[Alex (nedge2k)]

I'm told October/November but you know how these things go...

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[J273]

Think ill defo hold out for this then....thanks


Just one thing is it possible to use the GPS without an attached GPS antenna?....as i see there's a port on the side of the handset...does it have its own built in antenna do you know?

[Alex (nedge2k)]

An external antenna would only be needed in areas or extremely poor reception - i.e. inside a building etc. I've never needed to use an external antenna with a GPS equipped PPC and those with AGPS need one even less.

Incidentally, P750 has great GPS performance which I assume will only get better in the final ROM and GPS firmware.

[prajith]

This is the kind of device that i always wanted.
i have been searching all over the internet for a review.
thanks Alex!
and the screenshot shows that it has usb mass storage mode, is that usb 2.0 full speed or plain usb1.1?
finally when can we get a full review?

[FORCEFOXFIVE]

This does look awesome. My Orange contract runs out April 2008. Hopefully it'll be available by then. Just gotta play the waiting game. Web n Walk....here we come!

[floc_]

I had the first a730W pda from asus... I don't trust in asus anymore for pda. Poor construction, poor battery, poor camera and poor support... Hope situation has changed

[gerryr]

My only concern would be the joystick over a dpad. How does it feel?

[brisbane_guy]

hmm how can this be a kaiser killer when it has no qwerty keyboard??

[gerryr]

I'd sacrafice qwerty for that form factor.

So long as it has some type of keyboard for one handed text entry so I don't need to pull out a stylus every time I want to write a quick txt.

[J273]

floc_, on Oct 7 2007, 11:05, said:

I had the first a730W pda from asus... I don't trust in asus anymore for pda. Poor construction, poor battery, poor camera and poor support... Hope situation has changed

Hmm that's put me off slightly.....what do you think to the build quality Alex?

Also is there a black border around the edge of the screen like there is on the treo 750?

This post has been edited by J273: 07 October 2007 - 01:00 PM

[Alex (nedge2k)]

Ok, full review will be coming as soon as I get my hands on the full retail unit, build quality is excellent (especially for an engineering sample!) and the screen itself goes from edge to edge...no borders

oh and for what it's worth, being able to use a device with one had wins over a qwerty keyboard any day...in my opinion anyway

[maxnix]

gerryr, on Oct 7 2007, 12:11, said:

I'd sacrafice(sic) qwerty for that form factor.

So long as it has some type of keyboard for one handed text entry so I don't need to pull out a stylus every time I want to write a quick txt.

Seems to me that smart phone interaction is primarily about voice commands, i.e. - hands free operation.

Keyboards are secondary.

This post has been edited by maxnix: 07 October 2007 - 04:54 PM

[gerryr]

maxnix, on Oct 7 2007, 17:54, said:

Seems to me that smart phone interaction is primarily about voice commands, i.e. - hands free operation.

Keyboards are secondary.

If I understand you correctly then I'd have to disagree. Any voice command features in Smartphone are also available in PPC.

What Smartphone gives you over PPC is the keys to allow you to type/ txt without having to use a stylus.

This post has been edited by gerryr: 07 October 2007 - 05:15 PM

[magic_peanuts]

I use my device primarily to reply to emails on the road so for me QWERTY is essential.

So near to my perfect device now - just add a sliding QWERTY to this or GPS and WM6 Pro to the Wings and we're there.

When this was first rumoured earlier in the summer, Sirf III was touted for the GPS hardware, can you confirm this is the case?

[Alex (nedge2k)]

magic_peanuts, on Oct 7 2007, 19:52, said:

I use my device primarily to reply to emails on the road so for me QWERTY is essential.

So near to my perfect device now - just add a sliding QWERTY to this or GPS and WM6 Pro to the Wings and we're there.

When this was first rumoured earlier in the summer, Sirf III was touted for the GPS hardware, can you confirm this is the case?

Yep SiRF Star III is pretty standard these days and the P750 packs it.

[magic_peanuts]

Alex (nedge2k), on Oct 7 2007, 20:02, said:

Yep SiRF Star III is pretty standard these days and the P750 packs it.

I beg to differ...neither the Kaiser or Ameo have it, hence the interest.

[Alex (nedge2k)]

magic_peanuts, on Oct 7 2007, 20:42, said:

I beg to differ...neither the Kaiser or Ameo have it, hence the interest.

Really? Should have checked on that one Ok, it's pretty standard on non-HTC devices, which are more my area these days

[HerpezP]

Nice one, Alex. Looking forward to the full review. I hope they put 128 MB RAM in it, such a powerhouse should have it.

More pictures: http://www.mrpalm.co...php?cont_id=869

About GPS: HTC (usually) uses the built-in gpsOne in the Qualcomm chipsets. It's not quite as good as SiRF Star III, but not that far behind either. Probably a little less power-hungry, though

[mikeeey]

theres no way this can be a kaiser killer, there's less Ram, no keyboard, it's usb 1.1, and it looks like it's one of those joysticks like the sp5 has when it gives out and gets "stuck".

the only better things i can see about this device is the camera flash, FM radio, and i cant tell if the processor is faster. wouldnt the kaiser's 400mhz qualcomm chip be faster than this xscale 520mhz one?

eh, i think the kaiser is still 1 step up from this.

[lebodo]

In the preliminary specifications a FM radio had been listed. Is this radio included now?


Le Bodo

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