Guest Paul [MVP] Posted January 30, 2006 Report Posted January 30, 2006 My review of the Orange SPV C600 is now online! Does it get the thumbs up? Thumbs down? Is it the first phone to gain my coveted 'MoDaCo Approved' status? You can read the review in full here, and i've posted some teasers below too :) P The Tornado takes all the good things about Typhoon, and adds some more. The radio steps up from Tri to Quad Band, the processor, while retaining the same clock speed, is boosted to the new generation TI OMAP 850. Rounding off the hardware improvements, the Tornado reference design accommodates an optional WiFi component. From a software point of view, the Tornado brings the much anticipated Windows Mobile 5 into market, the next step on Microsofts refinement and improvement of the Operating System.... Undoubtedly the most controversial feature on the C500 was the ‘bar’. In lieu of the more common joystick, the novel navigation method employed on the C500 seemed to be loved and hated in equal measure (I must confess I quite liked it personally, although it was no use for games for the most part, it was quite reliable). The C600 dispenses with this, and returns to a more conventional joystick. The joystick is still 5 way and so limiting for gaming, but for those who disliked the ‘bar’, the switch back will prove popular. Let’s hope the reliability of the joystick proves better than some recent HTC Smartphones of late!... So you’ve read all that (or you’ve more likely skipped straight to here, hehe), and you want to know my conclusion. The C600 is a phone.
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