Guest Paul (MVP) Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Ameo on the T-Mobile UK site 'nuff said... priced from £119.99 to (gulp) £429.99 ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsutton Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 If I stayed with the phone plans I have, the phone is going to cost me a whooping £379.99! Guess I need to wait a bit longer. ;) Does anyone know if T Mobile staff still have the Friend of friend (or whatever it's called) discount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 £239.99 on FlexT WnW 35 could be worse... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boyo69 Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 £239.99 on FlexT WnW 35 could be worse... P i've got 15 days, or 360 hours, or 21600 minutes left before i can upgrade !! and i will !! bet they'll be sold out by the 21599th minute ! hope T-Mobile work 24/7, i'll be on the phone midnight ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnwin Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 These prices are actually quite good for what you get. Just compare it to a standalone PDA (what few there are now!). Still out of my reach for now though - or at least beyond what MRS johnwin will let me pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Confucious Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I got an 18 month contract last April so a while until I can upgrade - normally I'd just get a new contract and write tho old one off - but then I'd lose my 25% discount ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 My upgrade isn't due until November, oh dear! ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Confucious Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 If you find out a cheap way of upgrading eraly Paul, nudge, nudge, wink wink ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rickyburke Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I can't justify upgrading to a WM5 device FROM a WM5 device with the launch of WM6 just a few short months away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 No luck confucious ;) I expect the Athena to get WM6, but there's not been any announcements to that fact! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rickyburke Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 If they confirmed it would get an upgrade in the future i'd 100% get it. Otherwise, i'm waiting for the I-Mate Ultimate 7150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thelondonthing Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Hmm. Does the Ameo have built-in GPS? We know that this is a feature available on the Athena reference design, and the HTC Advantage X7500 includes GPS, but I can't find any confirmed details of it being included on the Ameo. Anyone got any info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shanedean Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 No luck confucious :D I expect the Athena to get WM6, but there's not been any announcements to that fact! P Blurb from T-Mob as shown above in post says 'You can connect to a printer or a projector with its active USB and VGA ports and use its Windows Mobile 5 software to create and edit documents on the go' Surely a mistake for what is likely to be both T-Mob and HTCs flagship device! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rhedgehog Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I very much doubt that they would take the GPS out. In fact, according to the training material and manual, it mentions both Wi-Fi and the GPS module. But mine should be arriving Tuesday morning. I can confirm then whether it has it or not. Give it a few days and i bet it appears on the TM UK site for sale with co-pilot software for a premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadioImp Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Well, mine's here. It definitely has GPS, but not had chance to get TomTom on it to try that yet. MY contract hasn't gone live yet, so I can't definitely test it, but it appears from reading the manual that you HAVE to have a headset to make a phone call. This wasn't mentioned in any of the reviews or specifications I've seen for the phone. If it's true, I think it's a deal breaker, and I'll be ringing them to see if I can send it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix (MVP) Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 The spec seems to imply it has a built in microphone and i would be shocked if there were no speakers! So it should be fine without a headset. Try setting up a voice dailing tag and see if that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadioImp Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 The spec seems to imply it has a built in microphone and i would be shocked if there were no speakers! So it should be fine without a headset. Try setting up a voice dailing tag and see if that works. Yeah, that's what I thought, but as I say, I currently have no phone service so not had chance to try it yet, just going on what the manual says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix (MVP) Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 The voice dialing would prove there is a microphone though, it just wouldn't be able to actually dial! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadioImp Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Ah, didn't think of that. Just tried it, it definitely has a microphone. From reading around, it appears that the 'hack' is to put it on loudspeaker, but with the volume turned all the way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix (MVP) Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Hmm i see, so more intended to be used on speakerphone rather than against your head. Bit off not giving you the choice but i could see the reasoning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MPXtricky Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Just picturing someone holding one of these to their ear has me grinning! Hmm i see, so more intended to be used on speakerphone rather than against your head. Bit off not giving you the choice but i could see the reasoning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neil5459 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 A friend of mine with an Ameo confirms that 'against the ear' mode is not supported formally. If a headset is not detected, it will default to speakerphone for making/receiving calls. You can turn the speakerphone volume down if you want to hold it to your ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 That's, er, a bit rubbish really ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rickyburke Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Haha, well I didn't want to say...but yeah, that is rubbish. Remember the Motorola Text Box? the little blue thing? That was the same. lol. D'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr Who Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) Is there likely to be a reg hack/software that can get round this? Just recently I have been taken by the UMPC idea but have been put off by the lack of phone functionality built in so the Ameo might be quite a nice compromise. But I work in a quiet office so speaker phone is just not an option but similarly I can't always be wearing a headset. Also, what is the battery life on this thing? I am currently getting about 7 hours out of my Vario II, with about 4 or 5 hours calls and push email which is not enough for me to get through a working day without charging which is sometimes just not possible. It actually seems to be the phone calls that kill the battery. If I make no calls with push all day it will last 12 hours plus, no calls and no push and it will run for 18 hours or so. Edited March 21, 2007 by Dr Who Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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