O2 XDA Orbit

Beano

I emailed to see if they would be getting the XDA Graphite in Ireland. They emailed back and said that they wouldnt be getting the Graphite BUT that they would be getting the XDA Orbit. From the specs it looks like an excellent phone (WM2005, GPS, WiFi) but I was wondering if anybody had any hands-on experience with this phone or had an inside scoop on O2s pricing for this phone.

mkennedy

Beano wrote:

I emailed to see if they would be getting the XDA Graphite in Ireland. They emailed back and said that they wouldnt be getting the Graphite BUT that they would be getting the XDA Orbit. From the specs it looks like an excellent phone (WM2005, GPS, WiFi) but I was wondering if anybody had any hands-on experience with this phone or had an inside scoop on O2s pricing for this phone.

the o2 xda orbit is the same phone as the htc artemis/p3300.

no experience of it myself but I was considering getting the artemis a few months ago but didn't because I wasn't sure about the 200mhz TI omap processor and the micro-sd slot is buried under the sim card.

it does have wifi, bluetooth, sirf star iii gps and fm tuner in a nice form factor making it a fairly attractive device otherwise. no 3g/hsdpa unfortunately.

it also will probably come loaded with satnav software e.g copilot with t-mobile/tom-tom with the artemis itself-not sure what o2 intend putting on it tbh (maybe copilot).

you could hold out for the htc kaiser in the next few months which will have all the above and 3g/hsdpa and slider qwerty (basically a thinner tytn with hsdpa).

Beano

The kaiser does look nice alright. A lot like the i-mate k-jam I have now except a bit thinner and it has gps. Any idea if the phone companies will be offering it?

mkennedy

Beano wrote:

The kaiser does look nice alright. A lot like the i-mate k-jam I have now except a bit thinner and it has gps. Any idea if the phone companies will be offering it?

no sorry, haven't heard anything.
I wouldn't expect them to bring it out any time soon though.

Tom Dunne

Beano wrote:

Any idea if the phone companies will be offering it?

I think it's safe to say, in Ireland at least, that most likely nobody will be offering these kind of devices. For the number they would sell, I think the phone company's consider these very niche.

I had to buy my O2 Atom on the 'net, I don't even think it is available anywhere in Europe.

aikon

I see that O2 are now offering the XDA Orbit. Though, sat nav is separate.

Random

aikon wrote:

I see that O2 are now offering the XDA Orbit. Though, sat nav is separate.

179 Euro separate! They should realy combine the prices!

drdre

ciaranfo wrote:

179 Euro separate! They should realy combine the prices!

you can get genuine sat nav software from ebay for half that price even less.

Random

Is it the same as what O2 are selling or better?

youcancallmeal

Thinking about getting the HTC P3300 myself. Most of the reviews seem positive enough although there is a lot of mixed opinions on the "RollR" thingy?

Beano

I had a look at the O2 online shop and I cant see it. Can somebody post a link to it?

jester77

I have the XDA Neo which is the model before the Orbit. It's the exact same spec except mine doesn't have GPS built in or doesn't have the rollerball. It's a great phone/pda. I've no complaints with it except maybe the processor is a little slow but its possible to overclock it. I use GPS via a bluetooth dongle and it works good. WiFi works greats, can even stream stuff from my PC using Orb which is great if you are sitting on the jacks Battery lasts 2-3 days depending on usage.

drdre

Beano wrote:

I had a look at the O2 online shop and I cant see it. Can somebody post a link to it?

I think you have to call the business department of o2 to get that phone.Its only out the last week or 2.

Shredneck

drdre wrote:

I think you have to call the business department of o2 to get that phone.Its only out the last week or 2.

Its only available in store at the moment. Its not available online.

drdre

Shredneck wrote:

Its only available in store at the moment. Its not available online.

Yes thats what i said, only in stores and through business agents of o2.

Shredneck

drdre wrote:

Yes thats what i said, only in stores and through business agents of o2.

Fair enough

snaps

Narrowed it down to this:

http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=142813

http://www.expansys.ie/b.aspx?i=130765

Or wait for this to arrive:
http://www.expansys.ie/b.aspx?i=145682

Gps would be handy but not to important.

drdre

Does anyone know how much the xda orbit is on o2 billpay upgrade.
Thanks in advance

JNive

a bundle deal with the XDA and copilot is under consideration as far as i know.

drdre

JNive wrote:

a bundle deal with the XDA and copilot is under consideration as far as i know.

Do you know how much it is without sat nav.

JNive

im not in the loop with regards to prices in general :-)

drdre

JNive wrote:

im not in the loop with regards to prices in general :-)

No problem

Random

It's roughly the same price as the Exec .. I think it's about €450-€650 ... best bet is to ring a store to get the latest prices though.

drdre

ciaranfo wrote:

It's roughly the same price as the Exec .. I think it's about €450-€650 ... best bet is to ring a store to get the latest prices though.

Wow thats expensive, i think i read somewhere between 250-300 on upgrade.i think i might be wrong