Posted by
marcovannoord on 08/12/09
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Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:
1 day to 1 week
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Pros: Win Mo phone, so it's highly customisable.CPU is fast enough for basic apps, as well as overclockable to 247mhz. (~25%!)Wifi works fine.Build quality isn't excellent, but it is still surpisingly good! If not very good.Screen seems good quality and consistent.
Cons: Branded with the letters 'NTC' on the front of the phone. No branding would have been better.No built-in GPS.No SDHC Support.Only 1 battery.Camera is useless due to low quality.Requirements for bootloader/os not documented, so can't cook new os rom e.g. no Win Mobile 6.5.
Other Thoughts: If you're after a GSM phone that'll run Windows Mobile and let you do all the basic stuff. This seems to work great!Haven't had any issues with the touch screen. The built in storage and ram is pretty minimal but it seems to be enough so far to be usable+.I think if this was upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5 it would add a lot more to the phone's usability.
Bottom: Phones aren't made for cameras, buy a real one. If you don't care for games or 3d apps but want Windows Mobile this is a very good value alternative.Hopefully they provide a Windows Mobile 6.5 Rom soon. Or atleast, one can hope.