Thursday, June 13, 2002
ZDNet UK reviews 02 XDA
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 07:05 AM
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/review/2/2/1359.html
The 02 XDA did pretty well in this review - 7.6 out of 10. Curiously, the article doesn't list much in the way of negatives, which makes me wonder how the reviewer arrived at 7 out of 10 for the bundled applications. Out of the box, the Pocket PC has more apps than any PDA I'm aware of.
"The xda's key selling point is, obviously, that it takes the standard Pocket PC 2002 features and adds communications features. It’s not the first Pocket PC/cellphone convergence device we’ve seen: Sagem’s WA3050 and Trium’s Mondo did the job with mono-screened devices last year, while Siemens introduced colour with its SX45. But none of that trio of devices was particularly satisfactory. They were relatively bulky, software integration was limited, and their use was not an altogether pleasant experience. The xda is in another league: its communications features are integrated in Microsoft’s latest version of Pocket PC 2002; it can take advantage of the faster communications speeds offered by GPRS; and it is a superb piece of design." Source: pt
The 02 XDA did pretty well in this review - 7.6 out of 10. Curiously, the article doesn't list much in the way of negatives, which makes me wonder how the reviewer arrived at 7 out of 10 for the bundled applications. Out of the box, the Pocket PC has more apps than any PDA I'm aware of.
"The xda's key selling point is, obviously, that it takes the standard Pocket PC 2002 features and adds communications features. It’s not the first Pocket PC/cellphone convergence device we’ve seen: Sagem’s WA3050 and Trium’s Mondo did the job with mono-screened devices last year, while Siemens introduced colour with its SX45. But none of that trio of devices was particularly satisfactory. They were relatively bulky, software integration was limited, and their use was not an altogether pleasant experience. The xda is in another league: its communications features are integrated in Microsoft’s latest version of Pocket PC 2002; it can take advantage of the faster communications speeds offered by GPRS; and it is a superb piece of design." Source: pt
