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P800 Vs XDA |
Anuj
Joined: Oct 02, 2002
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Why is the P800 better than the XDA (Is it) ?? Does the XDA have bluetooth?
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geo2k
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
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From: UK
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Dont think it has bt and doesnt have a built in cam, or have i never noticed it?
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gadgetboytom
Joined: Feb 12, 2002
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Dont be silly the xda is crap
but it can use sd card cam's
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foxtrot
Joined: Mar 09, 2003
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From: manila
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The p800 works better as a phone; the xda works better as a handheld. So it depends on which feature you need more? |
lesneo
Joined: Jan 19, 2002
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Ladies and gentlemen,
in the blue corner, a phone that tries to be a pda. In the red corner, a pda that tries to be a phone.
For years, the 2 camps try to reach the boarders of the other, attempting to give consumers the best of both worlds.
To me, the pda camp tried with Palm Vx GSM kit, iPag GSM kit, Handspring Treo, Jornada 9xx, Palm Tungsten W, XDA... etc. Of the lot, I feel the XDA comes closest to being a mobile phone. Why? Because if you think the P800 is a brick, then all the pda phones ever made are monoliths. That is a big turn-off. What's worse, most of them require cumbersome ear-phone to make or answer a call except the XDA. Cool.
The mobile phone camp tried to cross the pda boarder with in-built features like Calendar, notes, mp3 player... etc. But input of data is a real pain through T9 text with the keypad. Then came Ericsson's R380 which was indeed a break-through. When the pda camp advances with colour screen, SE puts up the fiercest product yet, P800. Size-wise, it is David compared to the pda camp of Goliaths. But in the phone camp, it is big. To me, it is a great compromise.
The verdict: both phone and pda camps have indeed cross each other's boarders, but only marginally. The XDA is reported to be buggy, only duo-banded, and huge to be put next to one's ear. Both software-wise, it is leaps and bounds ahead of our beloved P800. The P800 on the other hand, has gone where no phone has gone before: hand-writing recognition, video clipping, music on-the-go, comprehensive pda contents (notes, calendar, schedules etc.). I believe the infrastruture is already there. The P800 will win only if software vendors come up with enough softwares to meet every (or close-to) category of application offered by the pda camp. The XDA, however, needs to get smaller still, less buggy, tri-band at least, bluetooth, and make making calls more at ease... like a mobile phone...
P800 wins hands down to me... (gotta get one...) |
dark_knight_r3turns
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foxtrot is correct. And I asked about XDA O2s bluetooth possibility at Mobile1, they said that even with a bluetooth SD/MMC Card, it still might not work. It has to be built in. But if ur more of a PDA user, XDA is much better.
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Posted: 2003-01-29 13:02
