[Kai920]

Had a talk with my friend not long after posting the photos and showed him the girlsgonemobile review. He completely agreed with the 'faults' (sluggish keypad, rather large size, unit lag) and he's decided to return it... :(

... and get a 838pro. :D

So, I might not be able to get screenshots of the Stealth (girlsgonemobile has quite a few nice ones already), but my advice is to do your research if you are considering the Stealth. Ideally find a store where you can play with one for at least 10 minutes prior to purchase...

[blusparkles]

Thanks - new link to O2 Xda Stealth review here (http://www.girlsgonemobile.net/?p=25). I contacted O2's PR about the problems I was having with the keypad - I'm expecting to hear back tomorrow about it. It's likely that a botched software upgrade on the phone caused the keypad hardware problems.

[Kai920]

Thanks - new link to O2 Xda Stealth review here (http://www.girlsgonemobile.net/?p=25). I contacted O2's PR about the problems I was having with the keypad - I'm expecting to hear back tomorrow about it. It's likely that a botched software upgrade on the phone caused the keypad hardware problems.

That's great, please keep us updated on what O2 says about the keypad.

[blusparkles]

Just heard back from O2 today: to use alpha on the keypad, you need to change the software input method to eZiText. Seems very counter-intuitive to me (why should I have to change the software input in order to change the hardware input mode??). Anyhoo, I have updated my review with a screenshot of this in action.