Hello,
I'm really close to buying the New I-Mate Jam (128 Mb Version). I need some help in deciding what to do. I'll be solving the no wi-fi problem by putting a Spectec or Pretec Wi-fi card. I don't mind that as long as it works properly. I live in Mississaua but will be going to university in Toronto, Canada and currently i'm with Rogers.
These are my following issues which are bothering me.
1) As of now, I'm in Saudi Arabia - They have the latest Jam but not the 850 Mhz Version but the 900 Mhz Version. People who have the 900 Mhz Jam - Can you please tell me how your reception is with Rogers ? If not Rogers, Fido. - This is one huge factor as i need to know how the reception is on the 900 MHz Jam. This is really bothering me as apart from this, everything else is perfect for me.
2) I know i could go for the PDa2k which has Wifi built in and is Quad Band and has a larger display than the Jam but i like the Jam for it's size - as it's really comfortable and not huge - i don't want something huge....please give me ur opinions on this - i fear the sliding mechanism might loosen up and like the vibrant color display on the Jam whereas the PDA2k's color isn't that great.
3) I'm really confused on which Bluetooth headset to buy -
Motorola HS850 or Sony Ericsson HBH-662..
I like the Hs850 for it's style and the black color which matches the New Jam's color and looks really sleek but i heard there have been echo problems. Please Confirm this and the compatibility with the Imate Jam.
Sony Ericsson HBH-662- looks nice but don't like the style compared to the HS850 but i might go for it - i've read good things about both the headsets except that in the 662 - there's no problems and in the hs850 - there's the echo problem. - finally, is the 662 compatible with the Imate jam - does it display the caller's name?
I guess that'll be all. I'd really reallyyyyyyy appreciate it if someone could help me on this. I'm going to get some sleep. I'm going to buy it tonight. I was confused between the PDA2k and the Jam but i like the Jam for it's size and weight plus don't like the PDA2k's keyboard. If the 900 Mhz reception's really good with rogers, id go for tht otherwise i'll buy this and get fido. Please tell me what to do as im really really confused.
Thanks a lot once again.
Don't by a Qteks110, wait for 9100.
http://www.windowsmobile.no/modules...e=article&sid=443&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
That's only if he'd like to wait for 4 months ...
If you'll be doing a bit of traveling outside of N America, I strongly recommend getting the 900 MHz model. i am with T-Mobile, and I have very few problems with reception in the US, Europe and Asia. I had trouble overseas with my old 850 MHz triband phone.
lukybandit,
I am in Victoria, B.C. but am with Rogers and my 900 Mhz model works absolutely great, very few reception problems. I have owned many pda's and phones and this little unit rocks on all of the others. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!! Hope this helps
Todd
lukybandit,
I am in Victoria, B.C. but am with Rogers and my 900 Mhz model works absolutely great, very few reception problems. I have owned many pda's and phones and this little unit rocks on all of the others. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!! Hope this helps
Todd
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I've had the Wallaby since T-Mobile (USA) offered it (I think about three years). I've gotten a lot of good use out of it, mostly thanks to this forum. However, it's time for me to upgrade, and I'd like some feedback from everyone.
First, I'd like to upgrade to a device that has an intergraded keyboard, since my wife has the h4355 and, comparing usage of her device to mine in that respect, it is indispensable in my opinion. So if I upgraded now I would like to get a Blue Angel clone.
But, all these glowing reviews and pictures of the HTC Universal tempt me to wait to upgrade. It truly looks like a dream device!
Since I live in the USA, though, our carriers may not pick this up for another year (if at all?), and at my rate of years-per-upgrade I would probably miss out on quite a bit. So here are what seem to be my choices at the moment:
1.) Forget about getting my hands on the Universal for the next year (or longer), upgrade to the BA now.
2.) Wait until it is released in Europe and probably pay well over $1000 to buy it from a third party.
3.) It is worth the wait for a US carrier to pick it up. It may be a shorter time than I think.
4.) Other.
So which would you do?
Other things to keep in mind are that there are no decent BA's currently offered by any of the US carriers, they are all stripped versions, minus this feature or that feature. So I would have to get one of those from Europe anyway. Do you think US carriers will strip the Universal the same way they have with the BA? Additionally, as someone else previously mentioned, how much do you expect the Universal to be, if the BA is currently around $800?
Can anyone offer any speculation of cost or release date in the USA?
Thanks for the feedback!
Shawn
I think that the universal keyboard will be better than the thumboard on the BA - so you should not buy a BA now, unless you REALLY need something now.
The Universal will be released in europe probably sometime in september from what I have been hearing, so you can get it in a few months for the "normal" price of 900-1200 (which is what the range was for the BA when it originally came out)
It is not likely that US carriers will release this. *maybe* T-mobile will release it, but judging from their past history, it seems unlikely.
Cingular will DEFINATELLY not release it because it lacks GSM 850. Also the UMTS band that is on the universal is not 1900/850 which is what Cingular uses and will use in the future. if the universal was quadband GSM and triband UMTS it might have been a different story.
If you are on the T-Mo network and really want it, just get it when it gets released in europe. That way you have form, function and the WOW factor since it wont be released in the US
Note to HTC: please, please, please make the next version of the universal quadband GSM and at least dual band UMTS (1900/2100)
I will select the "WAIT" if I were you, T-Mobile in NYC was not able to setup my Qetk 9090 on GPRS, the anwser of their failure... we do not know this device... :? (however I succeed to make it work) But I would also wait, PocketPC Italia is talking about 2 devices this year and more coming in 2006 It only depends on how "wealthy" you are but well if you purchase the Universal and that a 9090 like shows up... what will you do?
By the way if you are in the Chicago area you may find a lost Universal
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/_assets/video/TechEd/Final-MobilityV7-300K.wvx
Bottom line this is a nice devie not SO big but the lack of Screen control on the body (like a communicator) may make it borring to use (my 2 cents)
Perhaps North American users can wait and hope for an 850 MHz model, like done with the JAM.
i voted other
i dont know whyi anybody that has already a HTC machine capable of using win2005 will upgrade for a company that dont support the machines they build.
i will stay with my qtek2020 and if i dont have 2005 for it i will choose another manufacter....
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Re: i voted other
rictec said:
i dont know whyi anybody that has already a HTC machine capable of using win2005 will upgrade for a company that dont support the machines they build.
i will stay with my qtek2020 and if i dont have 2005 for it i will choose another manufacter....
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There are some people on earth, like, who are FED UP of only being able to use his 9090 only when he is outside of his country... In Japan we ONLY HAVE 3G... and I cannot use the phone function of my 9090 that I love when I m in a GSM country... so I will buy again and again and again ANY HTC Products simply because of their amazing quality and potential (look around can you cook an iPAQ 4700 or a Treo? and how EASY it is to change a rom) and with a Phone capability...
Cheers
i see theres the new rom 1.12. can i use the WWE rom with my 850Mhz jam???
also...what is the Original ROM on the Jam 850Mhz as in US version. 850 as the BAND/FREQUENCY....not speed!!
850 MHz Jam? wtf?!?!?!?!??!
wouldn't that give you like 3 minutes of battery life and then just melt? WTF is right
nah its easy upgrade....
just solder a P4 3ghz in and under clock it !
battery life is a bit short but its great for keeping your hands warm on a cold day
May be mack ment GSM-850, not 850MHz CPU... :wink:
IMHO - In that case difference can be only in radio ROM.
you guys miss understood my question....obviously theres no such thing as jam running at speeds 850Mhz.....i was asking about the band....they also use "Mhz" to denote the band. IE my jam has 850 Mhz/1800 Mhz/1900 Mhz.
to make it easier i'll just say Jam PM10C or USA version if you guys dont understand 850Mhz.
everyone has gotten caught up in a misquote and has complete circumvented the original question. What ROM is the most stable for US networks....
I am using ROM 1.11 with a .cab file fix that I got from the following location:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=25790
But as you can see from my posts there, my MMS still is not working. GRRR. I'm getting closer though. Any input would be helpful.
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Regards
Wardy
So, I've decided to buy an Athena.
1 problem though - Its not available in Australia. So I guess the best option is to import it. I've found a store (mobileplanet) that will deliver to Australia, but I'm worried about a few things
- The specs on HTCs site say that the HSDPA frequency on the device is 850/1900mhz in the US, 2100mhz in Europe - is this a hardware thing? Because Australia uses 2100mhz and I don't want the phone to arrive and not be able to handle any 3G networks here.
- Charging it - where do I get an Australian charger for it? The US uses different AC mains voltage to us and it'll probably **** something up if I just use a US -> Aus plug point converter.
Can anyone shed some light on these points?
I would assume then that you need a EUROPEAN Athena for 2100 3G rather than one from US!
If you got one from UK with 240Volts charger would that be more suitable for you also?
eaglesteve has one in australia - might be worth pming him?
No issue with the signal. It works perfectly. Telstra uses 850but the rest uses 2100, so Athena works on all of them.
no problems with the adaptor as well since it does 120 to 240. if i were you i would get it from ebay as well it's cheaper & while you get it from mobileplaet they do not offer the warrenty with it as well so you areb ack to square one. the machineworks like a dream mate with 3 mobile broadband but i am eager to know how it does with telstra bigpond here in sydney as well...anyone had the experence?
i actually found that i had to overclock it or set the cycle at a higher frequency with an overclocker to make it work well for me. anyone else had a similar experience? hope its not just my setup running sbd & the black rom
i bought my advantage x7501 from mobileplanet also and it comes w/ a european outlet adapter.
*hope that helps*
first of all hello to all in this forum!
quickly to my question!i just ordered an htc touch from vodafone greece and wanted to know if the gsm touches are gps capable(internal gps locked) or not!i am asking because i am confused i read that they are and found some sites that sell them hacked(gps enabled and yes they metion they are gsm touches) and again i read that they arent because the chip is missing from the phone!so if anyone knows somthing about it it would be great to tell me!
I know i am stepping in dangerous waters because this question may have been answeard a bilion times but i want an expert opinion about this!!!
thangs in advance guys
Hi,
I have a HTC Touch enhanced version GSM and looked into this and as far as I can tell it does NOT have built in GPS.
The USA spec Touch/HTC Vogue/ Sprint are not GSM but CDMA and have different 400 MHz cpu and word is you can hack these to enable GPSa which is why rumours went around about the GSM version.
I bought a GPS unit the size of a matchbox for about £25 off ebay and it works fine with my Touch so if you need Sat Nav buy one of these.
Thanks man i was going mad about this yes/no/yes/no!Anyway its a bad think for us gsm users but again i didnt get the pda for the gps later on have found that it might have gps!it would be a nice +!
Again thanks scorpion66! Bytheway nice icons!
I have the option of either picking the LG Optimus 7Q - C900 or HTC 7 Trophy. I have looked at both phones, played with both phones and still unsure.
From what I can see these phones are on slightly different networks but not enough for me to be concerned as most of the time I'll be on wifi data (I'll write the specs of phones and network at the end)
The LG has a Keyboard, great if I want the full screen when typing but on the flip side not all applications go to landscape.
The LG feels a more soild phone but with this comes weight.
It seems to have more radio bands, but so what if your country only has 2 main telcos.
I haven't read bad posts (apart bad design keyboard) about this phone.
now for the Trophy
Better user support like a decent group in xda.
Only has a 8gb built in SDcard
Seems to have better Sound options/mixing when listerning to music
Better custom applications
Lighter than the LG
Supplied by the network we will be using
I am concerned about all the issues in posts I have seen, is the phone really that bad?
So can anyone help me out, have you tried both and perfered one over the other, why?
Networks.
In NZ we have 2 main telcos with a couple of smaller company's using their tranmitters. The contract will be with 2degress using Vodafones equipment.
from what I can see here is the specs of both phones
LG
GSM 850; GSM 900; GSM 1800; GSM 1900; Edge; HSDPA 7.2; HSUPA 5.6; UMTS 850; UMTS 1900; UMTS 2100
Trophy
GSM 850; GSM 900; GSM 1800; GSM 1900; WCDMA; HSDPA 7.2; HSDPA 900; HSDPA 2100
It is hard to find true network information about Vodafone in NZ but from what I can tell they use 3G 900 and 2100 for their broadband so I don't see a magor issue here, can anyone else?
Cheers
Well I ordered my trophy yesterday after playing with it extensively in the shop, also had a go at the LG. The main difference to me was the difference in screen quality - the LG's looked really bad compared to the HTC one.
Also, HTC apps are a lot more useful and they've been aggressive with pushing out new software (YouTube, etc) and I don't really need a physical keyboard.
Anyway, I think the trophy would be a great choice, but if my phone turns up with the screen defect then I'll probably think differently