Wouldn't it be like downgrading to you. From touch screen to non touch screen phone? For me, this is my 1st smartphone. Before this i was thinking in getting a N70 or a 2nd hand dopod. But the price for this phone is hard to resist. Some even suggested me to buy the 2nd hand dopod 577w or the Dopod C500. 577w is already eol by dopod and my main concern is warranty.

The company i worked for has purchased HP DL380 and blade servers before so i am familiar how their warranty works and i know some of the HP support engineers here


I think local reviews would be in a month or two.

I also need to prepare the "justification" to the ministry of finance and spending. Here are the contact screenshots

Contacts


Pressing the menu in contact screen


Adding new item into contact


Editing a contact

Photos taken with the ipaq.

The performance is ok. Lagged a little bit when changing or selecting functions. I think the battery can last more than three days without heavy usage. I got a surprise today. From 34% then dropped to 4% in less than an hour. Something wrong with the sensor i think. Charging is not a problem. I have a lot of usb cables lying around at home, office. Charged it through my laptop, desktop & home PC.

The weight is just nice to me.

It is not easy to find software specially designed for WM6, but the OS still new, gave it a couple of months.

To compare it to my old phone (K700i) is not quite fair The ipaq is way way much better.

Cons.
-No indicator or alert to notify me of unread message or a missed call. (There is a software for this, but designed for WM5. I tried to install and it keep vibrating non-stop)
-No radio. I used to listen to the k700i fm radio while riding my bike to listen for traffic updates. Especially on the Penang bridge. (I could buy the i-tech radio bt headset for this)
-No USB 2.0 connection

Pros.
-Easy to sync up with my outlook calendar with correct time and date for different timezone
-Can view excel, word and powerpoints files. (Can't create them, to create you need WM6 Pro)
-Media player to listen to mp3 and view videos.
-WiFi
-Easy charging

Some people said that the screen is small, but for me it is adequate for my needs. I'm still learning to really maximise the usage. For me this is a good phone for those who want to buy their 1st smartphone. I can give it 8/10.

Control is using the d-pad in the middle. There is a lot of shortcuts key.
Like this screenshot

You can use the pad to navigate or press "1" for IE, "4" for calendar, "6" for contacts. I think you get the idea. I think SE also using this method.

The lag is there but still ok for me.


The music player is Windows Media player for mobile, something like windows media player 10 for desktop. You can use TCPMP is you want. I'm not quite sure on the biggest microSD supported, I use 2Gb for my iPAQ.

This post has been edited by mykomputer: Jul 27 2007, 11:09 PM

So i checked the phone once in a while. This is the same thing with my K700i. If you use "outdoor" profile, the ring is loud enough.

Today experienced my 1st hang, need to take out the battery. The phone is in my trouser pocket, feel the vibration off an incoming call. when i took it out. no response from the key.

No indicator I mean no beep or led flashing. Like my old Motorola, it will beep a couple of minutes apart if there is a missed call or unread messages.

Yup it hang,i don't know if one of the apps i installed it coz it. Will remove the apps and keep monitoring.

No soft reset button or hole.

Wahhh.. good value for money.

Nice review

My RMA Jabra BT160 headset just came back. They change a new unit for me.

The software for this kind of resolution are hard to find. I tried a few built for WM5, some of it can be use, while some of it can't.

I'm still looking for a free world clock software that shows the time for a few different cities.

It all depends on what type of application. If you're willing to pay i think you can find the software that you need. For some of the ipaq software, you can buy it from here http://www.ipaqchoice.com/

It is correct, Windows Mobile 6 is powered by Windows CE 5.0 (version 5.2).
refer to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile#Windows_Mobile_6

Some problematic software can cause this. I have few cases, installed software meant for WM2003

For the sorting of contacts. There is no setting in WM6 to sort by first name. My solution was to sync up my contacts with outlook. Set outlook to default "file as" to first name, and then run the outlook plugin "file as sorter" to save as all my contacts to first name.

Delete all my contacts in iPaq, then sync it up with my outlook. Then for every new contact you create in ipaq make sure to file as first name.

You can read about it at http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj/FileAs.html

You need another step in between...

Start --> Contact --> Select contact (click the contact) Then you will see the contact information such as "last call", "call mobile" etc... Then only click menu --> 7 Add to speed dial.

I don't have any data plan, so i don't use EDGE to connect to the internet. Sometime just use the wifi to connect to my home network or some other hotspot.

This model could hit RM2.5k++ per unit. But the design look nice.

I'm using 2Gb myself. Is there a 4Gb MicroSD?

Yup i can use the BT with voice command. But you can't use the BT button to answer call, so i disable the voice command function.