The official announce that the atom exec will be available in Hong Kong in July, i am thinking about to sell my atom or not... :roll:
you really need 192mb? the current speed is not satisfy you?
As for me, I like my Atom! :wink:
kropotov said:
you really need 192mb? the current speed is not satisfy you?
As for me, I like my Atom! :wink:
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192 mb is not really useful as the memory card is not expensive now
and we can overclock it to 520 mhz easily...
i love my atom too...
I have made a pre-order of CHT version.
Well for other users
www.anythingonline.com.au have the Exec release date as 4th July and retailing for a price of $1130 with bonus bluetooth headset and IR keyboard.
I am using this model. It is really fast and great (compare to my old mini). I am waiting for the CHT rom, now it cannot show the Chinese. mad... :evil:
I was a O2 XDA Blue Angel User. Bought the original Atom right after it came out and it was CRAP! Slow, buggy and many unacceptable problems so I've sold it 3 days after.
After more than half a year I see the Atom Exec and decided to give it a try. Seems like that the developers have spent time on tweaking the OS and it is REALLY FAST now. The mp3 ringtone even lagged on the original item. This device is alot better.
The only problems I am facing is:
Shaking screen occasionally (not shaking physically but the LCD lines)
Some crashes
Some incompatibility with some softwares.
Other than that everything is fine!
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I'm currently the owner of the MDA Pro and my contract is due for renewal, and as it's that wonderful time of the year I shall be happily looking to upgrade to the Ameo if it's truly worth it.
1) the MDA Pro is slow, running the same software on it that I have on the Vario (1) the Vario seems to beat it performance wise - perhaps the VGA screen takes it's toll, but compared to the 240mhz the 520mhz of the Pro should beat it hands down - it doesn't! Is the Ameo a speedy device, does it have a beater processor (XScale or similar would be nice).
2) I'm not so bothered about size more the stability of the design, as I said above I've had three MDA Pro's and each one has broken in exactly the same place - the screen. The flimsy plastic backing of the screen doesn't take to impact all too well and I've had to have it replaced twice because the screen cracked. A bug bearance of the MDA Pro, yet the MDA II; III and the Vario have all been fine.
3) Memory - for some reason my Pro doesn't handle memory too well, programmes that I've closed reside in the memory and it's not long that I get the 'not enough memory' error.
4) Backwards compatibility - I was pee'd when I got my Pro and Strange Adventures in an Infinite Space didn't work, that and a few other programmes. I have some guitar software that refuses to run at all yet works perfectly on the Vario. Ideally I could replace the Vario and the Pro in one go.
If anyone can help me on these points that would be fantastic.
Cheers
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I moved form Exec (UNI) to Dopod. What i can say is that i`m very satisfied. Speed, more functionality and performance.
cheers
@ahmadfarid did you manage to get hold of a wwe rom? if so can you pm me the download details please. Thanks in advance.
yeah..i manage to get the WWE rom..but cannot flash..Vender ID error...
What kind of ID error? (216?) Do you have Windos Vista?
ahmadfarid said:
yeah..i manage to get the WWE rom..but cannot flash..Vender ID error...
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OK I will have a go, but where did you download from?
faisal.husain said:
OK I will have a go, but where did you download from?
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It stuck at 1% progress and back to original..ang message Vender ID appear..
i get the rom from Victoradjei ...he had upload it to yousendit..but i think better you ask Victoradjei himself...
cheers..
Hi,
I'm using O2 Atom Life. It has 64mb of RAM (I can't belief O2 is so short sighted by putting in only 64mb of RAM for such a great device).
Just wondering whether anyone would pay for a memory upgrade (say... to 128mb?) if O2 made it available...
Actually I would love to have more memory on the O2 ATOM. Plus if O2 can speed up this PDA, that would be just what I need!
just that you would know. o2 is doing a balancing act with regard to ram. more ram would mean shorter battery life. but I still go for more ram 96mb is sufficient.
It is not just a balancing act. I believe that they will find it hard for people to buy a newer model if they start giving out upgrades or selling high memory ppc's. This is especially true if people fail to feel or see that the newer model do not have that much of a difference in performance than what they currently have. As of now, not everyone will not feel the difference between a 128mb, 256 mb and a 512mb RAM except maybe for the battery life. So if people are given the option to choose between a 128mb, 256mb or 512 mb RAM, they will most likely choose the first one because of the price. Only serious users will most likely choose the bigger RAM capacity.
Lol, you got it right, yetdy. Btw, I do agree with tjlabais... 96mb should be sufficient but 64mb is way too low for such a powerful device. It's like driving a F1 car in the traffic jammed city road.
I agree with yetdy too. It is a bad design that there is only 64M ram in atom life, I think they are not short sighted, just for "atom life exec".
Do you mean, they are short sighted? Not being able to see what is going to happen clearly in the future?
I think o2 is money hungry and poor support
i mailed them many time but no answer, so i will prefer jiggs rom even if i have to buy it. o2 support is very poor, just to support atom life they are not giving wm6 upgrade. my next phone will not be o2
xlover_ said:
i mailed them many time but no answer, so i will prefer jiggs rom even if i have to buy it. o2 support is very poor, just to support atom life they are not giving wm6 upgrade. my next phone will not be o2
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You can try emailing to [email protected], the CEO. Normally they tell you that they have already responded to your email, but it might be because of your email server reject them (especially hotmail). I've checked the JUNK folder but they are no where to be found.
What for? Are you representing O2 to ask this?
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What for? Are you representing O2 to ask this?
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What do you mean by 'What for?'. I'm not representing O2. I'm representing the public trying to convince O2 that their support is suck and they should do something about it.
O2 just moved out of Asia. <_<
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What for? Are you representing O2 to ask this?
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No - definitely no to anything O2.
Thanks Jigs and Chartuex.
Ultimate Chicken said:
O2 just moved out of Asia. <_<
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Really? Where did you get the news from?
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Really? Where did you get the news from?
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Ultimate is right. O2 asia is now being handled by another company. Just read it early this week. I forgot if it was from pocketpc thoughts or msmobile or something through RSS(egress 3.02).
Bad marketing strategy for O2 Asia. They thought selling good PPCs will gain them the support of people. They forgot about market preference in size and market support all because they wanted to increase their volume. They were able to sell well when they launched the small PPC line like mini, atom etc. However, people literally dropped them when they started releasing variants like atom-black, exec, pure and life. They should have been more creative like changing the name and casing for the variants and marketing them for a different market niche. Unfortunately, they never wanted to incur the expenses associated in the creation of the market niches for their PPCs.
I heard the last straw was O2 Flame which was one of the biggest flops of all time. Tsk.. tsk.. tsk... They should have followed what people have been posting on forums...
It's here. http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/handhelds/0,39001709,62034059,00.htm
Anyway, Mark Billington is still the CEO of the new company. The new site is at http://www.mwg.com/
wwoow....i thinks its great if o2 hv to do that....
Hi, all...
I have read a new atom v from internet. Very nice lookly . Please check this
abusalza said:
Hi, all...
I have read a new atom v from internet. Very nice lookly . Please check this
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Yeah it does look nice. the only con I can see from the specs is the 64MB SDRAM. It should have been loaded with a 128MB and it will be the godzilla of all ATOMS hehehe
some little add-ons left by MWg that was not integrated with the atom v
* a standard 3.5mm jack would be nice as well
* where's the IR? no more novII remote hehehe
Very nice...love that it has gps!
Seems it will be released in feb...I'll be getting one then
and its quite cheap! AU$839. htc touch cruise will be $1159!
Looks like it is QVGA (320x240)
thinks the Zinc II is nicer...
It be great if CPU up to 624Mhz and 1GB ROM like Atom Life and plus 128MB Ram
Love that camera is 3M Pixel
Don't know why they put gprs onto it but not increase cpu speed/ storage for big gps apps/ RAM for fast cache
Is it 520Mhz cpu perform faster or better than Atom Life??
Although i like the look of Atom Exec than Life or V
In my though
It will perfectly for me if
- CPU Better than or Equal 624MHz
- RAM >= 128MB
- ROM >= 512MB
- OS >= WM6
- GPS built in
- Camera >= 3MP (Better if 4MP or 5 MP) with better Zoom function
- Better Speaker than current Atom
- Less power comsumption (Conflict with CPU Speed) or Greater Battery
- LCD more than 2.8"
- Better HeadSet and can use with 3rd Party stereo earphone with FM enable through it
- Better Bluetooth Stack for Better music via bluetooth stereo with FM enable through it
I'm greedy ..... he he he
hehe, I like your suggestions! Also needs:
- 640x480 resolution screen
- Infared (only so I can use novii remote)
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thinks the Zinc II is nicer...
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Yeah... was going to get a HTC cruise but the Orbit II, Atom V and Zinx II all tick the right boxes for my needs... Would agree the Zinc II look very sexy
Doh, specs have changed to 2MP camera...
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Seems it will be released in feb...I'll be getting one then
and its quite cheap! AU$839. htc touch cruise will be $1159!
Looks like it is QVGA (320x240)
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I have said I won't buy any other Atom, just look at the popularity of AtomExec and its supports that we are getting.
You sure want to go there again?
MWG stated, that the new devices are from Arima and Gigabyte and they don't longer have a partnership with Quanta and Asustek.
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You sure want to go there again?
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had an 02 Atom for 20 months now and very happy with except the IR cover fell out... kept 02 ROM updates and has been stable with very little resets (could go many months with one). As with anything that becomes popular (aka iPod) there are going to be issues. Believe they really need to get their service game in order and hopefully MWg is more than a name change and fix that ... but they are coming out with some good looking/spec devices... Zinc II, Orbit II (HTC Touch Cruise) Atom V etc... because of my experience would consider but understand others may not .... we can only base on our own experience and mine is yes would go there again
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had an 02 Atom for 20 months now and very happy with except the IR cover fell out... kept 02 ROM updates and has been stable with very little resets (could go many months with one). As with anything that becomes popular (aka iPod) there are going to be issues. Believe they really need to get their service game in order and hopefully MWg is more than a name change and fix that ... but they are coming out with some good looking/spec devices... Zinc II, Orbit II (HTC Touch Cruise) Atom V etc... because of my experience would consider but understand others may not .... we can only base on our own experience and mine is yes would go there again
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Not going to argue with you. One of my friend is very happy running with his Windows 2000 and couldn't get him moved to XP even with a gun pointing at his head. Different strokes for different folks. But, being a Computer Junkie, I can guess what majority of the people like or dislike in gadgets and very seldom err.
AtomExec is very sexy, I paid HKD5,900 for it so you can estimate the time frame. Mind you that I already had an Dopod 818, an Treo650 and an O2 xda (818pro). The logic of wanting an AtomExec is like wanting a hole in my head. Tat tells you I am an early adapter and don't mind to pay for something I like. Its screen is smaller and darker screen than I would like. But the built quality and size is perfect for my taste. I also bought a custom high capacity battery and a nice leather case for it. However, AtomExec freezes quite bit, not fast enough even with 520Mhz because I have to hang another language platform in it to use in China. The company hardly put out any updates. If they had responded to any question, the answer was usually "No' or "We have not planned for it." or similar. I am fairly sure non-geek phone users will go for iPhone. Geeks will go for HTC's more advance phones. Of course there will be some left for Atom's family.
My Kaiser has 3 meg pixel camera which can take a picture of a business card and put the name, phone numbers .... , company name into the contact book directly. When I am lost, I turn on its GPS and walk 10 Meters and I know whether I am on the right track. I have the entire China map in it. It supports 8G microSD card and I put hours of MP3 in it. Its bluetooth support stereo.
Scrolling command dial, many hardware buttons, screen is bright, response is quick, good size storage memory. Qualcom 400Mhz CPU has dual-core, an ARM9 and ARM6 built-in. Plus, important for some folks, ton's of fans keep making it to have better and better features or looks.
Yes, there is something I don't like about it. It does not have an infrared port. Integrated mini plug does not allow charging and listening music at the same time while sitting at a desk (need to get a 3rd party adapter RMB25) and I don't need the sliding keyboard.
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There are only two guys, wonderful people in AtomExec circle who dedicated their time putting out two near-final WM6 ROM's but all other HTC phones have more ROM's than you want to count.
Again, if Atom V has the Kaiser hardware, I won't mind go for it immediately. But with its middle of the road hardware and past customers supporting records, unless its price are low enough, I would wait...
It is just my 2 cents, I respect your feeling toward your Atom!
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Not going to argue with you.
it is just my 2 cents, I respect your feeling toward your Atom!
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For a confessed tecno person a liitle bit upset you are trading in old currency and such a low denomination like your opinon should be worth at least a 1930's penny's value also like new technology...
if the atom v comes in at $835 (as have seen) it is cheap with the specs as i paid $1200 AUD for the original atom ... but will upgrade after seeing the short list of Atom V, the zinc II & touch cruise but from there who knows... might be happy like your mate in 5 years saying .. nah, why upgrade it does all i want it to do ... then you can roll your eyes at our buying for needs mentality and say get with the program ...
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Not going to argue with you. One of my friend is very happy running with his Windows 2000 and couldn't get him moved to XP even with a gun pointing at his head. Different strokes for different folks. But, being a Computer Junkie, I can guess what majority of the people like or dislike in gadgets and very seldom err.
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palah, everyone has his own opinion, but most of what jychan28 said is right. I am an O2 Atom user since Atom. However, O2 has a lousy after sales service. I am stuck up with Atom Exec at the moment (cause I spent my last cent on it ) and now waiting for good times to change this to an HTC device most probably Tytn-II or Touch Cruise and good riddance from O2.
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palah, everyone has his own opinion,
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Agree 100%... like yours my williness to buy again was based on own experience so after two good (not perfect) 02 products so will consider another... if i had your experience would more than likely feel similar... but also be aware HTC, 02, MWg, Nokia etc etc all produce dogs every now and then...
although the aotmV so beautiful ,i do not change the exec until it die~hehe
I would say yes, it is a downgrade in terms of speed and rom size on the Atrom V, but what about the hi-price paid for HTC devices. Also you can always expand it using sd cards, and personally i never like choking up the internal memory.
There are reviews on the Atom V already. And a video review on the 3D/Video performance.
If you ask me after watching the video, I'd rather trust the Atom V over the Touch Cruise.
Video Comparo Intel Xscale Vs Qualcomm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1T4UY-8kG_w&feature=related
Reviews
http://www.tatsdiy.com/atomv/
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=18&id=2497
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/handhelds/0,3...2514760p,00.htm
battery still a prob?
would it be safe to assume that the battery life/performance has not improve, compared to its predecessors?
atom V can not use video call.. only 1 camera
Hi folks,
due to my athena (which I use for business purposes) beeing soooo big, I look forward to buy a new 8500 as a second device for weekends ...
At the moment, I found an I-mate Smartflip for 80 € and a Qtek 8500 for about 150 €, both at expansys.
Can anybody explain me the differences? As far as i found out, there's no german rom available for the smartflip, what i could ignore if it is possible to flash another (maybe orig. 8500 Rom from htc) on it.
Are there any other differences from smartflip to 8500 ?
Please help ....
Best regards and many thanks,
tsfnet
No other differences: only sw installed in the ROM (in I-Mate version for example the ClearVue suite is present) and logos change.
I have a SmartFlip ^^
D'rath
PS: Sorry for my english
PPS: 80€? Take it!!! ^^
Hi,
thanks for your information, I'll get one ... incl. tax and shipping the'll charge 100 €.
http://www.expansys.de/p.aspx?i=132854
PS: Do not mind your english, trying and doing deserves respect Nobody's born perfect and multilingual ... there are a lot of countries (e.g. france) where you better talk bad french than good english ...
the pdadb site says that i-mate has the irda port - is this true?
No. No recent HTC devices have IrDA. All Startrek models are identical except for the AT&T 3185, which has 128MB ROM instead of 64MB, and comes with the extended battery standard. You can flash any StarTrek model to have the software of any other (although putting AT&T roms on 64MB devices leaves you with little free space).
The other variant with 128Mb ROM is the Dopod S301. It was an update to the S300 which only had 64Mb. Flashing WM6 to it has given mine a new lease of life!
Mike
A lot of people on these forums have 64MB versions. Unless a ROM specifically says it DOESN'T work on 64MB versions, it probably installs just fine. The 64MB space difference isn't very much. You might find it is better to spend your money on the cheaper one, then use the money you saved to buy a 1 or 2GB MicroSD card, which will offer much more than 64MB of extra space.
I have not had a smartphone before, but with the recent price drop at expansys.com, I thought it looked quite attractive.
I currently run an XDA Exec, so I'm not looking for competition, just something that can pull my email and is small enough for a night out.
How do these cope as a day to day device?
Bummer not having 3G, so how easy is it to do email and a little browsing now and then.
I will look for some reviews, but I value the real life experience from the xda-dev populace
tia
Mav
I had an Exec then an Athena and due to the price I bought one of these. I love it!
Works fine with Push email and some light browsing - not got all the features of a PPC but great as a phone to carry round.
Recomended!
^^^ what he said.
I use a Kaiser during the day but switch my sim to a smartflip when I dont need the data speed and keyboard.
I chopped my Blackberry Pearl in for one of these...and I loved the Pearl!!
This phone got me back into WM phones after a short stint away. Load up the NEO lite rom...its great!