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Review of Royal daVinci by
LeckyT
Advantages: Cheap PDA.
Disadvantages: Poor handwriting recognition.
...you techie types. The original Royal daVinci (serial number ending in 99) was based on the same chip as the Palm PDA (Motorola Dragonball, or some such), and rumour has it that this was exploited to reuse some of the look and feel of PalmOS.
A court case ensued, and a later version (serial number 00) was released, based on a Sharp chip.
This would not matter one jot, except that I have tried and tested both, and can confirm that while one was a ... ...is not supported by a Royal SDK in the same way that the old 99 version was, which is a shame, if only because third party software could have saved the daVinci.
Also, I found that the 00 version had a tendency to reset itself on occasion, and the ‘preserve data in memory’ option worked not one bit. I never remembered that problem with the 99 version either.
BOTH VERSIONS
The software applications are fairly standard fare – address book, jotter, ...
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09.03.2004
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An honest XDA Orbit review!!
Review of O2 Xda Orbit by
ankitm
Advantages: Loads of Features in a not so thick mobile
Disadvantages: No 3G and could have been faster
...had come with a Windows Mobile 5 built in but the O2 support website offered an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 which was easily accessible and download able from the company's website itself. Also synchronization with PC was easy. Just to conclude am very happy and satisfied with the phone. ...
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21.07.2008
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Review for Treo 650 limited edition
Review of Palm Treo 650 by
harrisonshi
Advantages: Good performance, PDA phone, good battery life, easy to use.
Disadvantages: Lousy VGA camera, a bit heavy
...free resource to install in Palm OS, e.g. dict, games, movie players, file readers. There is also some very good e-books and softwares which you can buy online. Normally I use the phone as a MP3 player, or a digital file reader and a game player when I was in Bus and subway. It also can turns into a GPS with a additional gps receiver if you drive a car. It can also browers internet with a SD wireless card, so you can check your emails but I didnot ...
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21.07.2008
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HP Pocket Perfection
Review of HP iPAQ Pocket PC Hx2210 by
phensh
Advantages: Reliable,Easy to use and great range of features
Disadvantages: none for me
...and highly respected manufacturer like HP you can be assured that you will get a reliable product packed with features.
The Product.
The ipaq 2210 belongs to the family of PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants)and will allow you to access email, run office applications, connect to other devices via Bluetooth or infrared and run software designed to be run on the windows mobile platform. This is a must have gadget for all the gadget lovers and professionals ... ...you are.
The Features.
This product uses the Microsoft windows mobile operating system which mirrors the same operating system you will find on your laptop or home PC.This will allow for ease of use as most of us will be familiar with the layout and navigation is simple to master. You are supplied with pocket versions of Microsoft office applications like Pocket Outlook(email management software),Pocket excel(spreadsheet software) and pocket PowerPoint(presentation ...
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18.07.2008
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Have Your Nokia N82 Now
Review of Nokia N82 by
widyatutuka
Advantages: Full and Complete Feature
Disadvantages: Small keypad and display
...symbian smartphone S60 also this Nokia N82 can adopted Nokia N-Gage game application this make you must change and forget your old phone with this Nokia N82. This all feature so comparable with the price.
3G with HSDPA make simply and fast to explore or browsing the internet also transferring data. GPS receiver make you can't lost in the city but first you must install or download the maps and if you feel so bored you can play the Nokia N-Gage game ...
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