Guest pierre Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 It's not just the lucky Dutch any more... it's now on Orange's Swiss website here! Compact, handy, powerful: the new SPV M500 from Orange Latest PDA Smartphone from Orange 15.04.2005 - The latest PDA Smartphone from Orange will be on sale from 23 April 2005. Whether you use it as your mobile office, as a multimedia device or mobile phone, you will be impressed by the SPV M500’s all-round performance. The SPV M500 from Orange is particularly suitable for those who use a PDA (personal digital assistant) for business. In addition to mobile synchronisation with office data (e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes, etc.), the tiny all-rounder offers advanced voice command functionality. The SPV M500 joins the successful Orange SPV range and is designed to succeed the established SPV M1000. Much effort has also gone into developing a considerably smaller PDA (58 x 108 x 18 mm, weight 150 g including rechargeable battery). The SPV M500 is now slimmer and narrower than a packet of cigarettes. Another new feature is the integrated voice command software for telephone number dialling. Users no longer need to allocate a voice signature to each individual contact; the SPV M500 does that itself and will make the call in response to a clear voice command. How many Megabytes are there in an e-mail? Thanks to the new integrated GPRS monitoring function, users always know the amount of data being sent and received via the SPV M500 at any time. You can produce hourly, daily or monthly transmission reports and transfer them to your PC. Users of the SPV M500 and especially businesses can therefore easily control their data communications. Using this method, you can obtain a reliable estimate of costs or of the remaining data volume included in your price plan. Razor-sharp The SPV M500 is also the first PDA Smartphone from Orange with a 1.3 megapixel resolution integrated camera. Professional users (e.g. building site architects, insurance inspectors producing damage reports, etc.) can take razor-sharp photographs and view them comfortably on the approx. 45 x 60 mm screen with over 65'000 colours and a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. You can also send the images directly from the Smartphone using the integrated e-mail application. Tried-and-tested As well as all its new features, the SPV M500, which uses the Windows Mobile Pocket PC operating system, offers many tried-and-tested features. As a triband mobile phone it is at home in just about any mobile phone network around the world. The ActiveSync application allows users access to office data anywhere and at anytime through the simple and rapid data synchronisation both with a PC/laptop and via GPRS with a server (MS Exchange 2003). As with the previous SPV M1000 and SPV M2000 PDA Smartphones from Orange, Pocket Excel, Pocket Word and programmes to view PDF files and PowerPoint presentations are also standard (see separate data sheet for details). Sale and prices The SPV M500 will be available from the 23rd April 2005 everywhere, where Orange offers are available. Cost of SPV M500 according to choice of Orange price plan Price plan 12 month subscription 24 month subscription Optima 400 & Advanced Plus CHF 299.- CHF 199.- Optima 100 & Advanced CHF 349.- CHF 249.- Optima 30 & Personal CHF 389.- CHF 289.- Economy CHF 459.- CHF 399.- [Paul MVP asks... What about the UK then? ;)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Photon Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 I phoned Orange (UK) the other day, and they refused to admit the presence of the m500, but said that if they were to have this handset it would be the back end of May at the earliest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C500mad Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 Latest on the M500 - Orange will be releasing in early June and the business customer price without discount is £250 compared to the M2000 at £359 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dwj Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Latest on the M500 - Orange will be releasing in early June and the business customer price without discount is £250 compared to the M2000 at £359 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have orange uk missed the boat a little? M500 still not released and plenty of next generation phones with wm5 will be out in only a few months time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dwj Posted June 4, 2005 Report Share Posted June 4, 2005 Latest on the M500 - Orange will be releasing in early June and the business customer price without discount is £250 compared to the M2000 at £359 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Do you know if that means available only to business customers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C500mad Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Hi - unsure yet whether it will be just available to business customers but is highly likely that that will be the case to begin with - latest news on release date is now the end of June Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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