O2 Xphone Smartphone Review

By Ian Bell July 14, 2004

Quote from the review at Adrian’s Rojak Pot:

“When I bought this Smartphone, I was absolutely clear about certain things. Personally, I am not into convergence devices like the O2 XDA II just yet. It is a nice concept but I prefer to have the two roles separated – at least for now. I don’t like having an incoming call to my PDA while I’m showing a movie clip to my friend or when I’m reading my favourite e-book. You get my point.

I intended to use the Xphone primarily as a phone, not a PDA. I understood its limitations as I have been using PDAs for several years now. The Xphone is definitely not going to replace a full-fledged PDA. Just FYI, the first PDA I owned was the Compaq iPAQ H3660 (worst choice I’ve ever made – horrible battery life and a lousy side-lit screen) before I switched over to the Sony Clie NX70V (best PDA choice I ever made). I also had the opportunity to use the old Casio Cassiopeia E-115 which had a beautiful HAST screen!”

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