Guest gpcarreon (MVP) Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 O2 Germany have released the XDA Smartphone. The phone appears to be an HTC Hurricane (same as the Orange C550) but with one big difference that the OS Windows Mobile 5.0 and not 2003SE I wish we had this here in the Philippines... :) All the specifications are the same as the C550 apart from the OS, but why release this handset when the next generation of HTC smartphones are freely available and have been for a while? For more information (for those who can read German), visit the O2 page HERE/ Now for the next big question, will Orange ever release the WM5 on the C550? as the pressure from the competition is certainly hotting up. Thanks peekie for the info! 8)
Guest fluffcat1 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 All the specifications are the same as the C550 apart from the OS but why release this handset when the next generation of HTC smartphones are freely available and have been for a while. You make it sound like it's newly out, it's been out a while, and as for being a c550 / hurricane, I don't think it is. I remember posting this a while back - around the same time that I mentioned o2.de's minty blue XDA the end of november but the post's gone - the specs on handit.de quote an Omap 850 which would make it a Faraday. http://www.handit.de/index.php?fuseaction=...&produktid=3075 according to this: http://www.modaco.com/HTC_Hurricane_SPV_C5...II-t228592.html Hurricane is an omap 750. So no upgrade path for c550 possible. But we've already discussed this? :roll: Richard
Guest sporkguy Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 Its doubtful Orange will release a WM5 update for the C500. However, I'm betting it'll only be a matter of time before someone has dumped this o2 xda smartphone ROM and changed the hex for the C500 :)
Guest fluffcat1 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 Its doubtful Orange will release a WM5 update for the C500. However, I'm betting it'll only be a matter of time before someone has dumped this o2 xda smartphone ROM and changed the hex for the C500 :) I think you mean c550, there is a leaked wm5 c500 rom already. Not too sure if this o2 phone's rm will port accross - from the specs it looks a different processor, albeit same family. Richard
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 It's one I think I missed :? I wonder how popular this is as I'm not sure I have seen any posts from owners of this model.
Guest w411y Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 Can't see Orange realeasing WM5 for C550. May have been a different story if o2 released this in the UK mind. Ive been wanting to recolour my c550 to stone grey or black and this is edging me more
Guest Pondrew Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 Right, done lots of digging and think I've got to the route of the confusion. Seems the XDA Phone from O2 does indeed have the OMAP 850 and is commonly held to be another incarnation of the HTC Tornado (same as the SP5/C600)... ...SO... no hope for the Hurricane owners who wanted WM5 there (there's no evidence a Tornado rom could work on a Hurricane).
Guest Tech Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 dont understand why they are copying the orange C550 style. its all about copying these days and branding....
Guest peekie Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 You make it sound like it's newly out, it's been out a while, and as for being a c550 / hurricane, I don't think it is. I remember posting this a while back - around the same time that I mentioned o2.de's minty blue XDA the end of november but the post's gone - the specs on handit.de quote an Omap 850 which would make it a Faraday. According to posts writern on german smartphone forums the phone came out first via the internet shop around end November and mid January in the shops , as far as news goes it may have slipped though the net but for modaco members it is nice to know about this phone , seeing as it has not been covered yet by other English language smartphone sites it is news to our members :) So no upgrade path for c550 possible. But we've already discussed this? :roll: The discussion over the C550 having a wm5 has been talked about but orange have been looking into it and testing a rom on the C550 so there maybe hope for C550 owners maybe not in the uk but in europe :D
Guest w411y Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 The discussion over the C550 having a wm5 has been talked about but orange have been looking into it and testing a rom on the C550 so there maybe hope for C550 owners maybe not in the uk but in europe :) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Where did you hear this?
Guest peekie Posted February 12, 2006 Report Posted February 12, 2006 i heard it from an orange tester here in holland that was last year , will have to find out what happened to it, this was before the C600 came out , so its proberly been binned :) found this over the o2 xda phone specs ect in english http://www.phoneyworld.com/handsets/specs....ne=o2_xda_phone
Guest fluffcat1 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) According to posts writern on german smartphone forums the phone came out first via the internet shop around end November and mid January in the shops , as far as news goes it may have slipped though the net but for modaco members it is nice to know about this phone , seeing as it has not been covered yet by other English language smartphone sites it is news to our members :) The discussion over the C550 having a wm5 has been talked about but orange have been looking into it and testing a rom on the C550 so there maybe hope for C550 owners maybe not in the uk but in europe :D The 'Tornado Tempo' was mentioned on Modaco as far back as beginning of november. http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=...43&hl=xda+phone http://www.gsmarena.com/o2_xda_phone-1276.php And I thought it was only 'msmobiles' that recycled old stories as news :) Only kidding. Still can't find the post I made originally with handit's processor spec back then? IIRC it was McWarre that posted the pic of the phone. Or maybe I'm imagining it?... :oops: Richard Edited February 13, 2006 by fluffcat1
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted February 13, 2006 Report Posted February 13, 2006 It's not an "old" story if the shops have only just started selling it.
Guest fluffcat1 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Posted February 13, 2006 It's not an "old" story if the shops have only just started selling it. Handit.de have had it available since I first noticed it on their site in November - it isn't coming to the UK AFAIK so there is no 'news' :) Handit.de also have a physical shop as well as online sales. Never been though. Richard
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted February 13, 2006 Report Posted February 13, 2006 The topic is discussing the fact that O2 are now selling in their highstreet shops now. Rather than just online, this means that hopefully the device will become more popular.
Guest peekie Posted February 13, 2006 Report Posted February 13, 2006 Modaco is not just uk based it has members the world over , there will be times when a news story covers a phone that is say only out in the US , and that does not mean modaco will not cover it . If you look alot of members have Orange phones in countrys that do not have orange , and that comes from reading about a phone on sites like this , maybe o2 will not bring this phone to the uk but it does not mean no one will never get one in the uk :)
Guest fluffcat1 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) ,Feb 13 2006, 10:30]The topic is discussing the fact that O2 are now selling in their highstreet shops now. Rather than just online, this means that hopefully the device will become more popular. It was in the german flyer for o2 with the i300 in I had ages ago from an o2 shop in Gelsenkirchen I think - I'll see if I can dig it out. Offline price was *silly* - something like €499! No mention of highstreet shops in the first post, has anyone seen them in a highstreet shop in Germany? - first post is just a link to the online shop...(a nice edit mentioning the higher spec processor though.) Has anyone found *official* specs confirming the processor or are we reyling on other sites? Richard Edited February 13, 2006 by fluffcat1
Guest fluffcat1 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Posted February 13, 2006 Modaco is not just uk based it has members the world over , there will be times when a news story covers a phone that is say only out in the US , and that does not mean modaco will not cover it . If you look alot of members have Orange phones in countrys that do not have orange , and that comes from reading about a phone on sites like this , maybe o2 will not bring this phone to the uk but it does not mean no one will never get one in the uk :) Yes I agree, except there is no 'news'! It was previously covered on modaco....not only with the link I gave but also a link to the online shop - my point was that it would only be news if it had also been launched in other terratories, which it hasn't, and the link given has been live for a few months. The original post stated "All the specifications are the same as the C550 apart from the OS, but why release this handset when the next generation of HTC smartphones are freely available and have been for a while?" which they are not as the processor is different, and implying that this phone is newly out and o2 have made a mistake launching an 'old' phone when it's actually been out a while ( 3 months?) and on specs is actually fairly uptodate and a deriviative of another current HTC model. Richard
Guest zabique32 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Posted February 13, 2006 Someone have to try flash C550 with O2 rom then we will have answer :)
Guest Pondrew Posted February 13, 2006 Report Posted February 13, 2006 http://www.gsmarena.com/o2_xda_phone-1276.php http://mobile.softpedia.com/phones/O2/O2-XDA-phone.shtml I'm convinced it's an OMAP 850 but feel free to correct me...
Guest sx125 Posted February 17, 2006 Report Posted February 17, 2006 check www.spv-developers.com It's a omap 750 ==> same as c550 8) http://www.gsmarena.com/o2_xda_phone-1276.php http://mobile.softpedia.com/phones/O2/O2-XDA-phone.shtml I'm convinced it's an OMAP 850 but feel free to correct me... <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Guest fluffcat1 Posted February 17, 2006 Report Posted February 17, 2006 check www.spv-developers.com It's a omap 750 ==> same as c550 8) No new info, same old sources quoted and generalisations made, no tech specs....anyone actually got one of these yet? Richard
Guest Pondrew Posted February 19, 2006 Report Posted February 19, 2006 Yep, as Fluffcat1 points out and SPV-Developers have since acknowledged, it's based on the HTC Tornado NOT the HTC Hurricane and so has the newer OMAP 850 processor.
Guest FonZi Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 Everyone says that it is impossible to get a rom from this phone on a Hurricane unit.. And i actually don't se why.. The phone it self is the same, except from the processor and the OS.. The only driver that would be needed to be replaced is the one for the CPU and is that impossible? Iam not going to try it though, cause i think its illegal.. IS it illegal ?
Guest fluffcat1 Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 Everyone says that it is impossible to get a rom from this phone on a Hurricane unit.. And i actually don't se why.. The phone it self is the same, except from the processor and the OS.. Oh, you 'don't see why', so it must be possible eh? ;) Have you had a tornado and a hurricane apart? Have you examined the differences to the board, the different chips used and their relative locations? No? Until you have, don't make statements such as : 'the phone itself is the same' as you don't know what you're talking about. :roll: The Internet. Everyone's an expert..... :evil: ( I think I'll make that my new sig ) Richard
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