best windows mobile phone for me?

[David Payne]

Hi guys, if you could help me out that would be great. I'm in the UK, looking for a phone that meets the following specifications and I just cannot find one that has all of these features!...

- full web browser
- outlook
- camera
- video calling would be nice but not essential
- a decent calendar
- slide to answer would be nice but not essential
- the smaller the better

I have seen an orange spv c600 that my friend has but it doesnt have video calling or office mobile.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
David

[chokia]

http://forums.mobileburn.com/showthread.php?t=18174

[David Payne]

good suggestion but there's one more requirement.. it's a phone that I can find on ebay.co.uk relatively easy as I need it soon!

[David Payne]

i bought an Eden M600 kind of by accident. Hopefully it'll do the job.

[hotzigetty]

eten u mean.. hmmm.. never used one of those.. let us know how it is...

[David Payne]

yeah eten... its pretty bad. I just cant get used to the tiny on screen keyboard, plus the battery on this particular one seems awful... I think I'll go for a normal phone with an email function and just lose the office idea.

[ninjabear]

How bout O2 Atom?

[hotzigetty]

get the atom.. or the imate jamin..

[David Payne]

both of those look pretty cool but i think i'm going to go against the pda idea now. possibly get something like an orange spv-600 which is as i understand it a normal phone with outlook on it. that way i dont have to use that little stylus!

[hotzigetty]

get the new htc meteor... brilliant.. its a smartphone and not a pda..

[Diji1]

David: just so you know - there's two versions of Windows Mobile 5. One is for PDA (called pocket pc) and one is for smartphone (called MS Smartphone - all these terms are interchangeable).

There's generally hardware differences but one major one is that pocket PC uses a touchscreen and Smartphone does not - MS Smartphones are designed to be operated more like a conventional phone (eg Nokia S60 device).

[manav]

O2 Stealth

[Diji1]

... that way i dont have to use that little stylus!

Hmm, many ppl grumble about how having a stylus is bad... I think this is wrong for 2 reasons - *even* if you don't like the stylus:

1. You can use your fingers... and the kicker IMO
2. You can use d-pad, buttons etc *anyhow* - so what is difference?

Just my opinion - but I think the stylus can be looked at as a "bonus" feature if you don't ever use it.

Personally I find stylus generally faster for GUI use in most situations, I also use transcribing a lot... it functions in a far superior manner as a game controller for some games as you can use analogue controls for simulations (eg. Flight, Shattered Worlds) and as a pointer for games that involve lotsa clicks & pointing (eg. Warlords 2, Fade, Text Twist).

You aren't limited to stylus IMO is what I'm saying - you can still use d-pad & buttons...

BTW - for what you say you need to use your proposed device for I'd recommend getting a QWERTY keyboard device... I can (er, could) write a book on my QWERTY thumbpad (MDA Pro), try doing that on a number pad ;).