Best pda type phone?

e36Adz · 15 Feb 2006 at 12:08

Im looking to buy a new pda phone but since iv never owned one before I have no idea about which to go for, hoping some of you guys can help me out abit here.

Must:
- be relatively small
- have decent camera
- have bluetooth

I will be using it with satnav also, so a decent sized screen aswel, and also with a decent mp3 player. I will get a 1gb/2gb memory card for it, btw what is the max size memory card available?

Finally I will be looking to get one to put my PAYG sim into, not on contract, which do you recommend and how much should I be looking to pay? Thanks

gib786 · 15 Feb 2006 at 12:42

xda mini s, price is about £280 on fleabay. Decent size, good cam, has bluetooth and its easy to use. Good for sat nav with tomtom, got a 1gig mini sd card in mine, works like a charm with pocketmusic installed, or can just used media player, great for videos as well

sunky · 15 Feb 2006 at 16:03

xda is the best at the moment

stomly · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:27

I don`t agree that the camera is good on the wizard/vario/mini s though....I think the camera is rubbish, but apart from that its a great device.

e36Adz · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:41

gib786 said:
xda mini s, price is about £280 on fleabay. Decent size, good cam, has bluetooth and its easy to use. Good for sat nav with tomtom, got a 1gig mini sd card in mine, works like a charm with pocketmusic installed, or can just used media player, great for videos as well

That looks like it fits the bill, so I will definately look into that one. Btw mate if you have msn and are free to chat sometime, add me on (email in trust), would like to ask you abit more about the phone if possible before/if I buy it

e36Adz · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:44

stomly said:
I don`t agree that the camera is good on the wizard/vario/mini s though....I think the camera is rubbish, but apart from that its a great device.

Although id like it to have a camera, I dont think I will use the camera that much anyway

If camera quality is bad like you say, how about the video recording quality?

Burbleflop · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:33

I've got an iMate K-Jam which is basically the same device as the XDA Mini S. I've had it for a couple of months and I've got so used to it that I'd be lost without it.

The camera is pretty crap but that doesn't bother me. The phone itself is very good though, it can seem a bit slow to respond at times but it doesn't do it very often.

I've got a 2Gb Mini SD card in mine, with TomTom 5 and several of the European maps plus a gig or so of MP3's on it. The bundled headphones aren't great for listening to music though.

rG-tom · 16 Feb 2006 at 05:51

the orange m600 looks very promising, based on the HTC prophet, 416mhz processor instead of the crappy 200mhz in the mini s, 128mb of ram, inbuilt wifi, edge and not anywhere near as thick as it doesnt have the poor inbuilt keyboard

Dunno how long until it's easy available though.

Tom.

gib786 · 16 Feb 2006 at 10:02

the o2 atom is the same as the orange m600 iirc, thats the one to go for if you dont want a keyboard, personall I feel the keyboard make the pda more easy to use

rG-tom · 16 Feb 2006 at 12:37

gib786 said:
the o2 atom is the same as the orange m600 iirc, thats the one to go for if you dont want a keyboard, personall I feel the keyboard make the pda more easy to use

the atom is very similar to the m600, but not made by HTC and is a bit smaller

Both are superior to the mini s though.

Tom.

e36Adz · 16 Feb 2006 at 16:09

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Hmm personally I prefer the look of the o2 atom, can someone please tell me what are the major differences between the two? Apart from the obvious keypad at the side of the xda mini s, which I dont really like the look of anyway.

edit: Iv just seen an xda atom going on ebay for £420 at the moment with still afew hours remaining, so they aint cheap!

img · 16 Feb 2006 at 18:09

i got my xda mini s today. will let you know what i think of it.

I was of the impression the atom isnt going to released by o2 in the uk market

gib786 · 16 Feb 2006 at 18:21

atom has better processor and ram and is not as thick as the mini s. The atom was orig release for the asian market, but i think they will be releasing it in the uk later on. It can be bought sim free from other places online

uroboros · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:00

Remember mini s is dual core so software needed to take advantage of it. There is a handy util for overclocking the Ti OMAP CPU as well.

e36Adz · 16 Feb 2006 at 20:09

gib786 said:
atom has better processor and ram and is not as thick as the mini s. The atom was orig release for the asian market, but i think they will be releasing it in the uk later on. It can be bought sim free from other places online

How much is it currently going at sim free? Im guessing around £450-£500?

Anyone have any idea when it will officially be released in the UK?

gib786 · 17 Feb 2006 at 00:40

last time i checked it was in the £480 range, but that was a hk import, o2 are still keeping quiet about the uk release date, if you want more info about the mini s add me on msn - [email protected]

e36Adz · 19 Feb 2006 at 02:39

img said:
i got my xda mini s today. will let you know what i think of it.

I was of the impression the atom isnt going to released by o2 in the uk market

What do you think of it so far mate?

Tomsk · 19 Feb 2006 at 21:03

Mitac Mio A701

I-Jam type design but has built in SirFStar III GPS receiver

Currently <£400 sim-free on pre-orders - release date is March (well it was when I looked today

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GuruJockStrap · 19 Feb 2006 at 23:32

That looks well nice!

e36Adz · 20 Feb 2006 at 00:13

GuruJockStrap said:
That looks well nice!

Indeed.

Tomsk have you got this fone? What do you think of it?