Paul Reviews... the Orange SPV M3100, Orange SPV M3100 Review |
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 Aug 14 2006, 16:55
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,241 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Touch HD  |
I do, but I haven't tested it yet. I'll wait till my microSD arrives
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Aug 14 2006, 19:43
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Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 558 Joined: 21st July 2003 From: Nottingham Member No.: 10,516 Device(s): Touch HD |
I can't see any excuse for not just putting a damn standard sized socket on all these things from the start?!
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Aug 14 2006, 20:34
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 9 Joined: 22nd June 2005 Member No.: 135,950 Device(s): SMT 5600 |
QUOTE(NikLP @ Aug 14 2006, 15:43)  I can't see any excuse for not just putting a damn standard sized socket on all these things from the start?! Yeah I agree. Its a big enough device that there would be room for the traditional 3.5 mm socket. It must cost more to have 1 custom socket than 2 standard ones. There must have been some reason they went through so much extra work to design a new connector. It might simply be the same reason every other phone comany has proprietary connectors: to extract extra money from the customers on accessories. I would say that it would be unlike HTC to do this, but then again they were always an OEM manufacturer and wouldn't have gotten the benefit of expensive proprietary accessories. Now though.... who knows? |
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Aug 14 2006, 21:00
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 Hardcore Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 2,734 Joined: 4th November 2003 From: London Member No.: 20,052 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
maybe they and the networks got fed up with their inability to put a reliable jack socket in their device? just think how many spv's have gone back with faulty headst switches!
-------------------- Touch HD runnign Dutty's latest rom
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Aug 15 2006, 07:56
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 Professional Group: Posters Posts: 705 Joined: 1st January 2006 Member No.: 165,239 Device(s): Samsung i900 |
More likely, HTC wants to *aggressively* (ahem) promote their own brand of headsets - see, they produce/sell headsets now, and own socket is nothing better to keep rivals out of competition
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Aug 15 2006, 08:33
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 Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 116 Joined: 13th April 2003 Member No.: 4,629 Device(s): HTC Tytn II |
As anyone got TomTom working on the SPV M3100?? What version do u need?
-------------------- Nokia 6110i / Nokia 6210i / Nokia 8310i / SPV Classic / SPV E200 / SPV C500 / SPV C600 / SPV M3100 / HTC Tytn II
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Aug 15 2006, 11:03
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 No.1 the larch Group: Posters Posts: 965 Joined: 26th November 2002 From: Herts, UK Member No.: 103 Device(s): (SPV,E200,C500,Qtek9100)Vario2 |
Paul, why can't you get friendly with O2 like you are with Orange, I wanna know when this is coming out on their XDA range. I emailed XDA a few days ago and they didn't have any idea of it or if/when it would be coming out. Be buggered if I'm going back to Orange just to get the phone.
Could PM me your supplier for the Dopod could you? -------------------- Interesting Times
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Aug 15 2006, 11:11
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,241 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Touch HD |
I'm happy to talk to O2, but it requires them to want to talk to me too... which they don't seem to
 Oh well! Can't remember who I bought my Dopod 585 from, but I brought my 818Pro from this guy on eBay. He doesn't seem to have many dopods on there atm, maybe drop him a message? P -------------------- |
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Aug 15 2006, 11:16
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No.1 the larch Group: Posters Posts: 965 Joined: 26th November 2002 From: Herts, UK Member No.: 103 Device(s): (SPV,E200,C500,Qtek9100)Vario2 |
Cool thanks Paul, I'll have a go at making some inroads on O2 for you as well.
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Aug 15 2006, 11:31
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Hardcore Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 2,734 Joined: 4th November 2003 From: London Member No.: 20,052 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
QUOTE(Ingvarr @ Aug 15 2006, 08:56) More likely, HTC wants to *aggressively* (ahem) promote their own brand of headsets - see, they produce/sell headsets now, and own socket is nothing better to keep rivals out of competition Other than the need to charge/sync device when using headset (which is a biggy), surely with A2DP and the ability for the Mini-USB to carry sounds, surely the combined mini-usb port is a good idea? I wonder if the top of the device is kept clear of ports/IR windows/card slots etc, so that the antenna has best chance of giving good reception? I have always believed that there are massive variances between handsets (even the same models) when it comes to phone signal strength. I know that I had loads of replacement phones (see my sig) over the years and have found big differences in signal strength between the same models (and not always getting better - due to model improvements) ... but my 3100 seems to have very strong signals both on 3g and gsm (and gprs) wherever I am. -------------------- Touch HD runnign Dutty's latest rom
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Aug 15 2006, 11:37
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Professional Group: Posters Posts: 705 Joined: 1st January 2006 Member No.: 165,239 Device(s): Samsung i900 |
The top of device is kept clear because there are chips there on the PCB, simply no place for stuff you wrote.
Face it - when you have to squeeze like 2x times more chips on the PCB of same size, youll have to sacrifice something else. Everything comes for a price. This post has been edited by Ingvarr: Aug 15 2006, 11:42 |
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Aug 15 2006, 12:01
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 Timelord Group: Posters Posts: 1,606 Joined: 6th September 2003 From: Gallifrey Member No.: 15,319 |
QUOTE(hooded @ Aug 14 2006, 16:42) Paul could you comment on the A2DP on this device? That is of course if you have any bluetooth headphones laying around. I'm very curious about the performance of this as it could make the proprietary USB headphone port more excusable. And has anyone confirmed the problems Syphon Filter was having with music over BT and wifi on at the same time? |
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Aug 15 2006, 15:53
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 13 Joined: 10th August 2006 From: Sheffield Member No.: 201,355 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
QUOTE(jimbouk @ Aug 12 2006, 20:10) I thought the missing phonepad would be a problem (as an ex-prophet user) but I have been using the sliding keyboard so much, I haven't really noticed it isnt there (or even thought about trying to load one up from my prophet). The boot up time is a revelation! I never turned my prophet off (as I was fed up with waiting for it to boot) but have turned the M3100 off twice (in 24 hours). The devices responsiveness is very good and the battery seems to be lasting as well as my prophet with similar usage. The headset using the USB port would be an issue - but I await a splitter - and at least the m3100 wont suffer from the HTC headset socket switch problem! Hello, Sorry to ask a thick question from a Newbie. I've got the M500 (currently); may I ask when you do use the keyboard to dial a number what appears on the screen if the 'virtual keypad' is missing? Have I misunderstood the very detailed and good review by Paul, or is my question useful?? Thanks Kausor |
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Aug 15 2006, 18:33
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 132 Joined: 23rd September 2004 From: Chorley, Lancashire Member No.: 57,690 |
QUOTE(Kausor @ Aug 15 2006, 16:53) Hello, Sorry to ask a thick question from a Newbie. I've got the M500 (currently); may I ask when you do use the keyboard to dial a number what appears on the screen if the 'virtual keypad' is missing? Have I misunderstood the very detailed and good review by Paul, or is my question useful?? Thanks Kausor Kausor, you still have the virtual keyboard but you cannot use the virtual keyboard to text now as T9 has been removed as an option. You can dial with the horizontal keyboard if you wish but i just use my contacts and the new jog wheel it works brilliantly -------------------- Philis,
EX owner "spv 500" , XDA II and XDA IIs C550, MDA Vario, C600, O2 XDA Mini S, Mda Vario 2, Orange SPV 3100, TyTN II and the HTC Diamond... Soon to be the owner of the HTC Diamond Pro The Sun comes up and the sun goes down, everything else is negotiable. |
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Aug 15 2006, 21:53
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The wapfreak  Group: Posters Posts: 326 Joined: 22nd November 2004 From: leeds, UK Member No.: 65,995 Device(s): MDA Compact 2, + Touch PLUS |
there is a dial pad for making calls, however whats missing is the facility to do predictive text
hth Jim |
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