O2 XDA 2

Its SEXY. Its a pocket PC dudes. easy to use, stylish, user friendly..... The list actually never endsAny one wants to buy the O2 Xda 2, I am ready to sell it. Do not think that this small pocket PC would work like the Desktop PC. remember, its just a Pocket PC, do not try to experiment its speed or reliability after openina hell lot of things.

I think the O2 XDA is a really good pocket basis, because every thing what you want have in this PPC(PDA), and advantage this pda same like computer basis, have pocket excel, word and presentation mobile,... this really recommended for who want to be computer mobile,...

This O2 XDA 2 smartphone runs my life. I make extensive use of the Pocket PC features, especially spreadsheets for my expenses for work, the built-in word processor for documents on the go. The quick and easy synchronisation with my desktop PC is a godsend, especially when keeping my calendar and address book updated. I also recently purchased a family tree program online for it and haven't looked back. Being a motorcyclist I cannot carry huge amounts of research material, but the XDA can be loaded with what I need when I go on my research trips, without the need for expensive notebook computers or lots of paper. The built-in camera takes nice sharp photos, which I have used for gravestones, plaques and the occasional document with pleasing results. I don't know how I managed in the old days when my mobile phone was separate to my PDA. I am using a Sandisk 1Gb SD Card in mine for photos and documents.

I have had my O2 XDA 2 mobile phone for just over 18 months. I have not used it for the last 5 months. It is still in the repair centre! This time having the third main board replaced.

From the day I purchased it, the unit has crashed repeatedly. Endless enquiries to the support hotline were of no assistance. Finally, in absolute frustration, I took it to the repair centre where the main board was replaced - not an inexpensive exercise ($hk 1250). After the repair, the unit did not crash for about 3 weeks. Then the headset stopped working, and then when it did crash again it could not be reset. The outcome? Another main board - fortunately under warranty. After this second repair the unit worked for another three weeks before the speaker stopped working. The outcome? You guessed it - another main board failure. This time the repair centre want $hk 3230 to effect the repair, which is about half the price of a new unit. Needless to say I have finally had enough, and I am going to cut my losses.

If you think I am the only poor schmuk who has had problems with this unit... Thing again! I only know two other people who bought an XDA2. One has had a much worse time with it than I have, and the other has had problems, but not as bad as mine. After intense pressure from the first of these guys, O2 finally replaced the whole unit with a brand new one, which turned out to be even worse. The other guy has been plagued with crashes and phone problems, and he too is more than a little disgusted with his XDA. When they are working the XDA 2's are excellent, it is just that they don't work very often from what I can see.

If you buy one of these units, I hope you have deep pocket and a high frustration threshold. Please do your research before you buy!

I have owned the XDA 2 for about 10 months and I am chuffed to bits with it,

I used to go through phones about one phone every one or two months (so I have had a lot of phones over the years)

I love the way the phone has the ability to show full length movies and you can put a few on a 1GB mmc which costs just a few pounds £70 ish From companys like Moby Memorys , other companys must do them at the same sort of money.

THe mp3 player gives very good sounds when played through the headset.

The touch screen on the phone is also very good and saves all that button pushing.

I have yet to find anyone with the xdaIIs that uses the pull down keyboard so why bother with that model?

The phone stores so much stuff that I sill find new uses for the phone and I am not one little bit bored with the phone yet.

My recommendation is go out buy one and enjoy it to the full its a great tool.

I am not going to bore you with all the technical details of the O2 XDA 2 mobile phone, I am going to give you a personal, honest review. I have owned the phone around a month now, and was an upgrade to my Orange SPV. I transfered to O2, which I personaly think was an unwise move, but the cheapest. Orange are a lot more professinal, offer cheaper and better services, fast service, and excellent support, and after what have been an hour listening to music trying to get through to O2, I regret moving. However, good news, Orange are bringing out the XDA II which I strongly recommend rather than O2.

Anyway, enough about that,I bought the phone from the Internet for a very good price of £140 on the O2 200 + 50 texts tarrif at £30pm. My first impressions from opening the box was great! I charged it up and syncranised it up with my PC. I browsed the endless, but very easy to use applications, which is when I really started to enjoy the PDA use of it. Standardly installed are many popualar applications such as IA Album and Photo contacts, Pocket word, excel and powerpoint, Acrobat viewer, file explorer, and the very addictive jawbreaker game. I then installed many programs I bought on a DVD of ebay for £10 (well worth it!) and now I have over 10 games including age of empires and rayman, tv remote and many more!

I was very impressed with the very large inbuilt 128mb of memory which is more than enough for programes, pictures, and documents, but I purchased, again from ebay (ive got an addiction) a 512mb SD card which currently holds over 100mp3s and the whole Matrix Reloaded Film!! Great! but then I needed to make a phone call, and this is where my excitement died :-(

It took me 5 minutes to find the number I wanted to call and call it, and then it started bleeping and turned off. 4 weeks later I have got used to the phone function, but I am still not impressed at all in how complex it is, however the PDA uses more than make up for it.

That was my quick, personal review for all you out there who are interested, and if you are wondering weather to get one I would. It is well worth the money, and you, and your friends will be amazed in what it can do!

The XDA2 is easily one of the best PDA's on the market with a fast 400Mhz processor and the latest version of MS Pocket Phone PC 2003. It is a PDA combined with triband phone features and is easy to use in either mode. As a phone, the battery lasts about a full 12 hour day with a combined use of the PDA screena and talktime which isnt bad considering the demands placed on it by a high quality screen and full mobile phone functionality.

It is a huge improvement on the old XDA which was only dual band and had an ugly protruding antenna that was easy to break. It is now sleeker and has a much sharper screen resolution and brightness, very resilient to direct sunlight glare.

The XDA2 is faster with its 400Mhz processor putting right at the top of the Pocket PC PDA list alongside HP. The Palm Tungsten wireless PDA cannot hold a candle to it as it can only use the phone function with headphones, unlike the XDA2 which acts like a normal phone when the screen is held to the ear. (or it can be used with headphones) It is now feature packed combining the very best of a sleek PDA with the array of technical extras one would expect from a top mobile phone.

The XDA2 is not for people who want a small phone. It isnt bulky as one must consider it a PDA hybrid with full mobile functionality. Its closest competitor, in my opinion, is the excellent Sony Ercisson P900, which is maybe better as a phone but does not come close on screen quality to the XDA2 for Internet usage or software availability. The P900 is an excellent phone with a fair PDA, whereas the XDA2 is an excellent PDA with a good phone.

Faults are minor. It could do with rubberised side grips to reduce the risk of it slipping out of your hand. When roaming after losing reception, say on the underground in London, it has to be restarted the odd time (although its fast to do this). In addition, its best to use manual roaming when landing on foreign soil.

Overall, the XDA2 has evolved to virtually its full potential and it is a powerful gadget that can help organise your life whilst providing good connectivity. Who needs a phone and a PDA when you can have just the XDA2? if you dont need strong PDA functionality then the Sony Ericcson P900 is the obvious choice.

I cannot wait until a 3G version of the XDA2 is launched by O2. This is inevitable, given that Vodafone have now launched their 384kbps 3G service for laptops in major urban areas of the UK. Therefore, O2 cannot be far behind in launching their 3G service and the successor to the XDA2 has to surely be a key product when O2's 3G launch does occur. Aside from that, there is not much you can improve on in this powerful and innovative gadget.