O2 XDA Mini S Owners help me?

mrgubby · 25 Mar 2006 at 16:34

Jez said:
Why - its too damn slow. Seriously laggy performance

Did you get rid of the O2 rubbish ?? , mine is pretty fast without it.

Jez · 25 Mar 2006 at 16:41

mrgubby said:
Did you get rid of the O2 rubbish ?? , mine is pretty fast without it.

Yes i did, but it goes from being absolutely unusable to just "quite slow". Its a 166mhz processor or something after all, running WM2005 :eek:

Overall its an amazing phone, but i am going to hold off buying anything like this in the future until the technology gets good enough to offer proper performance in this size of package.

mrgubby · 25 Mar 2006 at 17:01

What's it like running Tomtom , is it just slow to calculate the route or does it lag behind when you turn at junctions etc ?? .

Jez · 25 Mar 2006 at 17:30

It copes, just, with normal navigation. (Tomtom5)

Its very slow to first launch, very slow to calculate (which can be annoying when in busy cities and youve missed a turn), and it doesnt cope with showing POI's onscreen too well.

I just got a separate PDA for tomtom, works a lot better.

img · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:27

working fine on mine. faster than on an n70 or pda before. takes about 4 seconds to run.

Jez · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:32

Tomtom navigator 5 does indeed run "fine", however it runs very slowly, inline with the slow processor.

Not trying to knock the phone as such, its a superb idea, just trying to avoid an dissapointment.

Energize · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:40

Jez said:
Yes i did, but it goes from being absolutely unusable to just "quite slow". Its a 166mhz processor or something after all, running WM2005

Overall its an amazing phone, but i am going to hold off buying anything like this in the future until the technology gets good enough to offer proper performance in this size of package.

Just do a hard reset, select corporate mode and enter the code 0506 makes o2 pdas much faster. Its a 200mhz cpu btw

Iam suprised that a new pda would be supplied with a cpu as slow as that, they all seem to have 520mhz and 624mhz nowadays.

mrgubby · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:42

Jez said:
Tomtom navigator 5 does indeed run "fine", however it runs very slowly, inline with the slow processor.

Not trying to knock the phone as such, its a superb idea, just trying to avoid an dissapointment.

Thanks , thats the sort of info I'm after . Its whether to buy a dedicated GPS unit or get TomTom + GPS module for the XDA , is it slow enough to be worth an extra £100 and something else to carry

Jez · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:50

Energize said:
Just do a hard reset, select corporate mode and enter the code 0506 makes o2 pdas much faster. Its a 200mhz cpu btw Iam suprised that a new pda would be supplied with a cpu as slow as that, they all seem to have 520mhz and 624mhz nowadays.

Mine was running in corporate mode since the start, in the normal mode its too slow to do anything on really. My mistake about the cpu, 200mhz is still very very slow though and explains the poor performance.

I would buy one with the aim to sell after a play, its a good little toy to use for a month or two but i wouldnt take it any further than that. They sell for £300 on ebay so you cant lose with what o2 are offering them for at the moment.

As for tomtom, i would go for a separate unit every time. The mini just doesnt have the performance to match a PDA or a dedicated unit and makes for an unpleasant experience in places like central london where its sitting there slowly recalculating. Plus i always think its nice to have your tomtom and phone separate so that they can be used at the same time.

StevenG · 25 Mar 2006 at 20:52

Now i dont know what to do... i wont be using it for navigation or anything just texting and e-mails. messenger video's and pics and so fourth... it should cope with this shouldnt it?

or am i better off waiting for a better one? one with more CPU power?

9761 · 25 Mar 2006 at 21:03

Can you get this XDA on Pay as you go? also how much would I expect to pay for this if it is on pay as you go?

cheers

mrgubby · 25 Mar 2006 at 21:50

9761 said:
Can you get this XDA on Pay as you go? also how much would I expect to pay for this if it is on pay as you go?

cheers

According to the O2 online shop it's only available on contract

Energize · 26 Mar 2006 at 06:12

StevenG said:
Now i dont know what to do... i wont be using it for navigation or anything just texting and e-mails. messenger video's and pics and so fourth... it should cope with this shouldnt it?

or am i better off waiting for a better one? one with more CPU power?

If your thinking of watching films, it probably wont be able to handle xvid.

StevenG · 26 Mar 2006 at 10:29

i could always convert stuff to mpeg4 or whatever it will play