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o2 XDA Orbit

  • 19-02-2007 5:45pm
    #1
    Wheels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭


    After reading a lot of online reviews I'm dying to get my hands on the Xda Orbit. It's been out in the UK since November 26th but o2 Ireland are still testing it and have no release date. Tried a few stores and also rang o2 themselves and none of them know when. Most think at the earliest it'll be out in April. Anyone have any idea?


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  • #2
    mkennedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭mkennedy


    Wheels wrote:
    After reading a lot of online reviews I'm dying to get my hands on the Xda Orbit. It's been out in the UK since November 26th but o2 Ireland are still testing it and have no release date. Tried a few stores and also rang o2 themselves and none of them know when. Most think at the earliest it'll be out in April. Anyone have any idea?

    you could purchase the htc p3300/artemis from some place like expansys or clove.

    the htc p3300/artemis is the same device but without the o2 branding.
    it's unlocked/sim-free so it would set you back 650 euro (or around 750-800 euro with bundled tomtom software iirc).

    the htc artemis/p3300/xda orbit is a lovely looking device imho with a lot packed into it: wifi/gps/bluetooth/fm radio but no 3g unfortunately.

    it has a TI omap 200mhz processor which i'm not sure about though.


  • #3
    Wheels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭Wheels


    I wasn't too keen on the processor either but most users have said it's not a problem, though they've reported that opening the windows folder takes an age (something a lot of PDA's suffer from). I've seen the artemis and I prefer the design of the Orbit, it's sleeker, I just wish o2 would release the damn thing. Two reviews I read said it had options for Irish settings so I don't see why its taken them this much longer then the UK to test it.


  • #4
    Wheels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭Wheels


    Just an update. Went into an o2 store today and was told it would be around 5-6 weeks before its out and that they were testing it with the new version of Windows Mobile, hence the delay.


  • #5
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Wheels wrote:
    they were testing it with the new version of Windows Mobile, hence the delay.

    I wonder are they utterly behind the times or utterly ahead of the times? The latest version of Windows mobile is version 6 as announced in the last week or so.

    The Orbit runs Windows mobile 5. :)

    /pedantic


  • #6
    GUIGuy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭GUIGuy


    I doubt it will be out in 5-6 weeks. The "software in testing" is a standard line that sales guys trot out when they are asked why phones are late. The bottom line is Ireland is a small market... and the operators have to buy in bulk to get at a reasonable price. So it takes them far longer to clear stock. The previous generation (xda mini etc) were available for almost a year in sim free before o2 released them.

    What have they to test? GSM is a standard, so if it works in the UK and it works sim free what extra testing is there to do??

    Vodafone have just released the n73 about 2 weeks ago (9 months after release)... and guess what Nokia have just announced its replacement the n77. I think Irish operators should skip a model year to catch up!

    And the "latest version of windows" remark just proves they were fobbing you. I'd be in there buying if I'm wrong though.


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  • #7
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    GUIGuy wrote:
    What have they to test? GSM is a standard, so if it works in the UK and it works sim free what extra testing is there to do??

    It may work SIM free, but the phone is not setup to take advantage of the Irish network. For example, on my XDA Atom, I can't connect to GPRS (not that I care anyway), I had to manually configure it for MMS, I can't access the O2 Ireland specific menus that others can on thier Nokia phones. And so on....

    They would be setting themselves up for a customer support nightmare if they unleashed them without testing.


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