[Guest nomis]

ok having seen what is available on the HTC Hurricane/SPV C550 a friend of mine has recently come to me to ask which smart phone i would recomend for him to buy thats any where up to the

[Guest jutley]

get a spv c600 you wont be dissapointed i am playing megadrive and snes games on mine use it for satnav tomtom 5.20 and i watch my dvd on it very wachable get my emails on it listen to my music and the list goes on need i say more.

[Guest fluffcat1]

PAYG orange c600 seems a bargain to me at

[Guest jutley]

yes i forgot to mention the price they just got it out on payand go what a bargain

[Guest nomis]

so the c600 seems to be a safe bet to recomend to him then?, however to behonest im still a little puzzeld, what is the difference between the c550 and the c600(despite different cases and os?)

[Guest jutley]

the c600 has the latest wm5 operating system on it the c550 hasent the c600 is alot more powerfull than the c550 you cant go wrong with the c600 trust me on this one.

[Guest fluffcat1]

so the c600 seems to be a safe bet to recomend to him then?, however to behonest im still a little puzzeld, what is the difference between the c550 and the c600(despite different cases and os?)

Yeah defo go for the c600. Only downer is lack of wifi but a brand new sp5 etc will cost at least

[Guest xda_gangsta]

ok having seen what is available on the HTC Hurricane/SPV C550 a friend of mine has recently come to me to ask which smart phone i would recomend for him to buy thats any where up to the

[Guest nvkid909]

have to say im not that impressed with the orange spv's (made by htc) but i love windows smartphones, wish i had a moto mpx! neonode make one, but no bluetooth.

ive had spv e100, e200 (joystick failure), c500 (dust under screen), c550 (dust under keys) i would say the c550 is my best so far, all the terminal failings of previous ones are gone. they just need to work on sealing out dust!

personal dislikes: i can't stand the outlook style inbox; when you press 'back' you leave the whole messages app! also, the main thing that enrages me so much is the inability to set t9 as default into name & password fields. i hate having to select it all the while, defeats the object of t9!

on 2003se, the menus are a mess! i think alot of people create their own folders in the start menu getting the icons into one or two pages.

still, more fun than any other phone. i would defo check out [windows] smartphones from other manufacturers first (not many)

ps: if you go for c550 contract you also get audio cables, 1150mA battery & 512mb card, nice touch i thought

[Guest nomis]

have to say im not that impressed with the orange spv's (made by htc) but i love windows smartphones, wish i had a moto mpx! neonode make one, but no bluetooth.

ive had spv e100, e200 (joystick failure), c500 (dust under screen), c550 (dust under keys) i would say the c550 is my best so far, all the terminal failings of previous ones are gone. they just need to work on sealing out dust!

personal dislikes: i can't stand the outlook style inbox; when you press 'back' you leave the whole messages app! also, the main thing that enrages me so much is the inability to set t9 as default into name & password fields. i hate having to select it all the while, defeats the object of t9!

on 2003se, the menus are a mess! i think alot of people create their own folders in the start menu getting the icons into one or two pages.

still, more fun than any other phone. i would defo check out [windows] smartphones from other manufacturers first (not many)

ps: if you go for c550 contract you also get audio cables, 1150mA battery & 512mb card, nice touch i thought

i got the audio cables and memory card one payg with orange with my c550 but i dont know if that is still available, which other manufacturers make windows mobile products?

[Guest Tech]

i would recommend Imate SP5m or the MDA Vario but SP5m is a defo as its much better than C600 and has wifi :)

[Guest sporkguy]

I've got the SP5 myself, and spent exactly

[Guest nomis]

ok so ive jsut read THIS review of the MDA Vario and decided as well as recomending this to my friend im also goingn to get on for my self and was wondering where people recomend i go for a good deal on this in the uk.

if i could get the CoPilot software and a GPS unit this would be a great bonus and i wouldnt mind paying a little over the

[Guest awarner (MVP)]

no! don't buy a C550 or a C600, they are really not different then the C500 -

You can not really say the C550 and C600 are similar to the C500, both have better screens and faster processors. They are different stages in the Smartphone's evolution. You may as well say don't get an SP5 as it's similar to the SPV.

WiFi and GPS are not that important as such, I have never seriously used the WiFi on my Vario and I use TomTom for my GPS needs.

[Guest xda_gangsta]

You can not really say the C550 and C600 are similar to the C500, both have better screens and faster processors. They are different stages in the Smartphone's evolution. You may as well say don't get an SP5 as it's similar to the SPV.

WiFi and GPS are not that important as such, I have never seriously used the WiFi on my Vario and I use TomTom for my GPS needs.

yup, actually that is true, the processors are faster, I've never compared a C500 and a C600 or SP5m etc so I'm not sure how much better they actually run. I guess thats the only important facet to consider (I think). Also, do the newer phones load windows faster then the C500?

[Guest Zone-MR]

I'd say a C600 / SP5 now. However, with the STRTrk just around the corner - it may be worth waiting if you're prepared to stretch your budget a little.

[Guest kam_]

I'd say buy a C600 for