Would a smartphone do this for me?

footman · 1 May 2006 at 17:55

I have an ordinary mobile phone (6310i) on a contract and also a Dell Axim x50v.
I use the Axim for sync. with Outlook, GPS applications such as Tomtom and memorymap. Im getting tired of carting both around and although I dont know much about smartphones I'm wondering if I can combine all these functions in 1 device.

I would also like web access, is this possible on a smartphone with an ordinary vodafone sim or would I have to go with "3"?
thanks for looking

FishFluff · 1 May 2006 at 18:00

footman said:
I have an ordinary mobile phone (6310i) on a contract and also a Dell Axim x50v.
I use the Axim for sync. with Outlook, GPS applications such as Tomtom and memorymap. Im getting tired of carting both around and although I dont know much about smartphones I'm wondering if I can combine all these functions in 1 device.

I would also like web access, is this possible on a smartphone with an ordinary vodafone sim or would I have to go with "3"?
thanks for looking

Yes to all of the above. A lot of the newer smartphones are running Windows Mobile 5.0, which is what the latest PDAs are running. I've got an XDA Mini S which quite happily syncs with Outlook and will just about run Tomtom.

footman · 1 May 2006 at 18:02

FishFluff said:
Yes to all of the above. A lot of the newer smartphones are running Windows Mobile 5.0, which is what the latest PDAs are running. I've got an XDA Mini S which quite happily syncs with Outlook and will just about run Tomtom.

thanks, Im interested that you say"just about runs Tomtom", what do you mean?

Spamalot · 1 May 2006 at 18:08

footman said:
thanks, Im interested that you say"just about runs Tomtom", what do you mean?

If I was you and was used to carrying around a phone (6310i, is not the smallest) and a pda, I would go for the XDA exec (known as spv 5000, mda pro, voda summin, i-mate jarjar, and qtec summin) its got WM 5 and a far prosesor for tomtom. It a 3G phone, and 3G is offered by all networks now, so will give you fast data speeds on the move.

Thants your best bet, looks the nuts too.

Hope that helps.

sid · 1 May 2006 at 18:09

footman said:
thanks, Im interested that you say"just about runs Tomtom", what do you mean?

Its nowhere near fast as your 624mhz axim, so it wont be smooth

sid

Spamalot · 1 May 2006 at 18:11

sid said:
Its nowhere near fast as your 624mhz axim, so it wont be smooth

sid

The XDA exec is the same speed though so will be fine, that the main reason that I sugested it. The only thing that puts most of is the size, but tbh its not much bigger than you 6310i and is smaller than your axim.

Syph · 1 May 2006 at 18:15

I have an SPV C600 which doesn't have the PDA features like my colleagues XDA Exec, but runs TomTom nice enough. The XDA would be perfect for you, although has it's niggles when it comes to phone applications (ie: not the best for phone calls etc)

Spamalot · 1 May 2006 at 18:17

Syph said:
although has it's niggles when it comes to phone applications (ie: not the best for phone calls etc)

Maybe not but I think most people with a phone that size use a bluetooth headset. Then its the same as any other phone if no tbetter.

footman · 1 May 2006 at 18:24

all this stuff is taken on board but its the PDA stuff I really want to keep.

Spamalot · 1 May 2006 at 18:26

footman said:
all this stuff is taken on board but its the PDA stuff I really want to keep.

Well thats good because the xda exec is mainly a PDA. Will do every thing you axim would do.

Kappa · 1 May 2006 at 18:48

I would recommend the XDA Mini S (o2) / Qtek 9100 (on Vodafone) as its more pocketable, a lot of people use it for sat nav and say its fine. I'll be getting one this very wednesday

Cant wait, had to order it in! I used to have a HP rx3710, but it was quite boxy for what it was (even though it was dead thin) but I did use it as a PDA properly, its just carrying that as well as my old Nokia 7610 was far too much, even when I had a moto v3. The Qtek 9100 is just what im looking for methinks.

Spamalot · 1 May 2006 at 19:02

Kappa said:
I would recommend the XDA Mini S (o2) / Qtek 9100 (on Vodafone) as its more pocketable, a lot of people use it for sat nav and say its fine. I'll be getting one this very wednesday Cant wait, had to order it in! I used to have a HP rx3710, but it was quite boxy for what it was (even though it was dead thin) but I did use it as a PDA properly, its just carrying that as well as my old Nokia 7610 was far too much, even when I had a moto v3. The Qtek 9100 is just what im looking for methinks.

Well if I was you I would go for the new i-mate jamin/qtec S200 if you want summin that size.

Spamalot · 1 May 2006 at 19:09

If your going to use it just as a PDA most of the time then I wouldn't recomend either the mini S oe the Jamin, there not very fast on the prosesor front.

Kappa · 1 May 2006 at 20:28

I'd be using it for email and messaging so the keyboard is ideal. I've seen the size of it and the speed Tom Tom runs at and I'd be happy with it. Plus I get it cheap through work

(I dont think we do the jamin...yet, seeing as the 9100 had only just come out on Vodafone lol.)

EDIT - just to be more clear, i'd only mainly use the pda functions for things to do and tasks, email, web, bit of music and video, sat nav and little mini games every now and then lol, from what i've seen it does these ok, but doesnt really excel.

The_Biggles · 1 May 2006 at 21:10

For the money and what you're looking for the Mini S is probably the answer. The Exec is the poodles plums but its a lot more money, and you dont need the extra CPU power for basic PDA functions.

Tomsk · 2 May 2006 at 08:11

You could consider the Mitac Mio A701 or Eten G500, both have GPS built in, but no wi-fi. They also have faster cpus than the JaMin (et al) @ ~400Mhz

Also the HP HW 6910/6915 and Fujitsu Loox T810/830 (available from July) which have GPS, wifi & 400mhz cpus.

footman · 2 May 2006 at 21:02

Tomsk said:
You could consider the Mitac Mio A701 or Eten G500, both have GPS built in, but no wi-fi. They also have faster cpus than the JaMin (et al) @ ~400Mhz

Also the HP HW 6910/6915 and Fujitsu Loox T810/830 (available from July) which have GPS, wifi & 400mhz cpus.

these all-in-one devices look very good, but I feel its a bit like putting all your eggs in 1 basket, if 1 module fails then youve lost all the other functions until its fixed.

Spamalot · 2 May 2006 at 21:09

footman said:
these all-in-one devices look very good, but I feel its a bit like putting all your eggs in 1 basket, if 1 module fails then youve lost all the other functions until its fixed.

Also no UK networks are likely so supply them!