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I have an SPVE200 with several add ons and Tom-tom mobile 5. I wanted to upgrade 8 monthsto to the C500 but my son bought one and it looked cheap & crappy. I thought I would wait for the C550. Now it appears that this is no better and will not run tom-tom software at the moment. I will have to wait and see if the M500 is anything worth having otherwise I shall have to wait for another model.
Very disappointing What are orange doing? Simon. This post has been edited by simon11: Jul 14 2005, 12:45 |
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Jul 14 2005, 11:38
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QUOTE(simon11 @ Jul 14 2005, 08:24) I have an SPVE200 with several add ons and Tom-tom mobile 5. I wanted to upgrade 8 monthsto to the C500 but my son bought one and it looked cheap & crappy. I thought I would wait for the C550. Now it appears that this is no better and will not run tom-tom software at the moment. I will have to wait and see if the M500 is anything worth having otherwise I shall have to wait for another model. Very disappointing What are orange doing? Simon.  If you are still using an E200 I would massively recommend updating to the C500, and I am guessing the C550. The experience is SO much more pleasant on the C500. I hated the E200. IMHO it was much worse than the E100, which itself was a pain in the arse. Compared to either of them the C500 works REALLY well. |
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Jul 14 2005, 12:06
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 177 Joined: 31st January 2003 Member No.: 2,512 |
QUOTE(Dr Who @ Jul 14 2005, 11:38) If you are still using an E200 I would massively recommend updating to the C500, and I am guessing the C550. The experience is SO much more pleasant on the C500. I hated the E200. IMHO it was much worse than the E100, which itself was a pain in the arse. Compared to either of them the C500 works REALLY well. As stated my son has a C500 and a part from being a bit smaller it doesn't do anything that mine doesn't with the add ons. It looks cheap and fragile. He doesn't like it much and he was going to upgrade to C550 but won't now. I find nothing wrong with the E200 apart from battery life. But I allways have it on charge in my vehicles anyway so that doesn't matter. I expected the C550 to be a bit more advanced than just bluetooth and perhaps have more in the way of business softwarte and not just music. I think Coolsmartphone are right in saying that it isn't really a worthwhile upgrade if you have a C500 and that it would be better waiting for the C600. I don't see anything to attract me to it! In fact it looks like the C550 is now back to the size of the SPVE200!!! A waste of twelve months research if you ask me! Simon. |
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Jul 14 2005, 13:01
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Timelord Group: Posters Posts: 1,561 Joined: 6th September 2003 From: Gallifrey Member No.: 15,319 |
QUOTE(simon11 @ Jul 14 2005, 12:06) As stated my son has a C500 and a part from being a bit smaller it doesn't do anything that mine doesn't with the add ons. It looks cheap and fragile. He doesn't like it much and he was going to upgrade to C550 but won't now. I find nothing wrong with the E200 apart from battery life. But I allways have it on charge in my vehicles anyway so that doesn't matter. I expected the C550 to be a bit more advanced than just bluetooth and perhaps have more in the way of business softwarte and not just music. I think Coolsmartphone are right in saying that it isn't really a worthwhile upgrade if you have a C500 and that it would be better waiting for the C600. I don't see anything to attract me to it! In fact it looks like the C550 is now back to the size of the SPVE200!!! A waste of twelve months research if you ask me! Simon. Well true enough the C500 doesn't do anything the E200 can't do - it just does it better, faster and more reliably. looks are a subjective thing I guess. I thought the pictures of the C500 looked awful before it came out but it is a good looking phone. And it is far better assembled than an E200, IMHO. OK the battery case of the C500 is plasticky but the rest feels good. And the back of the E200 is pretty horrible. I would agree that the C550 isn't at all revolutionary, and is barely evolutionary. For my next upgrade I want a C500 size phone, with even better screen, 3G and wifi. Oh, and no dust. Personally I would have taken pretty much ANY phone over an E200 - I was gutted that I gave up my E100 for it! |
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Jul 14 2005, 16:08
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just got my C550 from aE200 before.
seems ok, much better size but was expecting smaller actually whats it like in size compared to C500? |
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Jul 14 2005, 18:58
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QUOTE(Dr Who @ Jul 14 2005, 13:01) Well true enough the C500 doesn't do anything the E200 can't do - it just does it better, faster and more reliably. looks are a subjective thing I guess. I thought the pictures of the C500 looked awful before it came out but it is a good looking phone. And it is far better assembled than an E200, IMHO. OK the battery case of the C500 is plasticky but the rest feels good. And the back of the E200 is pretty horrible. I would agree that the C550 isn't at all revolutionary, and is barely evolutionary. For my next upgrade I want a C500 size phone, with even better screen, 3G and wifi. Oh, and no dust. Personally I would have taken pretty much ANY phone over an E200 - I was gutted that I gave up my E100 for it! I had the E100 also but I was fed up with sticking a bluetooth adaptor on the bottom for my earpiece when the driving laws changed. I kept knocking the adaptor of my belt. I can only remember excitement over the new phone. People that had trouble with the E200 was due usually to using third party software and hard re-setting mucking up the gprs settings etc. I may be an odd one out but the E200 is def the best phone I have owned. The things it didn't have I have added with third party software. Gprs monitoring, search facility for the calendar and E-mail, voice dialling & file manager plus tomtom satelite navigation. etc. etc. Wow! my mouth is watering!! I am in no real rush to change as there isn't anything really better at the moment. I will look at the M500 when it is out but might wait for the C600 C700 C800 if need be. I had to edit this because it posted itself too soon. Simon. This post has been edited by simon11: Jul 14 2005, 19:00 |
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Jul 14 2005, 19:58
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the M500 is a significantly different beast from the E200 / C500 / C550
PPCPE (Pocket PC Phone Edition) has many advantages in terms of functionality, but many drawbacks, and on the M500 (I actually have the JAM) the lack of a keypad made me switch back to my C500 pretty quickly. I'm not sure it will be "the answer" you've been waiting for ! -------------------- - spacerace -
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Jul 14 2005, 23:15
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 107 Joined: 24th June 2004 From: Chester Member No.: 47,474 Device(s): Vario II with WM6 |
QUOTE(simon11 @ Jul 14 2005, 08:24) I have an SPVE200 with several add ons and Tom-tom mobile 5. I wanted to upgrade 8 monthsto to the C500 but my son bought one and it looked cheap & crappy. Scarey. I had an e200 for about 2 months and then got a C500 when they came out last year - i wouldn 't even pick up the e200 now. Personally I think the C500 is the best small SPV that's been released so far. I'm hoping to get an M500 next week but I always have the C500 as a fall-back in the unlikely situation that I don't like it (I quite like PPCs). |
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Jul 15 2005, 08:17
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Bring back the E100 with its 8 way joystick!
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Jul 15 2005, 09:18
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QUOTE(spacerace @ Jul 14 2005, 19:58) the M500 is a significantly different beast from the E200 / C500 / C550 PPCPE (Pocket PC Phone Edition) has many advantages in terms of functionality, but many drawbacks, and on the M500 (I actually have the JAM) the lack of a keypad made me switch back to my C500 pretty quickly. I'm not sure it will be "the answer" you've been waiting for ! Point taken! I was wondering about that just prior to reading your post. I was looking at the spec on the orange site. It doesn't come up as an available upgrade model yet anyway. I will give it a miss I think! Cheers :| Simon. |
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Jul 15 2005, 15:41
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The C550 is barely an evolution? It's QVGA! How many Smartphones have been QVGA before? None.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I'm about to go out and buy one as I'm happy with my MDA III and SPVE200 until upgrade time comes along. I'm just saying the C550 is without doubt the best Smartphone out there... Oh, and the C550 as big as an E200? Me thinks someone hasn't actually seen one... |
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Jul 15 2005, 18:30
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Diehard Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 428 Joined: 1st June 2004 From: Ipswich, UK Member No.: 45,194 Device(s): v1605, qtek 8500. |
I didn't realise what a difference QVGA would make, until I installed software at the fixed resolution of the standard C500 screen, and it sits occupying about 2/3 of the screen with a large white border on the right and bottom.
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Jul 15 2005, 19:24
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Well for all those happy C500, and C550 owners with an old E200 sitting round in their drawer gathering dust, do you want to donate it to this poor English teacher who's about to go off and do 18 months volunteer teaching in Mongolia with an aid agency?
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Jul 15 2005, 19:46
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There you are soup dragon. Get donating!
Simon. |
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Jul 15 2005, 19:49
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QUOTE(Pondrew @ Jul 15 2005, 15:41) Oh, and the C550 as big as an E200? Me thinks someone hasn't actually seen one... Hold my hand up to that one! I was reading an article that said it was larger than the c500. On the Orange site it states that it is the same size? Simon. |
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Jul 15 2005, 20:56
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 52 Joined: 24th August 2004 Member No.: 54,034 |
QUOTE(simon11 @ Jul 15 2005, 19:49) Hold my hand up to that one! I was reading an article that said it was larger than the c500. On the Orange site it states that it is the same size? Simon. i think cos its more block like and slightly less rounded if that makes sense. btw i'm getting one as soon as i'm in the 11th month of my c500 contract -------------------- Motorola C520 > Nokia 5110 > Nokia 3210 > Sony J6 > Nokia 6510 > Sharp GX20 > SPV C500 > SPV M500
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Jul 15 2005, 21:59
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QUOTE(ah5150 @ Jul 15 2005, 21:56) i think cos its more block like and slightly less rounded if that makes sense. btw i'm getting one as soon as i'm in the 11th month of my c500 contract the measurements have it bigger by 1 or 2 millimeters !  
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Jul 16 2005, 06:55
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Nice pics. I can see now that it looks slightly larger due to its shape.
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Jul 16 2005, 08:09
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Diehard Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 428 Joined: 1st June 2004 From: Ipswich, UK Member No.: 45,194 Device(s): v1605, qtek 8500. |
Yes, height and width are virtually the same, the depth of the phone is slightly bigger visually and also it feels bulkier when holding, but it still feels fine for me. Also I've not checked the weight specs but if you hold one in each hand the C550 actually seems lighter to me.
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Jul 17 2005, 02:57
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QUOTE I've not checked the weight specs but if you hold one in each hand the C550 actually seems lighter to me. Just tried the C500 in one hand and the C550 in the other and the C550 seems like half the wait to me :shock: |
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