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A good upgrade from O2 Mini

Sep 22, 2007

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Qwerty,Wifi,seperate audio jack,stable in WM6
Cons: no GPS and 3.5G,keypad need some getting used to, no FM
Opinion:
Have been using it for 1 week plus. Initial impression with WM5 wasn't very impressive, both GUI & performance but bundled software is good. Upgraded to WM6, looks much better, stable performance, same useful softwares provided.

I really love the option to change to activesync or thumbdrive mode which lets you use your memory card as thumbdrive when you plug the phone into pc,I also like the power efficiency in "power saving mode" if performance is not of main concern,don't get me wrong, the speed is still acceptable in this mode although you can't watch movie with tcpmp in this mode, it staggers a lot.Movie viewing should be set to "auto" mode or "turbo" mode,Very smooth and good quality. A 2 hour movie takes up around 30 to 40% power.Phone calls quality is loud and clear. Speaker phone not loud enough though.If only speakers is positioned in the front.

The keypad is not as comfortable to use as compare to it's main competitor. Wifi and gprs surfing is decent thought not very fast. I like the good old design of having a separate audio jack for the phone instead of an all in one USB jack which you can't listen to mp3 through earpiece when charging. BT sound streaming quality is decent only as you can hear some "cracking" sound for the treble, not sure if its my BT headset issue, however very minimal skipping if none at all.

My biggest gripe with Zinc upgraded to WM6 is no Sim Manager anymore, causing transfering of sim contacts very troublesome as you need to copy 1 by 1.

All in all, I'm really happy and satisfied with WM6 Zinc. No regrets at all.