Guest Brody Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 (edited) Orange have released the SPV M5000 according to The Register. Featuring 3G capabilities, a mega-pixel camera, Windows Mobile 5 and a rotating screen the M5000 is feature-packed! Orange's spec list website: Battery life: talk time 5.0 hours standby 10.0 days Weight: 285g Features: - 3G - Bluetooth technology - GPRS - Mega Pixel Camera - Photo Messaging - tri band technology - Video Calling - Video Messaging - Windows compatible Source: www.MSMobileNews.com Orange said the M5000 will go on sale for £400/€600, depending on tariff. It will be shipping in the UK, France and Switzerland in October. The handset will come to the network's other territories by the end of 2005, it added. Edited September 25, 2005 by Brody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kryptos Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 This seems very true and I happy about this, I think I could be getting one of these as my contract has just run out! :o http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset...ail/pay_monthly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SkUk21 Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 £400 is a lot of money. i was hoping for it to be a lot cheaper like it will be on o2!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JampoTT Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 All well and good to put it in the "shop", but they seem to have no stock. Not online, and not in my local shop either. Pah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rhaleuk Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 All well and good to put it in the "shop", but they seem to have no stock. Not online, and not in my local shop either. Pah... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Anyone had luck getting one from Orange over the phone yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dazza12 Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 I've rang a couple of times today, and Orange say it's not released yet. I think what's happened is that The Register got hold of a press release, and have probably took an announcement of a new product as an actual launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RazorD Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 This is probably like the M500. It will be business only for a few weeks (Infact, the impression i got from The guy at the modaco event last month was that it will be business only forever!) But, we'll see i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest millay Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 This is probably like the M500. It will be business only for a few weeks (Infact, the impression i got from The guy at the modaco event last month was that it will be business only forever!) But, we'll see i guess. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm another lurker of the forums is brought out by the forthcoming universal. I spoke to premiere support last week and she said it will be available for me to upgrade to and she would text me once its out. The way I read it was that £400 was the highest price, doign some maths today, I reckon people whgo spend around £100 per month will get it free or cheap, but thats my speculation.... Im just bouncing off the walls to get it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 With the simfree device itself retailing at around £650 it is NOT going to be cheap. As millay (welcome into the light btw!) says, I'm afraid getting one of these free will probably only happen to those with average spending per month upwards of £50. Really hope we don't end up with another of those annoying "Why can't I get this device free?" threads! :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RazorD Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 (edited) With the simfree device itself retailing at around £650 it is NOT going to be cheap. As millay (welcome into the light btw!) says, I'm afraid getting one of these free will probably only happen to those with average spending per month upwards of £50. Really hope we don't end up with another of those annoying "Why can't I get this device free?" threads! :twisted: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Does that mean its ok to start an annoying "How can i get a free M5000?" thread? :( :o Edited September 21, 2005 by RazorD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Does that mean its ok to start an annoying "How can i get a free M5000?" thread? :( :o <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh, what the hey. I'll just ignore it... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RazorD Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Oh, what the hey. I'll just ignore it... :o <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Don't worry, Perfectly happy with my M500, after the 40 odd page on that launch which i was posting in each hour, i think you're safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rhaleuk Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 This is all over the web right now. Every tech/gadget site is reporting on Oranges' launch. Can't wait people. Just can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dazza12 Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 (edited) This could either continue or end my 10 year relationship with Orange. I'm sick of being told it's coming, then it's not, then given a firm date, then a vague one again. Now they issue a press release saying it's launched, but none of the various Orange companies actually have it on their network. It was interesting to hear the Orange monkey I've just spoken to claim that Orange SA were nothing to do with Orange UK and were not their parent company. Until I talked them through going to the Orange.com website and actually reading it. Don't Orange advise their staff to browse their intranet and learn about the company anymore? There's one interesting fact quoted by one of her superiors - there's only 8 M5000's in the country. Well, I must have handled all 8 then, as not only did I get my hands on them at the MoDaCo event, but I've handled other M5000's that other's have been trialling. In fact, I think I've seen more than 8, so some of them are being handed round. Either that, or yet again another Orange employee is giving out BS. I wish they'd quote the company line, and not try to guess when it's being released - this in my mind is Orange's biggest problem. Why is it so important to me? I run my own consultancy, and have a firm order for a mix of Small Business Server & clients with a mobile solution - this is awaiting their purchase of several handsets & PDAs for their sales force. They are already with Orange, and like myself have been told varying dates and were relying on the 'late September' that they'd originally been told. They've asked me to look into the possibility of using other networks, so I'm currently awaiting details from O2 and Tmobile. Oh well, rant over. Edited September 22, 2005 by dazza12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest millay Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 This could either continue or end my 10 year relationship with Orange. I'm sick of being told it's coming, then it's not, then given a firm date, then a vague one again. Now they issue a press release saying it's launched, but none of the various Orange companies actually have it on their network. It was interesting to hear the Orange monkey I've just spoken to claim that Orange SA were nothing to do with Orange UK and were not their parent company. Until I talked them through going to the Orange.com website and actually reading it. Don't Orange advise their staff to browse their intranet and learn about the company anymore? There's one interesting fact quoted by one of her superiors - there's only 8 M5000's in the country. Well, I must have handled all 8 then, as not only did I get my hands on them at the MoDaCo event, but I've handled other M5000's that other's have been trialling. In fact, I think I've seen more than 8, so some of them are being handed round. Either that, or yet again another Orange employee is giving out BS. I wish they'd quote the company line, and not try to guess when it's being released - this in my mind is Orange's biggest problem. Why is it so important to me? I run my own consultancy, and have a firm order for a mix of Small Business Server & clients with a mobile solution - this is awaiting their purchase of several handsets & PDAs for their sales force. They are already with Orange, and like myself have been told varying dates and were relying on the 'late September' that they'd originally been told. They've asked me to look into the possibility of using other networks, so I'm currently awaiting details from O2 and Tmobile. Oh well, rant over. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True true, just trying to please people I guess.. i cant wait to get this and pair it with SBS if it really is that great, its something of major added value for my clients... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mmbecks7 Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 True true, just trying to please people I guess.. i cant wait to get this and pair it with SBS if it really is that great, its something of major added value for my clients... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just out of curiousity, what is SBS? :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dazza12 Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 Small business server. It runs on Windows Server 2003, and is a mix of Exchange, SQL Server, ISA server for up to 75 clients. More importantly, it's priced so that smaller businesses can afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dolphinsmile Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Modaco should remove this thread right away. It doesn't look good. Modaco should be about facts not childish conjecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Ok, to resolve the complaints regarding launch date/availability I have added the following info to the news item as taken from the original source (The Register). Orange said the M5000 will go on sale for £400/€600, depending on tariff. It will be shipping in the UK, France and Switzerland in October. The handset will come to the network's other territories by the end of 2005, it added. This was not included in the original news item posted, so causing the confusion over shipping date. I have also edited the title to reflect that this was an official announcement of the products launch, not the device actually going on sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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