Orange SPV C500 Review

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ActiveWin: Orange SPV C500 - Smartphone
- Review

ActiveWin: Orange SPV C500 - Smartphone
- Review 09/09/2004 02:49 PM
I have posted up our review of the brand new Microsoft based smartphone - the Orange SPV C500. This is the latest smartphone that has just been released in the UK and runs Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition software. The review is based on the silver version of the phone. Here is a piece from the review:

Being a long time Pocket PC user I found Microsoft's entry into the Smartphone business more interesting than most. Pocket PC sales have not been as good as they could be, and I have to admit, I've started to find mine more and more useless with the influx of new mobile phones that can do just about everything I want from a PDA. The Orange C500 Windows Powered smartphone is my 2nd Microsoft based phone I have had from Orange, the first one I started off with was the rather large in size E200 model shown below left. The major problem with previous Windows Based smartphones has been battery time and the size of the unit, well things are about to change with the introduction of the new C500 phone from Orange.

New Orange Smartphone: SPV C500

New Orange Smartphone: SPV C500 05/24/2004 02:27 PM
Long on speculation and short on details, the first news of a new Windows Mobile 2003 SE phone has leaked out, including what looks like a (hopefully) rough mockup image to me. There's not much more known than that, except...

Orange SPV C500 First Impressions

Orange SPV C500 First Impressions 08/30/2004 06:26 AM

When reader Martin McNeil asked us why we hadn't talked much about his new phone, the Orange SPV C500, we did the logical thing and asked him to do our job for us. Since Marty is a sucker, he actually did it. We're going to start making everybody answer their own questions (and why does he have American quarters?)

Orange has recently released a new SmartPhone in the UK, France and Netherlands dubbed the SPV C500. It is the fourth handset in their “signature” phone series in that it carries their brand, although the phone is actually manufactured in Taiwan by HTC. This particular handset is also available from QTek as the 8010 and i-mate as the Smartphone 3. It will doubtless be carried by other providers and resellers with their particular branding.

Orange SPV C500 launches in UK

Orange SPV C500 launches in UK 08/16/2004 05:52 PM
<img src="http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/spvc500.gif" align="right">The smallest smartphone in the world has officially launched here in the UK today. However amongst all the fanfare and celebrations from people waiting for this phone, no-one can order it. Orange are experiencing technical problems on their databases resulting in their sales staff getting an "out of stock" message even though the phone launched today and the system alerts sales people that stocks are available. Orange has been experiencing a lot of technical problems recently following on from last weeks network outage for users of certain SIM cards.

As for the C500, it's a vast improvement on previous SPVs which have been lacking in battery life, call quality and good looks. The C500 takes smartphones in the right direction. Rumours are that the device has a battery standby of nearly 5 days which is a big improvement on the full charge per day of the E200. The C500 comes with the standard Bluetooth, infared, GPRS connections and Microsoft's Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. The device will also take mini SD cards and has 64mb onboard storage. We will be bringing you a full review of the SPV C500 as soon as Orange ship us a device to test. Keep your eyes peeled.

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Orange Confirms SPV C500 Smartphone

Orange Confirms SPV C500 Smartphone 06/08/2004 12:36 PM

And though we've mentioned it before, Orange has confirmed the launch of its new Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone, the SPV C500. It's a tiny bugger, with integrated Bluetooth and all the other goodness you'd expect from a Windows smartphone. No price yet, but expect this one to be a popular unit.
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Audiovox and AT&T Wireless announced the
PPC 4100 Windows Mobile PDA phone

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CES: Audiovox offers iPod Mobile
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Kit

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AT&T Wireless to Carry Audiovox PPC 410

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In Om's very positive review of the Sprint Audiovox 6601 Pocket PC phone, he writes, "I personally feel that Microsoft should stop trying to get into all general purpose phones and instead focus on these high end devices which make life easier for the 'enterprise user.'" That made me wonder: is Microsoft marketing these devices to anybody besides enterprise users (we geeky early-adopting types, aside)? I think the genius of something like, say, the Sidekick II, is that it has moved keyboard-based messaging into a form factor and a user interface that even sassy debutants don't mind busting out in public. I don't know that the target demographics' optimal form factors are mutually exclusive (in concept), but I can promise you that no one—even the enterprise user that Audiovox is targeting—really wants to pull something this ugly out of their pocket in the middle of a restaurant.

God I'm deep.

The Next Hot Pocket PC [GigaOm]

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Sprint Launches Audiovox PM-8920: First
US Megapixel Phone

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I can hardly believe it's true, but MobileTracker is reporting that Sprint has announced the Audiovox PM-8920, the first megapixel-plus cameraphone for the US market. And if that weren't enough, the price is to be low -- $150 after rebates. Among its other features, the PM-8920 also features an 'Airplane Mode,' a special setting that allows games and applications to be used while keeping the cellular radio powered down. (That sounds like a load of fun to explain to the stewardesses.)

The PM-8920 should be in stores today. If any of you early adopters want to send in early impressions, feel free.
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Rumor: UK Orange Exec Untucks Windows
Mobile Treo

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Another day, another Windows Treo rumor. This one is somewhat legit, but still, salt liberally:

Which is fascinating... but can it explain the embarrassing scenes in the Landmark Hotel, London, where a Very Senior Orange Person produced his Treo 650, and switched it on, and carelessly allowed all others at the table to see that it was not running PalmOs, but Windows Mobile 2005?

Several people eagerly produced camera-phones to record this, and the phone was hastily tucked away where the sun can't shine.

Wow, those UK conferences get wild.

So where actually is the new Orange Treo 650? Microsoft Treo?? [NewsWireless via Treonaut s]

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XP, and Windows Server 2003 (KB828026)

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Orange punters face more mobile misery

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New Orange ROM Update (2.7.1.1) for SPV
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Opera Software Announces The Opera
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Orange takes steps to block mobile spam

Orange takes steps to block mobile spam 12/23/2003 06:07 AM
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Orange gives Scots business access to 3G
mobile service

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Alice Systems develops Orange 3G Mobile
Office Card

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Abidia updates mobile eBay solution for
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Orange SPV C500 Review

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