Orange SPV E650/HTC S710/ HTC Vox/Vodafone v1415 Review::Things to consider Pros and Cons

So, the Orange SPV E650. Just an Orange version of the HTC S710, surely? Well, yes and no. Firstly, the keyboard is a different colour, we have the obligatory Orange logo and there's a distinct lack of Windows Live (no MSN Messenger fun here kids). Whilst Windows Live may have vanished, something rather painful has popped up instead, but we'll get to this in a minute.

First, let's have a look at this delicious device. There's a vivid screen which is clear, crisp and close to the casing. People may look at this phone as you sit in a local restaurant and think, "Yeah, it's ok." Rarely, though, will you find these same people ignoring it when the QWERTY keyboard pops out.

A spring-loaded QWERTY keyboard slides out gracefully and............................................
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Samsung SGH-i710 Review:: Things to consider Pros and Cons

Samsung is a huge electronics brand and has gained a lot of popularity in the mobile phone market, even though it cannot compete with the giants like Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola, it is still quite amazing how many new models Samsung brings out each year. Today we are having a look at the SGH-i710 which is a Windows Mobile 5 powered handset. Although many Windows Mobile powered devices tend to be quite similar, Samsung has done a fantastic job to make the SGH-i710 stand out from the crowd..............................
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Vodafone VDA V/v1415/HTC S710 Review:: Things to consider Pros and Cons

For two weeks now, I'm using a Vodafone VDA V (in the UK known as Vodafone 1415), which I got from Vodafone Germany for testing, as my primary smartphone.
The Vodafone VDA V is based on the HTC Vox (better known as HTC S710) and therefore also features Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile 6 Standard. Powered by a TI OMAP 805 CPU at 201 MHz, the VDA V supports quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WiFi b/g as well as Bluetooth 2.0 incl. A2DP and AVRC. Backed-up by 128 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM (which can be extended with microSD cards), the VDA V has a 2 megapixel camera for photos and video recording, features a 2.4" QVGA screen and measures 101 mm x 50 mm x 17.7 mm at a weight of 120 g.

However, the "hidden" highlight is the QWERTZ (depending on the origin of the device it also sports QWERTY) thumb keyboard which slides out. So the Vodafone VDA V might be the perfect messaging machine for everybody who is looking for an alternative solution to classical BlackBerry-styled devices.........................................................................

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T-Mobile MDA Compact III(aka HTC Artemis/O2 XDA Orbit) Review:: Things to consider Pros and Cons

The Compact III isn't your average Pocket PC phone. If you buy one people may still "think" it's a normal PDA but wait - it's far more than that. First up there's the control mechanism. When I first heard that it came with a trackball I thought back to an old arcade game in the local pub - it was called the "Crystal Maze" and involved a huge amount of trackball spinning. It would be fair to say that I didn't like the idea of a trackball much. Secondly was the scroll-wheel that surrounds the trackball. Surely that wouldn't work ? Would it?

There's something else the MDA Compact III has - GPS. It's built in. No seperate box, no extra bluetooth thingy to charge up - it's inside. Think about it. In space there's millions of pounds worth of satellites floating around, beaming location information right back down to this tiny box of tricks.

What else do we have ? Well, we'll get to that in a minute. Let's look at something it doesn't have - most noteably there's no 3G and no WiFi. Bummer, perhaps I'm asking too much ? Is it just me that wants a device with GPS, WiFi, 3G, a QWERTY keyboard, hi-res camera and a numeric keyboard? Perhaps.....................................................

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