Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 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 ;) P
Guest squall Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 it seems magneto will be officially launched on 8 - 9 may! not sure about the media buttons at all...
Guest SIMfree Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 The C550 will not ship with Magneto.
Guest Disco Stu Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 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 ?
Guest squall Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 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 ;) which means i wont be upgrading as theres not enough improvements for me to justify it.
Guest Disco Stu Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 Media buttons linked to WMP (even if v10) won't be much use given that most Smartphone users install an alternative.
Guest squall Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 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
Guest st3ph3n Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 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?
Guest squall Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 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 ?
Guest rhaleuk Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 Yeah, I reckon I'll wiat for something with "magneto" too. That looks too much like my C500, even if the screen is better.
Guest st3ph3n Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 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.
Guest mitman Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 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 ;)
Guest Pigo Posted April 25, 2005 Report Posted April 25, 2005 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???? any info/pic's? Pigo
Guest rekall Posted April 25, 2005 Report Posted April 25, 2005 I think this new C550 looks great - an improvement on the already good looking C500.
Guest someone Posted April 25, 2005 Report Posted April 25, 2005 and what's this about a SPV C600???? any info/pic's? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 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:
Guest magical_trevor Posted April 25, 2005 Report Posted April 25, 2005 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?
Guest markdotpeters5 Posted April 25, 2005 Report Posted April 25, 2005 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 ;)
Guest Microsoft Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 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 ;) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> D500? :?: jam?!
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 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.... ;)
Guest farq001 Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 Does anyone know if they will have solved the multiple key press issue that we have on the C500??
Guest someone Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 (edited) D500? :?: jam?! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hehe no I think he means the Samsung D500. There's more than just Smartphones on the market ;) Edited April 26, 2005 by someone
Guest morpheus2702 Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 Even more retro in the flesh that the drawings suggested! As superficial a question as it may be, I wonder what colour the backlight is? And June for the C600? June 2006 maybe! ;)
Guest Gears Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 ... from Stuff Magazine.[ They appear to have the first ever "real" photos of this device..
Guest markdotpeters5 Posted April 26, 2005 Report Posted April 26, 2005 Microsoft: yeah that wasn't terribly clear was it. My main day-to-day phone is the i-mate jam (HTC magician), I also have a Samsung D500 for going out basically as the camera is terrific. It's limited compared to smartphones, but then after consuming much beer on a friday night, so is my brain ;)
Guest timalloy6711 Posted May 2, 2005 Report Posted May 2, 2005 I think that phone looks cool ...I own a SPVE200 and my upgrade is in may....should I go for this...someone advise me please??
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