O2 XDA Orbit

  • AndyboyH Consultant, Whispering Gibbon 20 Apr 2007 10:15:12 14 posts
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    Anyone got one of these or had any dealings with them?

    I've been tempted to get a Nokia N95 (the GPS/WiFi are the big sellers for me) but after reading that thread on here, it sounds like it's a buggy phone that's not better than the sum of it's parts.

    I'm not bothered that the XDA isn't 3G, but being a Mac user, Windows Mobile makes me cry a little on the inside...

    Has anyone got an orbit or used one? If so, are they any good?
  • corimi 20 Apr 2007 10:22:14 1,310 posts
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    I had an XDA IIi for a bit, this looks to have more features though. I gradually hated the XDA, for stuff like being too slow to make phone calls, pure touchscreen button interface (yet I still want an iPhone?!) and the Windows software being unresponsive at times, which was really frustrating.

    Basically a good device, but a shite phone which was more than enough to stop me using it. However I do miss playing PocketSNES on it :(

    Think for now I'd always opt for something that's a phone first and everything else second, till a properly good device comes out, I have a SE M600i at the moment and think it's ace.

    EDIT: 5h0ck1ng 5paLLinG

    Edited by corimi at 10:24:46 20-04-2007
  • reality_cheque 20 Apr 2007 10:52:56 7,486 posts
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    Yeah, the XDAs are traditionally utter turd at the phone part of it. Give me 5 minutes and I'll ring my mate who's testing them for work and find out what he thinks.

    Update: Just spoke to him, and apparently the Orbit is a fantastic device, best PDA on the market by a long shot. In fact the guy who's currently got his test model refuses to give it back :)

    Edited by reality_cheque at 10:55:16 20-04-2007
  • AndyboyH Consultant, Whispering Gibbon 24 Apr 2007 12:48:43 14 posts
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    it sounds pretty good really. Just wish it wasn't £149.99 extra (plus separate fee for Copilot) on my current tariff :(
  • HarryB 24 Apr 2007 14:39:17 7,630 posts
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    I'm interested in the Sony Ericsson P700i

    basically, a SE M600i with Wifi + 3.2MP autofocus camera
    gonna see how that turns out before I get an N95
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