anyone suggest alternative to xda orbit?

DJB

Hi,

I was looking at possibly getting the xda orbit or the xda exec that o2 are offering but I'm with vodafone and I've no reason to leave. Vodafone don't seem to have a comparable pda styled phone with wifi, gps, 3g, touchscreen, etc. I've purchased phones and the likes off ebay and I was wondering if someone could suggest a pda phone that is similar to this that I could buy sim-free.

AFAIK, these o2 xda phones are made by i-mate, e.g. xda exec is the i-mate jasjar. I can't seem to find the xda orbit equivalent on i-mate's site.

Has anyone used the xda orbit? Is it any good? Can anyone suggest a good alternative that could be purchased sim-free?

Thanks in advance.

Dave

Akula

All current XDA's are made by HTC who also supply I-Mate. So if you check the HTC site you'll find more info.

DJB

Cool. I'll have a look through their site and see what I come up with.

Still looking for suggestions if anyone has any?

Tom Dunne

DJB wrote:

Still looking for suggestions if anyone has any?

There's been quite a few threads of a similar nature over the past couple of weeks.

Have a browse through them.

mkennedy

DJB wrote:

Hi,

I was looking at possibly getting the xda orbit or the xda exec that o2 are offering but I'm with vodafone and I've no reason to leave. Vodafone don't seem to have a comparable pda styled phone with wifi, gps, 3g, touchscreen, etc. I've purchased phones and the likes off ebay and I was wondering if someone could suggest a pda phone that is similar to this that I could buy sim-free.

AFAIK, these o2 xda phones are made by i-mate, e.g. xda exec is the i-mate jasjar. I can't seem to find the xda orbit equivalent on i-mate's site.

Has anyone used the xda orbit? Is it any good? Can anyone suggest a good alternative that could be purchased sim-free?

Thanks in advance.

Dave

the htc equivalent of the o2 xda orbit that you're looking for is the htc p3300/artemis. you'll find it over at expansys or clove.

this is the unlocked sim-free version of the o2 xda orbit. afaik i-mate don't do an equivalent of the xda orbit.

alternatives to the xda orbit include:

1) htc p3600/trinity: this has wifi, gps and 3.5g (hsdpa). that seems to fit what you're looking for tbh.

2) htc 4550/kaiser: has all of the above plus keyboard. clove are doing it.

3) nokia n95: hsdpa, wifi, not sure about the useability of the gps though.

4) eten x800: not sure if it's released yet but it will have hsdpa, wifi and gps. and a sliding keyboard iirc.

5) htc advantage:
umpc-like device with hsdpa, gps, wifi, keyboard but it's huge compared to the others. more like a mini-laptop.

6) I-mate are doing their ultimate series as well with devices with specs comparable to the above.

edit: sorry, the eten x800 will not have a sliding keyboard. its successor the m900 will have one though (keeping everything else the x800 has). and the x800 is vga if you want that.

jrey1981

Nokia E61i?

pm me for a good price sim free

mkennedy

jrey1981 wrote:

Nokia E61i?

pm me for a good price sim free

the nokia e61i doesn't have gps though-the op seems to want gps as well.