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Re: Sony Ericsson release Windows Smartphone
« Reply #15 on: 20 November 2007, 08:15:12 »
Looks considerably more useful than the IPhone (I cant beleave a mate of mine has bought one of these monsters at nearly £1000 all in)
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« Reply #16 on: 20 November 2007, 09:28:45 »
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at nearly £1000 all in

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The price of being a fashion victim, eh?

...and as phones go it's not a good one.

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« Reply #17 on: 20 November 2007, 10:01:24 »
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at nearly £1000 all in

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The price of being a fashion victim, eh?

...and as phones go it's not a good one.

Kevin

Yep, its about 40 a month for the phone contract with O2 which you are committed to for 18 moths...plus about 275 for the phone.

It has got a fancy GUI but, no 3G support and the camera is awful....
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Re: Sony Ericsson release Windows Smartphone
« Reply #18 on: 20 November 2007, 10:08:47 »
I wonder what the battery life's like?

I saw a report where someone had dissected one and it was a bit of a kludge. Separate chipsets for everything. Makes me think it might be a bit thirsty.

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« Reply #19 on: 20 November 2007, 10:10:33 »
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I wonder what the battery life's like?

I saw a report where someone had dissected one and it was a bit of a kludge. Separate chipsets for everything. Makes me think it might be a bit thirsty.

Kevin

Its average but, it doesn't have 3G so that keeps the power down considerably....it also has no memory card provision.
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« Reply #20 on: 20 November 2007, 10:52:50 »
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Its average but, it doesn't have 3G so that keeps the power down considerably

True. Nothing like 3G for draining the battery.

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....it also has no memory card provision.

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Re: Sony Ericsson release Windows Smartphone
« Reply #21 on: 20 November 2007, 19:31:01 »
As many here know, I use a Windows phone (not Smartphone, but proper touchscreen type), and for the most part works very well.  Its quite old (3 or 4 yrs), so no 3G.

It does occasionally need the odd reboot - it starts to slow down over the period of a few days.  Its normally shortly after I've used it for web browsing...
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« Reply #22 on: 20 November 2007, 20:08:00 »
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As many here know, I use a Windows phone (not Smartphone, but proper touchscreen type), and for the most part works very well.  Its quite old (3 or 4 yrs), so no 3G.

It does occasionally need the odd reboot - it starts to slow down over the period of a few days.  Its normally shortly after I've used it for web browsing...

we were discussing this when I came down to do the tractor head.
mine is the 3g version and it chomps its way through the battery, I rarely get more than 3/4 of a day.....
and it needs a restart at least once a day....
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« Reply #23 on: 20 November 2007, 20:19:37 »
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As many here know, I use a Windows phone (not Smartphone, but proper touchscreen type), and for the most part works very well.  Its quite old (3 or 4 yrs), so no 3G.

It does occasionally need the odd reboot - it starts to slow down over the period of a few days.  Its normally shortly after I've used it for web browsing...

we were discussing this when I came down to do the tractor head.
mine is the 3g version and it chomps its way through the battery, I rarely get more than 3/4 of a day.....
and it needs a restart at least once a day....
Wonder if theyve improved that in WM6?
Can't say I've seen much improvement from 2003 so far with 5.
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« Reply #24 on: 20 November 2007, 21:27:05 »
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As many here know, I use a Windows phone (not Smartphone, but proper touchscreen type), and for the most part works very well.  Its quite old (3 or 4 yrs), so no 3G.

It does occasionally need the odd reboot - it starts to slow down over the period of a few days.  Its normally shortly after I've used it for web browsing...

we were discussing this when I came down to do the tractor head.
mine is the 3g version and it chomps its way through the battery, I rarely get more than 3/4 of a day.....
and it needs a restart at least once a day....
Wonder if theyve improved that in WM6?
Can't say I've seen much improvement from 2003 so far with 5.

ive flashed mine with WM6, no difference at all in battery life....

got to say it does free up memory, but that's it
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« Reply #25 on: 20 November 2007, 21:35:59 »
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As many here know, I use a Windows phone (not Smartphone, but proper touchscreen type), and for the most part works very well.  Its quite old (3 or 4 yrs), so no 3G.

It does occasionally need the odd reboot - it starts to slow down over the period of a few days.  Its normally shortly after I've used it for web browsing...

we were discussing this when I came down to do the tractor head.
mine is the 3g version and it chomps its way through the battery, I rarely get more than 3/4 of a day.....
and it needs a restart at least once a day....
Wonder if theyve improved that in WM6?
Can't say I've seen much improvement from 2003 so far with 5.

ive flashed mine with WM6, no difference at all in battery life....

got to say it does free up memory, but that's it
Hmmm now where did I put that upgrade for my universal.
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« Reply #26 on: 20 November 2007, 22:11:22 »
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As many here know, I use a Windows phone (not Smartphone, but proper touchscreen type), and for the most part works very well.  Its quite old (3 or 4 yrs), so no 3G.

It does occasionally need the odd reboot - it starts to slow down over the period of a few days.  Its normally shortly after I've used it for web browsing...

we were discussing this when I came down to do the tractor head.
mine is the 3g version and it chomps its way through the battery, I rarely get more than 3/4 of a day.....
and it needs a restart at least once a day....
Wonder if theyve improved that in WM6?
Can't say I've seen much improvement from 2003 so far with 5.

ive flashed mine with WM6, no difference at all in battery life....

got to say it does free up memory, but that's it
Hmmm now where did I put that upgrade for my universal.

I used to have one of the universal, chopped it in for a Hermes, big mistake, the universal may have been big and bulky, but it was a bloody nice phone and even today they are fetching good money, i regret getting rid of mine.

none of this nancy boy micro SD crap, full sized SD that was reliable, sat nav never locked up, the only shame was there wasnt much RAM in it.

i have been tempted by the replacement to the universal, the HTC Shift or the HYC advantage, both of them are the wrong side of £500, the shift is closer to £900!!! however that does have a 40 gig HD and 1gig of ram, i would imagine that would do the job

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« Reply #27 on: 20 November 2007, 22:59:06 »
Fancy a Kaiser next, pity Tmo want nearly £300 for an upgrade.
Uni has been ok but I found my old blue angel to be a better phone tbh, and the replacement screens are much cheaper when you break em.
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Re: Sony Ericsson release Windows Smartphone
« Reply #28 on: 20 November 2007, 23:07:17 »
I'am after a new one. Mines an Orange m500 I think, but on Vodafone.  I like size, weight, speed, but could do with something running WM5 or later (so battery dying isn't an issue!), wifi, possibly more grunt.

Also borrowed an XDA Exec, despite supposedly faster processor, I find it frustratingly slow...
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« Reply #29 on: 20 November 2007, 23:11:12 »
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I'am after a new one. Mines an Orange m500 I think, but on Vodafone.  I like size, weight, speed, but could do with something running WM5 or later (so battery dying isn't an issue!), wifi, possibly more grunt.

Also borrowed an XDA Exec, despite supposedly faster processor, I find it frustratingly slow...
Kaiser aka Tmob Vario 3 looks nice, even got gps built in.
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