Hands-on with the Fujitsu-Siemens T830 superphone
If there were ever any doubts regarding our complete dedication to our readers, let them be dispelled here and
now, because we just suffered through four pages of a poorly-translated Italian "review" (it's more of a
hands-on, as some features on the demo were not enabled) so that we could bring you the latest on the
so-hot-that-it-makes-us-giddy Fujitsu-Siemens T830 smartphone.
This gadgetfreak's delight sports a Windows Mobile 5-powered Intel PXA270 416MHz processor, GSM/UMTS, WiFi, Bluetooth,
SIRF Star III GPS, dual cameras (two megapixel and VGA), 64MB RAM/128MB ROM, SDIO/MMC slot, the always-popular QWERTY
keyboard, and the never-popular 240 x 240 2.4-inch TFT LCD. With all of these features, it's little wonder that
SoloPalmari came out of their private screening with a "positive" sense of the device, which just brings us
one step closer to knocking HP's hw6900 off the top of our
"must-have" list. Click on for a few more shots...[Via Pocket PC Thoughts]
Filed under: Handsets, Others, Windows Mobile, GSM, UMTS
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pete M @ Mar 8th 2006 8:57AM
That's good PPC! Shame about the screen - would like to see what it would be like with 480x480...
E71 @ Mar 8th 2006 9:58AM
240x240? You're OOUUUT!
Rich Brome @ Mar 8th 2006 11:22AM
It does looks pretty great just by a photo and a spec sheet. But I played with one at 3GSM, and was VERY un-impressed. It's HUGE, it feels cheap, and the screen is positively tiny and crappy. I hated it.
Adam @ Mar 8th 2006 11:46AM
Can anyone clarify why theres a Fujitsu-Siemens and a Benq-Siemens both making phones? Confusing...
Kory @ Mar 8th 2006 11:48AM
Holy crap! With all those great features, why'd they put 240x240? Oh, isn't that Windows limitation?
xbit @ Mar 8th 2006 12:27PM
#6: Windows Mobile 5.0 can do either 240x240 or 480x480 for square resolutions.
There's been a lot of excuses lately about 480x480 displays being too excuse so manufacturers, like Fujitsu-Siemens, are being forced to use low-res 240x240 displays.
I'm not convinced by this argument though. Sharp is already producing a regular phone with a 640x480 display, so putting a 480x480 display on a big and expensive PDA phone should not be a problem.
R K @ Mar 8th 2006 6:48PM
Even though a lot of manufacturers may be making 640x480 devices, that doesn't make 480x480 displays more cheap.
If there are five companies making 640x480 screens, those will always be cheaper than the one company making the 480x480 screen.