[zenkinz]

received the package from my brother-in-law yesterday, did not have the time to try out the phone yet.

but first impression is that the phone is not much heavier than my O2 mini. it's definitely bigger, but much more handier than XDA IIi or HP6365. So I say it's not the best in terms of size, but still good enough at the moment.

in terms of the software support, quite disappointed that there's no map provided nor GPS control panel. There's a GPS quick connect utility, and understand that this will help to ensure faster location-fix than typical GPS receiver, as it downloads the known-location (i.e. Satellite) position during the fix process, instead of downloading directly from the Satellite (which will take minutes).

in terms of camera resolution, surprising find that it's better than O2 mini that I have. I have taken two photos using mini and Hw6515, and you can see the difference. Video taken at night for the Hw6515 is also much better than O2 mini. This definitely wins hand down for Hw6515, vis-a-vis O2 mini and HP 6365

Battery consumption, looks reasonable. After 4-5 hours of playing around, the battery juice drops to 71%. But will continue to monitor.

The qwerty keyboard is useful for sms and situation where you can only rely one hand to message/operate. Compare with other Pocket PC phones that has qwerty keyboards, HP HW6515 would had an edge over the rest due to the size of the device.

Will post some picture later when I go home.

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[usermail]

does it have flight mode?
i.e. manually turn of phone function

[Aficionado]

zenkinz, on Jun 30 2005, 11:33 AM, said:

received the package from my brother-in-law yesterday, did not have the time to try out the phone yet.

Will post some picture later when I go home.

Bro zenkinz,

Interesting review, especially the part about the battery life.

Still, err, there arent any hw6515 found in your 2 pics (hmm, or have I been playing too much 'Spot! by PDAMill'?) :confused:.

:smile:

[KamWeng]

I guess he was taking those pics using 6515 and Mini for comparison lah...

[Aficionado]

KamWeng, on Jun 30 2005, 12:52 PM, said:

I guess he was taking those pics using 6515 and Mini for comparison lah...

Bro KamWeng,

Orrrrr, silly me :blush:.

Guess the bottom one is for the mini :wink:.

:smile:

[space]

zenkinz, on Jun 30 2005, 11:33 AM, said:

received the package from my brother-in-law yesterday, did not have the time to try out the phone yet.

but first impression is that the phone is not much heavier than my O2 mini. it's definitely bigger, but much more handier than XDA IIi or HP6365. So I say it's not the best in terms of size, but still good enough at the moment.

in terms of the software support, quite disappointed that there's no map provided nor GPS control panel. There's a GPS quick connect utility, and understand that this will help to ensure faster location-fix than typical GPS receiver, as it downloads the known-location (i.e. Satellite) position during the fix process, instead of downloading directly from the Satellite (which will take minutes).

in terms of camera resolution, surprising find that it's better than O2 mini that I have. I have taken two photos using mini and Hw6515, and you can see the difference. Video taken at night for the Hw6515 is also much better than O2 mini. This definitely wins hand down for Hw6515, vis-a-vis O2 mini and HP 6365

Battery consumption, looks reasonable. After 4-5 hours of playing around, the battery juice drops to 71%. But will continue to monitor.

The qwerty keyboard is useful for sms and situation where you can only rely one hand to message/operate. Compare with other Pocket PC phones that has qwerty keyboards, HP HW6515 would had an edge over the rest due to the size of the device.

Will post some picture later when I go home.

I was at South Asia, they told me bundle with mapking v7 singapore free!!!

Just call AAAs, got free mapking v7 singapore too!!!

your's get makan?

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[fiery_kong1688]

space, on Jun 30 2005, 01:02 PM, said:

I was at South Asia, they told me bundle with mapking v7 singapore free!!!

Just call AAAs, got free mapking v7 singapore too!!!

your's get makan?

How much are they selling ??? :confused:

[sAxman]

never fall into the silly trap of salesperson.....*coz I'm that kind of salesperson too hahaha*

whatever you get, already paid up by yourself.....there is no FREE lunch in this world...even FREE icecream/siewmai also got agenda....sigh....

[zenkinz]

my mistake, it does come with map.

on the other hand, it's unlike O2, who provide software like callerID, o2plus, although they arn't exactly the best apps in the market :wink:

here's some photo of the iPAQ, against the mini.

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zenkinz, on Jun 30 2005, 05:39 PM, said:

my mistake, it does come with map.

on the other hand, it's unlike O2, who provide software like callerID, o2plus, although they arn't exactly the best apps in the market  :wink:

Remember that these so called O2 software are buggy and not stable, as good as not having them, right! :sowwy:

I think HP has gone at least another step in the design, it is cool compared with HP6365 - no antenna, integrated keyboard, less bulky and big form factor......... reminds me of Palm Treo 600 & 650 as well as Blackberry! Give HP some credit, man, at least you can buy a mini-SD wi-fi card and leave the SD slot vacant for memory expansion, right!

Envy you, zenkinz, manage to lay your hands on the latest gadget!

This post has been edited by gadgetkid2004: 30 June 2005 - 06:43 PM