06-20-2003, 01:00 AM
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pdaPhoneHome.com Compares The i700 And The XDA
Mike Collins has written an excellent comparative review describing, in detail, the differences between an i700 and an XDA. If you're interested in getting a Pocket PC Phone in the US, and don't know which would be best for you, I highly suggest checking it out.
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06-20-2003, 01:42 AM
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Correction: He says that there are not yet any accessories for the i700. Samsung is selling several on their website (http://www.samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/na...oduct=SPH-I700). A cool thing to point out here is that the i700 has the same connector as the upcomming i600 Smartphone and accessories for the two will be interchangeable. At TechEd Samsung demonstrated their flexible keyboard which worked great on both the i700 PPCPE and i600 SP.
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06-20-2003, 04:17 AM
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csc, thanks for the feedback. Part of the reason he said that is because at the time of writing of the article, accessories were hard to come by. We were going to post on it earlier, but Mike was having some trouble with the hosting provider, which seem to be all fixed up. 
--janak
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06-20-2003, 06:26 AM
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Thanks for the feedback... I'll make sure to update the review. I also updated the info on unlimited data and the ROM updates. Accessories is a moving target, and it is heavily weighted in favor of the XDA for now. Over time that will change.
Sorry for the delay in making it available... we went through a hosting roller coaster over the last month. After having many, many problems with the hosting company we had been with for the past 6 months, we moved to a new shared host about 3 weeks ago. It was great... performance was awesome and availability was solid. After 10 days, the company shut the site down with no warning because our traffic was determined to be too high by them (but well within the limits of the plan I had paid for) and consuming too high a percentage of the server. I moved to a dedicated host and now things are finally solid. In the middle of that, the review was done. :clap:
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06-20-2003, 06:47 AM
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What a review
Great review Mike.
Very thorough.
I am not yet convinced to move to an all in one, but I was curious about something with PPCPE. Does this OS run any of the pocket pc programs, or does every application need to be written especially for PPCPE?
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06-20-2003, 07:18 AM
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Re: What a review
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Originally Posted by nosmohtac
Does this OS run any of the pocket pc programs, or does every application need to be written especially for PPCPE?
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PPCPE will run any Pocket PC program, no modifications neccesary - it's a normal Pocket PC, just with a features super-set sitting on top of the plain OS.
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06-20-2003, 07:48 AM
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Thanks Jason
That's what I had thought.
Not to get off the topic here, but I don't see the concern about MS possibly focusing more on the PE end. Even though I am not ready to move to an all in one device, I certainly hope they become more widely available, causing developers and OEM's to keep pumping out more great things.
Like Mike has shown in detail in his review, there are good things about both of these devices, and IMO they can only get better in the next attempt.
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06-20-2003, 02:37 PM
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If you are a heavy PDA user (and by that I mean you rely on your PDA for all types of info. while out of the office including AvantGo news, MP3 playing, ebook reading as well as all phone numbers and appointments) and a light to moderate cel phone user, the all-in-one is fantastic!
I work at my desk for pretty much the entire day so my cel phone usage is generally restricted to calling home on the way home to say I am on the way home (!!), calling my voice messages at work before I get into the office and on weekends, and calling from the supermarket to see what else we need to buy.  ops:
Under that scenario, the phone features of the XDA are perfect for me. The speakerphone option works very well in the car, and the only time I use the headphones is when a call comes in and I am in the middle of listening to music. While it is clearly not "small", I find the form factor to be very comfortable and the overall package is MUCH smaller than even the smallest cel phone when combined with even the smallest PDA.
When I put my phone on Rogers, here in Toronto, they had a promotion that you get a free small Motorolla phone if you sign up for a 2 year plan. I bought a SIM Card for $25, signed up to a very reasonable 2 year voice plan, did a month-month data plan (I can move up or down in the data plan) and I got a free Motorolla C333. It is a nice little phone with decent features and when I don't want to carry the XDA, (wedding, etc.) I take the SIM card out of the XDA and pop it into the Motorolla. I am very pleased with the whole set-up (although using a T-Mobile branded XDA on the Rogers network does not result in the most reliable and fastest data access speeds, but for checking email etc. through the Rogers Wireless Desktop, it works fine.)
Just my $.02
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06-20-2003, 03:13 PM
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All-in-one
Its going to be different for everyone, but I use the XDA as my primary phone and I'm never in the office. The thing about a one device philosophy is that it WILL change the way you use your PDA. Most people do not normally carry their PDA with them ALL the time. I never did. Perhaps the folks here on PPCT maybe do more than most, but most people aren't going to have a PDA in their pocket night and day. If you go to a converged device, you will. You will have your PDA all the time, and that will change the way you use it in a very positive way. You CAN depend on it being there. I actually don't carry a wallet now. I keep my license and credit cards in my XDA case, and just keep cash in my pocket in a money clip.
As for the integration, these devices do have a few quirks that aren't perfect, but they are very usable for a heavy phone user like myself. I just upgraded the ROM to get always-on GPRS, and that is quite nice as well. Still learning how to effectively use it.
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06-20-2003, 03:39 PM
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oohh.. hurry up sprint! i neeeed an i700! :lol:
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