An interesting product. I had an O2 XDA PDA/phone before this and decided to take the plunge. The device is poorly built. If you are considering one adn like good engineering, please go to Comet or Currys and have a feel of a Dell. Their desktop PCs are the same - cheap, poorly designed housings with painted plastic chrome that wears quickly and bits that break easily.
The unit itself is better although the buttons are unreliable, especially the contacts button which has to be pushed and held hard in order to work. The unit has also started to play up recently and freeze. After many attempts to get rhough the waiting for Customer Services, I can confirm that they really are as bad as they were a year ago, despite making claims they are resolving the issues. They are taking the unit back for evaluation, although they can't say how long it will take, but will probably be over a month before I get a PDA to use.
Also worth mentioning is that the battery life is dire. With bluetooth and WIFI on it's little over an hour and a half if surfing the web.
I have friends with HP units and thy seem great. In future, I shall avoid Dell like the plague. No wonder Michael Dell is so immensely rich as his profit margin on this must be pretty hefty
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