HTC P3300

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Ronnie
mB1
16 Dec 2006

Kid303: what about multitasking with respect to the GPS and phone using at the same time with the P3300? any problems? have you tried Skype on it?

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Kid 303
mnX
16 Dec 2006

In response to Anon's post;

Web 'n' Walk's internet connection speed is up to 1.8Mbps. Faster than most WiFi hotspots. I agree that it's pretty bad that the WiFi is disabled as users of this phone will be bound to use the web 'n' walk. But if you look at it from a cost perspective, It's only £7.50 a month. If you compare that to a WiFi provider such as 'The Cloud', for example, they charge you £5.00 for just an hour's worth of internet access.

But then again, if you're anything like me, you'll be paying for home use broadband as well- and I have a wifi router. So the fact that I can't use my own 8mbps WiFi in my house is a bit annoying, but what happens when I'm out in the street and want to look up a pub or restaurant quickly? What if I want to do a quick price comparison on Froogle or Pricerunner while I'm out shopping? The broadband in my house is pretty useless when I'm in a shopping center 20 miles from home...

When you look at it from that perspective, you can also appreciate that, by taking out the WiFi card, it lowers the overall cost of the handset.

So is the removal of the WiFi a bad thing? I mean, I curently have a tarriff which includes the Web 'n' Walk and to be honest, I use it every single day. This means I see the benefits of it on a daily basis.

It doesn't bother me that the WiFi is unavailable on this product as I have my Web 'n' Walk... I can understand why someone would be *slightly* annoyed that there's no WiFi on it (I was when I first bought it), but it doesn't bother me anymore...

What may look bad on the spec sheet isn't always a bad thing in the real world...

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Kid 303
mnX
16 Dec 2006

Jerry. We're still using the same motherboard system we were using ten years ago. Just because it's two years old doesn't mean it's bad.

In response to the post as to which is better - Eten's X500 or HTC's P3300, I would say the P3300. My dad recently bought an X500 and I told him about the debate that was going on at GSMArena about which handset was better, so he suggested we run some tests. Opening Apps, turning on the phone, stability when overclocked, multi-tasking etc.

The P3300 came out on top. It's much better at multitasking, it boots up quicker, the GPRS speed is better and gives a more accurate reading and the screen is far more responsive. The X500 seemed to have a tendancy to hang and the qudio uality when making calls wasn't nearly as good as the P3300.

Needless to ay, my dad's taking his X500 back. He left the house 5 minutes ago.

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Ronnie
mB1
16 Dec 2006

Hi - Is there anyone who can give me definite answer on the performance of this device with respec to its slow CPU? does it really matter? is it really a bottleneck or it is just an attribute that remains on the spec sheet. pls advice. also, bottom line - which one is better - the ETEN's X500 or this one?

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jerry
i0B
16 Dec 2006

ti omap 200mhz cpu was two year ago product.......

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Chad
mB1
15 Dec 2006

so - does the TI 200Mhz of P3300 is BETTER than the ETEN X500's 400Mhz of Samasung???

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Anonymous
I7C
15 Dec 2006

Hi,
I would just like to comment about the disabled WiFi on the "T-Mobile MDA Compact III".
1. That is just ridiculous. On different occasions I was told totally different things by the representatives at T-Mobile UK, few said it's disabled so that customers would use the Web'n'Walk (internet access from T-Mobile) instead of using WiFi. I was also told that this was done to prevent the "T-Mobile MDA Vario II" looking a bit overpriced.
I don't know about you, but for some reason the second explanation sounds far more realistic than the first.

Please T-Mobile do yourself a favour and ENABLE WiFi on this lovely Phone/PDA, chances are posts like mine and many others are going to be read by hundreds if not thousands of UK residents who will probably get put off from purchasing this phone. No offence to HTC TyTN / MDA Vario II owners. T-Mobile is unlikely to sell as more TyTN's/Vario II's than MDA Compact III.

PS: I heard that T-Mobile Austria has NOT disabled the WiFi.

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Kid 303
mnX
15 Dec 2006

In response to Jerry;

No, the processor may look slow, but it runs just as fast, if not faster than the Eten X500. My dad bought one and all my apps open up faster than his (I own the P3300).

In response to Chad;

HTC is probably a stronger brand. With coverage of t-mobile, orange and vodafone, HTC is a trusted brand. I was going to go for the X500 until I saw this.

I leave my GPS on all the time as I use TomTom a lot. I didn't use my phone all day yesterday and it was still at 85% charge. The battery life is awesome. The processor is fast andthis is a damn good PDA.

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Anonymous
M%g
15 Dec 2006

Chad
Take a look at http://www.eten-users.net/forum40 and you'll see how many bugs x500 has (but i guess that they would be fix by newest roms).

I'm curious how many hours last battery with gps nonstop on and tracking (everythink else on off).

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Ohad
mB1
15 Dec 2006

hi - can someone really tell me which one is preferred given both at the same price: this one, HTC P3300 or the ETEN X500? they look the same except that the P3300 has TI 200MHZ processor and the ETEN X500 has Samsung 400Mhz. so what do you think? what about the brand? which one is "stronger", the HTC or ETEN?? thanks

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RAp
15 Dec 2006

why use intel 520mhz cpu,

ti omap 200mhz can run skype....?

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jerry
i0B
14 Dec 2006

ti omap 200mhz cpu!run slow......,so bad...

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Kid 303
mnX
13 Dec 2006

In response to Meo's comment:

Customers in the UK can only buy this phone from two sources. HTC direct and T-Mobile. I tried to get my phone from HTC and they wouldn't ship to private customers in the UK. Also, all the websites I tried didn't have it in stock. So, I was left with T-Mobile. They don't give the TomTom5 package with their phone the way HTC do. They want to promote their own software - Auto Pilot which is inferior to TomTom 5. I didn't want to pay exter a month for the auto pilot combination and I haven't bought piece of software since 1996, so I just went home and downloaded TomTom 5. So there you go. That's why people are asking for TomTom 5.

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kid 303
mnX
13 Dec 2006

No problems dude! Glad to see someone else hacked off about the removal of wifi. Ah well... At least it has GPS. ANYWAY! I have noticed a couple of people asking where I got my copy of TomTom5? Well. Not that I'm condoning the action or anything but go to www.thepiratebay.org if you know how to use Torrents. If you don't know how to use them, I can't help you. With regards to your active sync, my computer had the same problem. All I did was hard shut-down (hold the power button in for 6 seconds on the computer) and then re-install the software. Then I restarted my computer and connected it and it worked just fine. Make sure your phone is switched off the first time you connect it. That's what I did and it works just fine. So yeah. I've found that overcvlocking the processor works brilliantly. I've overclocked it to 260MHz and all the programs are still pretty stable, the OS boots quicker and it's a whole lot more responsive. If that makes any sense...

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Anonymous
myX
12 Dec 2006

Hey kid 303 thanks for the info about the wi-fi, I thought mine had a fault I was gonna ring TMobile tomorrow didn't realise they'd whipped it out. Thats a sneaky way of creaming us for more money! Wifi was one of the main reasons I wanted it too. Bollx! Still a top phone though, tested the satnav on sunday and I can't complain, easy to use and it works! Although I am having some issues getting a connection thru ActiveSync it just won't see my device it's annoying me.....

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meo
x8h
11 Dec 2006

some ask about where to download Tomtom 5, but why, in Denmark P3300 comes with TomTom preinstalled...

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Meo
x8h
11 Dec 2006

I have Qtek 9090 and was very satisfied with it, now consider buying HTCP3300. Reading the discussion my impression is that there are some people interested in specs (e.g. faster CPU) and others, interested to know how the device performs. My Qtek 9090 was not a good phone, but other functions great. I suppose as PDA P3300 is OK, but how does it function as a phone? What I expierenced with 9090 was that I missed some calls, while working with GPS and also some time I received or made a call but without any sound.

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sblack
n{0
11 Dec 2006

where can i download the free tom tom 5 version

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kid 303
mnX
09 Dec 2006

In response to the previous comment;

Install the Satav - It's brilliant. Because T-Mobile have aquired a version of CoPilot, it's been designed to work on the your handset (P3300).

I got mine with the Web and Walk option. I dwnloaded a cracked version of TomTom 5 for Windows Mobile 5 and that works perfectly.

I can understand what people are saying about the processor, but I hardly notice any lag on the device at all. I'm just annoyed that T-Mobile (the only network in the UK to sell this handset aside from buying direct from HTC) have removed the WiFi...

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Anonymous
MSN
08 Dec 2006

Got this handset from T-Mobile UK with Sat Nav package, free online on a Flext 50 contract.

All I can say is it's Brilliant and I'd recommend it to anyone.

I'm yet to install and test the Sat Nav, but the other features work flawlessly. As other users have said, the processor could do with a little more oomph, but this is still without doubt the best phone I ever had by a long way.

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