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    May 28

    MEDC & new i-mate SP5

    I went along to the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded Developers' Conference in Melbourne last week and it was pretty good. I learnt some valuable tips for developing for mobile devices and even WinForms but best of all was the amazing deal Microsoft struck with i-mate to give evey attendee a brand new SP5 smartphone, worth about AUS$750! Incredible. I've had an i-mate Smartphone2 for about 2 years now and really liked it but the SP5 is in a totally different league. The three main points of difference for me are:
    • the screen
      Wow, and I'll say it again, wow! The QVGA screen on the SP5 is just stunning in comparison with the Smartphone2. It gives the SP5 a resolution of about 160dpi which makes for amazing clarity and contrast. Just fantastic!
    • the size
      The SP5 is a good deal smaller than the Smartphone2, and in the right places too. It is shorter and most importantly, thinner, making for a much more elegant profile.
    • Wi-Fi
      Wireless access is just great! It sounds stupid, but I sit in bed and surf the mobile web on my phone now 'cos I can! And the same goes for work, where with a little more fiddling I hope to get messenger working through our firewall so I can stay online while in meetings. Sweet! I just need to compile a list of good mobile sites now.
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    Jonamafunwrote:
    For a decent tech forum for smartphones, check out http://www.modaco.com/HTC-Tornado-Faraday-and-Variants-TornadoMoDaCocom-f169.html and associated forums. They have some good freeware floating around. For reference sake, the SP5 is the same as the HTC Tornado.
    May 30
    Jonamafunwrote:
    Gmail works really well on PIE too... then again Hotmail integration is already built-in lol. Gmail POP also works though.
    May 30
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    Kym Phillpotts wrote:
    I've been enjoying my SP5 also.  Actually, my girlfriend is starting to get pretty sick of me with my face stuck on my new phone! ;-)
     
    In terms of the blog reading on the phone I downloaded an eval copy of NewsBreak from ilium software http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/nw/newsbreak.htm to read my various blogs on  my phone and I gotta say, it's pretty awesome!  I think I may have to buy a copy (at the end of my 30 day eval of course)
     
    Just thought I'd share the link.
     
    Enjoy your SP5's guys.
     
    Kym
    May 30
    Damian Edwardswrote:
    Thanx for the Age link William, it's great, just the kind of thing I was looking for.
    May 29
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    William Luu wrote:
    I've spent a lot of today browsing the web on my SP5 too!
     
    Here's one site that looks good on the SP5: http://www.theage.com.au/text
    It's basically the text based version of The Age website.
     
    Also, I use BlogLines to read my blogs online, and they've got a mobile version of it too. So that works pretty cool too.
    May 28

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