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post Apr 24 2005, 21:32
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Fellow MVP Arne over at TheUnwired.net has posted a couple of very good pictures of the forthcoming SPV C550.



Still not 100% sure if I like it personally (I think my Dopod 585 looks a lot slicker), but the 320x240 screen is not to be sniffed at. Roll on the (allegedly May) release I say smile.gif

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post Apr 24 2005, 21:37
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it seems magneto will be officially launched on 8 - 9 may!

not sure about the media buttons at all...


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post Apr 24 2005, 21:43
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The C550 will not ship with Magneto.
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post Apr 24 2005, 21:44
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As a fan of the SPV range I'll have to have one - upgrade due on July so O will no doubt be calling in June.
Can you explain the top 2 rows of 4 buttons. One is WMP controls so what are the next row exactly ? Have HTC dispensed with the obvious left/right softkey format ?


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post Apr 24 2005, 21:46
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first 4 are the soft keys, back and home

next 4 are media buttons, skip fwd, back stop and play

it seems that c550 wont have magneto sad.gif

which means i wont be upgrading as theres not enough improvements for me to justify it.
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post Apr 24 2005, 21:50
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Media buttons linked to WMP (even if v10) won't be much use given that most Smartphone users install an alternative.
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post Apr 24 2005, 21:52
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the alternitives could be programed to recognised the extra buttons...

I just dont use the smartphone for media enough for something like that to appeal to me
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post Apr 24 2005, 21:55
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Like the Joystick. If the media buttons were customisable then they might be useful. Mail, TomTom, Solitare and Beta Player at the touch of a button.

Is this, or any other smartphones likely to be out on Orange when everyone who ealry adopted the C500 hits their free upgrade period in August?
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post Apr 24 2005, 21:58
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yes it should be out in may, so give it a month or so for delay...!

still i think i will be waiting on the c600, hopefully that will be out by the end of the summer ?
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post Apr 24 2005, 22:18
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Yeah, I reckon I'll wiat for something with "magneto" too. That looks too much like my C500, even if the screen is better.
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Magneto would be good. What about 3G too?

If any of the operators whip out a decent 3G Magneto device by August then they'll surely be onto a winner.
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post Apr 24 2005, 23:19
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I'm due for upgrade from my e200 in mid-may.

What do you think are my best options, c550 or m500?

Pros & Cons please biggrin.gif
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post Apr 25 2005, 07:33
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hmm that's a good question.
I'd go for the M500 myself. but it's bigger and heavier. though the functionality makes up for that easily. so depends on what your demands are.

and what's this about a SPV C600????
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post Apr 25 2005, 08:32
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I think this new C550 looks great - an improvement on the already good looking C500.
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post Apr 25 2005, 11:47
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QUOTE(Pigo @ Apr 25 2005, 08:33)
and what's this about a SPV C600????
any info/pic's?
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From CoolSmartphone:

- Orange will launch C600 (bigger screen, possibly no camera) in June
- C600 will only be available to Orange enterprise customers (business contracts > 50 employees)
- C600 will have Windows Mobile 2005

So... :roll:
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post Apr 25 2005, 15:21
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What's the point of only offering the C600 to Enterprise Customers? that seems stupid to me, why would Orange want to restrict their market? maybe another network will release the same device but with a different name that normal customers can have...

back on-topic: if there's no OS upgrade for the C550, is there really much point to bringing out a whole new device only for it to become outdated a few weeks later?
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post Apr 25 2005, 19:33
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sorry to be superficial,i'd get one if I thought the camera was going to be any good.

I hope i'm proved wrong, but I bet it sucks. I know for some people it's not important, but it is for me.. looks like at the very least it doesn't have a flash. (the flash on the d500 is actually quite useful)

D500 quality camera, or i'm not touching it smile.gif
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post Apr 26 2005, 06:53
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QUOTE(siksik6 @ Apr 25 2005, 19:33)
sorry to be superficial,i'd get one if I thought the camera was going to be any good.

I hope i'm proved wrong, but I bet it sucks. I know for some people it's not important, but it is for me.. looks like at the very least it doesn't have a flash. (the flash on the d500 is actually quite useful)

D500 quality camera, or i'm not touching it smile.gif
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post Apr 26 2005, 09:04
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Well my c500 is getting a little battered now, so a C550 would be a nice interim until i can get my hands on a C600....

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post Apr 26 2005, 12:14
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Does anyone know if they will have solved the multiple key press issue that we have on the C500??
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