re: Forget the IPhone, Give me the JPhone

ryan_au1 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:26:27 GMT

Hi Jeff,

Check out the new HP iPAQ 510. http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/handhelds/handhelds/1/storefronts/FA911AA%2523ABA

Small form factor, number pad, no qwerty keyboard, WM6 (obviously has outlook/exchange activesync), bluetooth, wifi, SIP VoIP client, voice dictation/commands. A good Exchange UM companion. No touch screen though...

Ryan

re: Forget the IPhone, Give me the JPhone

David.Rawling — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:01:29 GMT

That sounds exactly like my wishlist.

The only devices I have found so far that come close to meeting this list of requirements are:

* The Nokia E60 (apparently discontinued for the E62 - which now has a camera!). No touchscreen, but has almost everything else (not specifically Outlook Mobile but does do ActiveSync). Also has WiFi.

* The Sony-Ericsson M600i. Touchscreen with keypad, but no camera, has a funny 5x3 keyboard for the qwerty layout - Q and W are, for example, the left and right sides of the same key.

Both of them have higher res screens than the usual 150x150 on a phone. Neither have (or had) a camera, so were unusually thin. Both sync with Outlook, though neither is a WM5 or 6 device.

You might find that you could do without the number keypad using bluetooth voice dialling - I think some phones now support dialling without programming voices to stored numbers (so you can dial "Five Five Five, Two Nine One Three").