Vodafone VPA Compact

[Guest keeko]

Hi does anyone know anything about the VPA currently being offered by Vodafone? I presume it's a Magician variant but I'm not completely sure.

I've been offered this handset for £50 via my local Vodafone Store (subject to a 12 month contract at £25 per month).

I'm keen to get back to Vodafone (as far as I know the best reception here in Brighton), however I'm aware that the Magician has been recently updated.

Any thoughts?

[Guest Confused Stu]

Yes, this is the Magician, and yes a new one based on the Magician has been released.

The difference is that the new one has 128Mb of memory and Windows Mobile 5 on board. I personally have an M500 (Magician) and once I did the simple BigStorage I've never felt like I'm lacking memory. As for WM5, I've never had it so don't miss it.

It's pretty much up to you - are you willing to wait and then pay more for the ability to run more programs at the same time and the newest operating system?

[Guest keeko]

Yes, this is the Magician, and yes a new one based on the Magician has been released.

The difference is that the new one has 128Mb of memory and Windows Mobile 5 on board.  I personally have an M500 (Magician) and once I did the simple BigStorage I've never felt like I'm lacking memory.  As for WM5, I've never had it so don't miss it.

It's pretty much up to you - are you willing to wait and then pay more for the ability to run more programs at the same time and the newest operating system?

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Thanks for the reply Stu.

How do you find the M500 in general? Does it work well as a phone (ie reception and call quality) and how do you cope with the lack of keypad? I text quite a lot and I'm hoping the input options are going to be adequate enough to mean I won't miss the keypad.