Ultimate Device - Is there one?

Larry David

Is there any one handheld unit I can get, that combines all of these functions:

Sat Nav
Phone
PDA
E-Mail (Outlook compatible)
MP3 Player
Games

And if not, which item combines most of the above? Is it a Blackberry? And are Blackberry's any good?

Sam Vimes

any symbian handset will do everything except the PDA

chrislad

The Noka N95 (Bar the PDA part). Not out until next summer though.

Has built in Sat Nav as well.

jester77

This will do what you want and more:
http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=140451

I have the previous model that doesn't have the GPS built in so I use a bluetooth module. Excellent device!

Larry David

jester77 wrote:

This will do what you want and more:
http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=140451

I have the previous model that doesn't have the GPS built in so I use a bluetooth module. Excellent device!

Does it have a phone?

optiplexgx270

Quad-Band EDGE/GPRS

BreadBoard

Nokia 330 Auto Navigation - http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/nokia/nokia-330/nokia-330-06x10x31.htm

No phone tough

jester77

Larry David wrote:

Does it have a phone?

Has phone, bluetooth, GPS and WLAN - so plenty of ways for getting connected.

jrey1981

not sure about games, but yep it would probably be the Nokia N95

mkennedy

i'd go for the eten glofiish x500.
it has everything you mentioned plus an fm tuner.
basically it's the thinnest "all-in-one device" available atm.

Operating System: Windows Mobile™ 5.0 software for Pocket PCs (AKU 3.2)
Processor: Samsung SC3 2442 400 MHz Processor
Memory: 128 MB Flash ROM, 64 MB SDRAM
Display: 2.8", 240 x 320, 65,536 colors, TFT-LCD
Dimensions(LxWxH): 113 x 59.5 x 15.5 mm
Weight: 146 (with battery)
Communications
GSM/EDGE Quad-band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
GPRS/EGPRS Class B, Multi-slot Class 10
Bluetooth® v2.0 class 2 + EDR,
WiFi IEEE802.11b/g Certificated
GPS
Embedded SiRF Star III chipset, TMC,
SiRF Instant Fix ( Ephemeris Extension )
Camera Built-in 2.0 mega pixels CMOS camera
Expansibility: Micro SD card slot
Interface/Audio : Built-in microphone and speaker, external stereo headset jack, hands-free mode supported
Interface/Data: Mini USB Sync, headset jack
Ergonomic Design : Touch screen for stylus or fingertip, navigation button, power button, 2 quick application buttons, send/end button, record button, volume control, left soft-key, right soft-key
Battery
Lithium Polymer rechargeable with 1,530 m
Ah capacity
Talk time* : 5~7 hours
Standby* : 150~200 hours,
Pocket PC usage* : 10~15 hours
GPS usage* : 5~7 hours
Software

so it has wifi-g, bluetooth, gsm/gprs, fm tuner, 2.8' screen, 400mhz processor and sirf star III gps in a discrete form factor.

the ipaq 6915 is also a gps pocket-pc phone but isn't sirfstar III gps, doesn't have an fm tuner and is a bit heavy/unwieldy.

overall i would recommend the eten x500 from its specs and positive reviews.

the only thing it lacks is 3g and a keyboard but eten are bringing out the eten m700 next month which has pretty much the same specs as the x500 but also has a slide-out keyboard (19mm thick though).

sutty

There's also the XDA Exec, It does everything your looking for, although you will need a bluetooth GPS receiver.. only €20 or so on ebay.

afatbollix

whats this one like?
http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=138257&sbadd=138257
cheepest i could find anyway? is it anygood? try and hit 2 birds with 1 stone with a gps and a phone.... would cost less as 2 seprate would be 500 -600 ish....

J.R.HARTLEY

does anyone know if the n9x range will be available on vodafone, they don't have the n90 but they do have the n91 but they seem void of any mention of the others n92 n93

mkennedy

anto-t wrote:

whats this one like?
http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=138257&sbadd=138257
cheepest i could find anyway? is it anygood? try and hit 2 birds with 1 stone with a gps and a phone.... would cost less as 2 seprate would be 500 -600 ish....

that's generally regarded as a decent enough device but it doesn't have wifi and it's 23mm thick and 119mm long, a bit of a brick tbh compared to the newly released eten x500.

as i mentioned above i would recommend the eten x500 which, along with everything that the g500 has, also has wifi and is only 15.5mm thick and 113mm long. and it has an fm tuner

it's available at expansys here for about €650 IIRC. www.expansys.ie/b.aspx?i=140450

mkennedy

alternatively you could go with the htc 3300/artemis as mentioned by jester77.
it comes with similar specs to the eten x500 and imho is a nicer looking device but it has an inferior 200mhz TI omap processor (apparently not that great if you're into skype and multitasking).

also, the micro-sd card is under the sim-card so it's not "hot-swappable" unlike with the eten x500.

the 3300/artemis also comes pre-loaded with tomtom satnav software which isn't much use in ireland yet because it's teleatlas-based. presumably however you can load your own alternative (navteq-based) satnav software on this machine but i can't be sure about this either (don't know if the pre-installed tomtom software will interfere with it).