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msmobiles.com_robot
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 Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:10 pm Post subject: Gigabyte g-smart Pocket PC phone to be available in English language as i-teq BOND |
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Soon some Windows Mobile phone users will be answer to the question "what mobile do you have?" with a sensational "BOND, i-teq BOND", a paraphrase of the famound "Bond, James Bond"...
g-smart Pocket PC ...
Read more at http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/4865.html |
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BeyondtheTech
Joined: 22 Mar 2005
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Location: Edison, NJ
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The lack of EDGE kills it for me. I'd rather get an O2 XDA Atom instead - it might not have a TV tuner (just an FM tuner), but at least that one has EDGE.
Speaking of TV tuners, there's one thing truly bothers me about the gSmart/Bond phone. TV tuners are known to suck the battery dry out of devices. A TV tuner add-on was just announced/released for the Pocket PC, and it accompanied a required battery that was nearly the size of the Pocket PC it's connecting to. Mobile, but hardly practical.
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?topic_id=45625
So, it's very shocking that the standard battery in the gSmart is only 840mAh... nearly half or a third less than other Windows Mobile devices WITHOUT a TV tuner. An optional (or additional) 1300mAh battery is also mentioned in their site, but still...
http://www.gigabytecm.com/egbc_smart.aspx
Unless they figured out something many other manufacturers don't, the TV feature will be a novelty that will soon wear off since it would kill the battery in minutes.
Let's just hope this device isn't DOA when it hits the market.
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netboy
Joined: 19 Oct 2005
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Location: Bayarea, CA USA
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| what a waste! no VGA screen! no UMTS or EVDO! i bet it still using Windows Mobile 2002? This is 2006! i have a EVDO pocketpc that can surf web at 300-600k, and that is still not faster enought for u! now they want us to surf web with regular GPRS at 30k?? this junk is a joke! would u give up your DSL or cable internet and go back to dialup 56k?.. |
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EJR
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| netboy wrote: | | what a waste! no VGA screen! no UMTS or EVDO! i bet it still using Windows Mobile 2002? This is 2006! i have a EVDO pocketpc that can surf web at 300-600k, and that is still not faster enought for u! now they want us to surf web with regular GPRS at 30k?? this junk is a joke! would u give up your DSL or cable internet and go back to dialup 56k?.. |
no, it uses Windows Mobile 5.0 with AKU 2.0 , not 2002.
but you are right: lack of fast cellular interfaces like CDMA EVDO or most importantly UMTS and HSDPA is the main disadvantage of Windows Mobile phones... |
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Surur_
Joined: 19 Oct 2005
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Is MSFP confirmed on this device, i.e. has anyone received Exchange push email on this device, or is it just a rumor?
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