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o2 Xphone

  • 18-02-2004 11:17am
    #1
    jkb_dub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭


    Hi there,
    I'm in the market for a smartphone... the one I've in mind is the i-mate 2 also known in 02 Asia as the O2 xphone...

    Does anyone know when or if this will be available in O2 Ireland ? Otherwise its expansys.ie for me...

    Thanks,
    jkb_dub


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  • #2
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    hi - unlikely that the XPhone will be made available here - O2 Asia is a very separate part of the mmO2 group than the UK/DE/IRL European Operator group

    although there is momentum building for the MS Smartphone platform so watch this space as they say...

    also, do a price compare between the UK and IE expansys store before ordering - you may find it could be a little cheaper ordering from the UK for some items - re this thread

    you might also want to do some reading around the net about the model - the Bluetooth is MS's own stack (first implementation) so not as fully featured as that from Widcomm - also there were some battery life issues which people appear to have traced down to having a card inserted into the SD slot (link) - as far as I've read it hasn't been resolved as yet...

    BrianG


  • #3
    jkb_dub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭jkb_dub


    Thanks BrianG - I'd a funny feeling you'd reply first ;-)

    Nice links thanks, I saw the price diff one before but it slipped my mind.

    I was hoping to stick a Wifi SDIO in to it but have not reviewed much yet... Thanks for the warning..

    Thanks again...


  • #4
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    no WiFi SDIO drivers (as yet) for the Smartphone - there is to be a second gen of the cards with lower power requirements too (mainly so that they will finally get working on the PalmOS devices)

    also bear in mind the positioning of the SD slot on on the devices - the HTC Voyager (e.g. i-Mate SP2, XPhone) being at the side a protruding card would make it uncomfortable to hold / use

    here's an example of a similar sized SDIO card in the HTC Tanager (e.g. i-Mate SP1) - which has basically the same form factor / slot position

    htc_sp_sdio.jpg

    BrianG


  • #5
    jkb_dub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭jkb_dub


    Thanks again... it's a bit of a nuisance the position of the slot...

    Maybe I'll hang on a while... might need to do some digging into this a bit more...


  • #6
    hshortt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭hshortt


    Or you can contact me, I've got a Motorola MPX200 going up for sale!

    Cheers


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  • #7
    jkb_dub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭jkb_dub


    Well if it was an mpx 220 then I would definitely be interested !!




    ;)


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