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We like O2’s upgraded xda IIi handheld/phone combo as much as we liked the xda II. It would be easy to look at the O2 Xda IIi and mistakenly think you were looking directly at its predecessor, the O2 Xda II. O2’s kept the same basic design for the O2 Xda IIi, which measures in at 69.9mm by 130mm by 19.9mm, weighs in at 200g and features a 3.5 inch 65,536 colour LCD screen. The stylus sits neatly on the left hand side, with the right hand side featuring quick access to the unit’s camera, voice recorder and jog dial. The front of the smartphone features a very simple array of buttons, including a clickable selector at the base. Unlike the Xda IIs, there’s no slideout keyboard.

Like most larger smartphones, the Xda IIi feels bulky as a phone, but is suitably sized as a PDA. If size is really a concern, you may be better suited to O2’s Xda II Mini.

Surprisingly, the Xda Iii is only tri-band capable, unlike the quad-band Xda IIs. However, O2 has bumped the resolution on the camera up to 1.3 megapixels (1280 x 960 pixels) and the battery life is rated at 170 hours on standby.

The 3.5”, 65,000 colour screen, has a branded O2 Graphic User Interface (GUI), ‘O2 Active Interface’, which is a skinned screen with some of the more popular applications placed in it, which can be handy when the Microsoft mobile gets a little too much for you, which is quite likely.

The ‘IIi” ships with Windows Media Player. However, O2 is in the process of introducing the O2 media player. This will act as their compact device version of ‘iTunes’, with up to 10,000 tunes available to download when it eventually launches, music fans will defiantly want to fill that memory card slot.

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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by admin
Filed under: GPS Guide