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The SPV c500 - Oranges new Smartphone |
axxxr
Joined: Mar 21, 2003
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From: Londinium
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axxxr
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The SPV C500 – from Orange
the world’s smallest Smartphone…
Orange Signature Phone Applications
• New Orange homescreen (vertical icons)
• Orange World
• Orange Backup
• Orange Update
• Orange Help (an electronic user guide on the device)
Advanced features
• Operating System: Windows Mobile 2003 2nd Edition (desktop PC familiarity)
• Pocket Outlook (Email, Calendar and Contacts)
• Pocket Internet Explorer (HTML and WAP)
• Integrated one click camera
• Packet Video player (allowing progressive download)
• Windows Media Player
• Email (pop3 / IMAP 4, Exchange 2003)
• Instant Messaging (MSN Messenger)
• Java games (MIDP 2.0)
Cool Sounds
• Polyphonic ringtones
• MP3, WMA, WAV, AMR
• Integrated handsfree speaker
Useful Connectivity Options
• Bluetooth
• Infrared
• USB
• External mini-SD slot (Orange Try card included)
Technical specifications
• Dimensions: (108 x 46 x 16mm)
• Volume: 80 cc
• Weight: 100g
• Tri-band: 900+1800+1900
• Memory: 64mb internal, mini SD external
• Screen colours: 65k TFT display (220x176 pixels)
• Screen size: 45.8 x 36.6mm
• Standby time: Up to 4 days
• Talk Time: Up to 8 hours
• WAP browser v 2.0
• HTML v 4.0
• WML, xHTML, Wap push, Wap OTA provisioning
Finer Details
• Available from Orange in UK, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia.
• UK: In stores end of July
• Affordable price-point (specific price-point TBA on commercial launch)
What’s in the box?
• Handset
• Battery
• Mains charger
• Headset
• CD (including Microsoft Outlook 2002 and active sync software)
• Orange Try (mini-SD) card
• Sync cable (USB – mini-USB adaptor)
• Orange user guide
Extra accessories available
• Professional car kit
• Standard car kit
• Cigarette charger
• Carry Case
• Mini-SD Cards
What’s new and improved…
• More versatile bluetooth functionality
• Longer battery life
• Even better voice call quality
Orange Try card
• Allows customers to trial exciting and useful new applications for free
• Available in all 6 territories in multiple languages
• Three main application headings: Organise, Interact and Fun
Organise
ClearVue Office allows users to view Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint® files. By combining ClearVue & Westtek’s JETCET Print customers can even print their files via BlueTooth technology. Free for 15 days. (approx €20 to buy full application)
• Fizz Traveller. The Ultimate travel pack, complete with currency conversion, updated weather forecasts, international time clocks and more (5 day free trial, Full application priced at approx €15)
Interact
Berlitz Phrasebook. Sample the free-to-try phrases and then upgrade to the full phrasebooks containing essential phrases to help you, the traveller, be understood. (approximately €3 per phrasebook, charged to phone bill)
• Smart2go. Locate travel essentials in the city of your choice on an interactive map, including restaurants, hospitals and tourist sites. Get step-by-step directions to make the most our of your stay. Olympic city of Athens offered as a demo. (Unlimited city downloads for £16.99 for 12 months).
Fun
Time Out City Guide. Complete with the best places to eat, drink and shop, plus get expert tips on getting around in Athens. Download additional cities via Java from your local portal. (Prices approx €3 per city, charged to phone bill)
• Jeffrey. Cool animations to show friends
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xboxman
Joined: Mar 04, 2004
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Anybody think this phone will be any home and when is it coming out
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xboxman
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Anyone know a exact date for it
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xboxman
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Has anyone got a date for it coming out and is the phone any better than the other 3?
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bacanito
Joined: Feb 09, 2004
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From: Montrizzle my nizzle (Canada)
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does anyone know if the life of the battery is acceptable now? I had the very first SPV when I worked for Orange but that and the reception where it's biggest flaws...I know there's been other models since but I didn't have the opportunity to use them....
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xboxman
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Does anyone no anything else about it or not
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axxxr
Joined: Mar 21, 2003
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From: Londinium
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xboxman said:
Has anyone got a date for it coming out and is the phone any better than the other 3?
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This new version and will have a much faster,be more stable and have a much longer battery life than previous versions..orange have already announced it and should be availabe in orange shops in the next 3 weeks.
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dazbradbury
Joined: Nov 24, 2002
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From: UK - Derby/London
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any idea of price? and what do you think this phone is a rival for? Is it a rival for the k700? There are plenty of phones coming out 3/4Q this year with decent screens/memory card/camera so is this SPV going to be a hit? i personally quite like it, but we'll see when it hits the shops...
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axxxr
Joined: Mar 21, 2003
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From: Londinium
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C500 Update:
For those of you who are interested in the Orange SPV C500,i'm hearing that they're currently arriving in the Orange Warehouse - so they'll be on the way to stores next week.
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axxxr
Joined: Mar 21, 2003
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You can improve the performance of your SPV C500 by downloading the new ROM update. This will give you the following benefits:
Videos can be sent via MMS
Flickering issue in games has now been fixed
Packet video full screen mode and backlight fix
Improved memory management of the camera and video applications
Improved browsing/upload speed (changed from GPRS class 8 to class 10)
Before you perform your upgrade, please ensure that :
Please note that this update is for UK devices only and cannot be used on SPV C500s sold in other countries.
You are not already running the most recent software . To check your current version of software, from the Home Screen, press Start , Settings , About and scroll down to check your operator version. If your version is Operator version: 4.1.1.4 . then you already have the latest software.
Your SPV C500's battery is fully charged .
Your PC is running Windows® 98, 2000 or XP .
You have backed-up all of your personal data (contacts, appointments, tasks) using ActiveSync (3.7.1) or Orange backup (in the Start/Orange folder on your phone). While performing the ROM Update, all of your data and settings will be erased from your SPV C500. After you've performed the update, restore your personal data and settings to your updated SPV C500. Data on your mini-SD Card (in the "\Storage Card" directory) will not be modified. However, any applications installed on the "Storage Card" will have to be reinstalled.
Download the update here
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jkercher
Joined: Jun 04, 2003
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From: London
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So, is the phone any good then?
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axxxr
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On 2004-10-24 15:46:32, jkercher wrote:
So, is the phone any good then?
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imo its the best windows smartphone available to date..and def far far better than the previous spv's. 
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jkercher
Joined: Jun 04, 2003
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Great, thanks.
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axxxr
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BBC News story for Stuff Magazine's top Christmas Gadgets.
Topping the chart is (rather unsurprisingly) the iPod, however the Orange SPV C500 is in the list too, which is well deserved. You can buy Stuff Magazine from any newsagent - just look for the magazine with the semi-naked girl surrounded by a collection of gadgets.. WOaH! Not those gadgets.. No, let's not go there... 
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Posted: 2004-06-08 19:44
