Guest Maksymilian Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Let's hope it doesnt have a dust problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CEO Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Paul, could you please show us the direct link on CPW Website? I can't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Confucious Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Paul, could you please show us the direct link on CPW Website? I can't see it. They have a "Coming soon" link on the left which leads to http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/commerce/...N.ITEMS.SPVC550 HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morpheus2702 Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Is it me, or is all the buzz about mobiles 3G related at the moment? Like Paul says, it sounds more of a stop-gap than the revolution we were hoping for. Its a real shame when you consider 2Mp camera phones with 3G, media players and memory cards are becoming more common. I'm confused to what's the smarter phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mcwarre Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Thanks for perennial-drunkard 'Beersoft' =; Thats my title, and you know it! ;) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Microsoft Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 I think i will be wating for Jam two! ;) I am very happy with my C500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Jam 2... now that is a sweet device... (/me stirs it up a bit, lol) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Foxy2k Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 It may just be a stop gap but for people like me who have had the e200 for a year it's got to be worth waiting for instead of getting the c500 now. The 1.3 mega pixel camera has to be worth it on it's own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 I wouldn't get that excited, the 1.3MP camera on the Dopod 585 and the Jam SUCK! :| P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotphil Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Its a real shame when you consider 2Mp camera phones with 3G, media players and memory cards are becoming more common. I'm confused to what's the smarter phone? Definitely still 2/2.5G - at least they work, unlike 3G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Confucious Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 I wouldn't get that excited, the 1.3MP camera on the Dopod 585 and the Jam SUCK! :| P I thought that might be a big improvement - obviously not. The camera is one area the C500 could do with improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Helix Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Is it me, or is all the buzz about mobiles 3G related at the moment? Like Paul says, it sounds more of a stop-gap than the revolution we were hoping for. Its a real shame when you consider 2Mp camera phones with 3G, media players and memory cards are becoming more common. I'm confused to what's the smarter phone? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well said! I am always asking myself the same question of "What is the smarter phone". It seems that all new phones are finding ways to implement smartphone style fuctions. The new nokia 3G phones are examples of this. I can also agree with Paul with that the C550 will just be a "Stepping stone to sometes else" device. Even the name gives it away! I think I'll wait for the C600 ;) or see how the new Nokia 6681 goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fasteye Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 As far as I know Orange does not operate in countries where Quadriband is needed. I find the battery life great given the abilities of the phone and its size. WIFI: who said it wouldn't be there in C550? Can be that a SD WIFI adapter works.. (Most probably not as operators can lose a lot with phone conversation through WIFI) 3G: Until proved otherwise I want to believe C550 will have it! About aerial I find it comparable with other phones sucha s Nokias, Ericsson etc. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Unfortunately in the business market where I work this device will be compared with the Treo 650 which is way superior in terms of signal reception and battery life. The quad band is very important in the US even if roaming. They are the device of choice with end users despite being unreliable and using the Palm OS which brings development limitations. I'd like to see Microsoft build a phone which can really impress in this space in a nice small form factor. I don't think we'll be closer to that until magneto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 What makes you think Magneto will make a difference? It's just the OS, surely the bulk of the innovation needs to be in the hardware? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leaskovski Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 I wonder if this one will not be able to initiate voice dialing when using a BT headset? Probably not! :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drblow Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Unfortunately in the business market where I work this device will be compared with the Treo 650 which is way superior in terms of signal reception and battery life. The quad band is very important in the US even if roaming. They are the device of choice with end users despite being unreliable and using the Palm OS which brings development limitations. I'd like to see Microsoft build a phone which can really impress in this space in a nice small form factor. I don't think we'll be closer to that until magneto. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm confused by those comments! :shock: I looked at the treo 650 on a website. It's absolutely nothing like the C550! It's not even smartphone, it's palm. It's got a totally different form (querty keyboard, external antenae). How could the C550 be in any way compared to this phone, business world or not? Surely one of the main reasons for choosing MS smartphone over symbian or palm will be the fact that most businesses use MS products, including outlook - which smartphones sync with obviously. If the 'business world' cares more about battery life & signal reception, then why bother with any kind of smartphone when they could use a nice big blokia or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Confucious Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 The treo 650 is very popular in the USA but in Europe is virtually unheard of. Does anyone know why? There must be a logical explanation as to why European companies have rejected it yet our American cousins have embraced it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pierre Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I donno why I tend to feel like Palm system is backward or at least too complicated. Orange here are launching it in Europe within very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I tried the Treo 600 a while back, but AFAIK it's not multi-tasking which ruled it out for me. As for the argument that "if you use MS Office at work you need an MS Smartphone"... that's just not the case. My SE P800 and P900 both had better sync'ing with Exchange out of the box, and you can use QuickOffice to edit Word/Excel/Etc... QuickOffice began on the Palm platform IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pierre Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 (edited) Right, even my Treo 600 synchronize really well with Outlook inbox, contacts, etc. with the help of a 3rd party app. I believe Palm is rich with 100'000+ apps to make it the way we want to. But it's a very big jungle... Edited April 19, 2005 by pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I need Server ActiveSync, so until the Treo 650 arrives with Server ActiveSync, or they Nokia agreement kicks in, i'm sticking with my Windows Mobile device ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I've never got server activesync working! :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pierre Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Sorry, but what's Active Synch server? Do you mean Microsoft Exchange server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 sync'ing direct with an Exchange server "over the air" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pierre Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 It's just that?? Then I confirm I can do it with my Treo 600, that is it is to synch over the air with my company's Microsoft Exchange server. It's done through a 3rd party app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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