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Thursday, June 21, 2007
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Orange's SPV E600 (around £190 without contract) is a rebranded version of HTC's S620, and is available to Orange business customers. The relatively compact and robust device gives you access to conference calls and supports an extra line, so you can separate business calls from your personal life. Based on Windows Mobile 5.0 (not the latest Windows Mobile 6.0) and offering a QWERTY keyboard and 2.4-inch widescreen (320x240) colour display, the SPV E600 (32.5x12.6x112mm, 160g) is a solid if a little uninspiring business tool.
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Friday, April 27, 2007
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The SPV E650 is based on HTC's S710 smartphone and once again Orange is first out of the gate with a new Windows Mobile device. This comes as no real surprise considering that Orange pioneered Windows Mobile smartphones with the original SPV, and although that particular handset was pretty awful, Orange's commitment to the Windows Mobile platform has definitely paid off.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
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The SPV M700 in many ways takes over where the M600 left off. Similar in size and shape, it is no surprise that coming a year on the M700 adds a raft of new features including 3G support...The device is dominated by its display. At 320 x 240 pixel, 65,000 colours and 2.8 diagonal inches it offers no real surprises, though it is clear and sharp.
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Monday, October 23, 2006
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The SPV M600 is a solid upgrade to Orange's SPV M500. Designed to meet all your wireless aspirations at the speed your busy live requires, it features a good combination of communication and entertainment needs for the modern
business person. It's not as good overall as Orange's SPV M3100, but it certainly shouldn't be dismissed if you need more PDA functionality than a regular smartphone provides.
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Friday, September 8, 2006
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Back in March I reviewed the T-Mobile MDA Vario, which was a cool little Windows Mobile device with a slide out keyboard. Although I liked the Vario, I found myself more impressed with the Orange SPV M5000, which although larger, had the advantage of 3G support. Of course what I really wanted was a cross between the two ? a device with the dimensions of the Vario, but the 3G support of the SPV M5000. Well, it appears that wishes do come true, because that?s exactly what I?ve got on my desk right now.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
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For a long time, Orange was the first operator to bring new versions of Windows Mobile smartphones to the UK. Its SPV line really did blaze a trail. When connected Pocket PCs became available Orange took to them readily too, and is the first UK operator to market with the hardware design it calls the SPV M600, a connected Pocket PC running Windows Mobile 5.0. Read on...
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Monday, January 30, 2006
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It's the 3G support that makes the SPV M5000 such a joy to have with me wherever I go. Being able to download my emails quickly, while browsing the web makes my life out of the office far simpler. But even better than that is the ability to logon to my instant messenger from anywhere. To be fair, a GPRS connected device can happily run your instant messenger service, but with the SPV M5000 you can chat on IM while browsing the web or downloading emails...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2005
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The SPV C550 is remarkably similar in size and weight to the C500 (its 107g and 108 x 46 x 17.5mm compare to the C500's 106g and 108 x 46 x 16.3mm) and in most respects the two share the same arrangement of side-buttons. So, on the left edge there is a volume rocker, on the top infrared port and power button, and on the right edge a button that launches the built in camera. It's all pretty familiar stuff...
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005
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The original Mobile Office Card was a disappointment in more ways than I can list, but Orange has atoned for its earlier sins by producing the new version. This latest 3G data card is a pleasure to use, and if Orange would just pull their finger out and match Vodafone's tariffs it would be the solution of choice. As it stands, Orange has a product that performs equally as well as Vodafone's, and if you only have 802.11b in your notebook you'll even get a WiFi performance boost...
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Monday, August 15, 2005
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Put aside the speed issues, and the SPV C550 is a complete handset that provides every application you could possibly need as a mobile user, and more...
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Thursday, August 11, 2005
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At the core of the SPV M500 is a 416MHz Intel XScale PXA270 processor backed with 64MB of ROM and 64MB of RAM. There's also 7.6MB of flash memory to which you can back up your contacts, ppointments, tasks and connection settings. Any information stored to the flash memory won't be erased in the case of a flat battery...
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Thursday, July 21, 2005
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You have to want the M500 for its productivity, not for the look of it, it's a functional device that does very well for the business user, not so for 'joe public'. If you want someone else to organise your life for you I would heartily recommend this for the sheer capability and performance...
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