First Steps With Microsoft powered Cellphones

First Steps With Microsoft powered Cellphones


Last update: 25-12-03	Submitted by smartphone
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So, have you got a nice shiny new Microsoft powered cellphone for Christmas? And you�ve found this site? Good. Let�s take a few first steps in the big wide world of Microsoft powered cellphones.

What Cellphones are Microsoft Powered?

Microsoft Smartphone (small display, no touchscreen, always with keypad)
1. HTC Canary (branded as: Orange SPV; tri-band GSM/GPRS)
2. HTC Tanager (branded as: Orange SPV E100, Qtek 7070, i-mate Smartphone, etc.; tri-band GSM/GPRS)
3. HTC Voyager (branded as: Orange SPV E200, Qtek 8080, i-mate Smartphone 2, O2 Xphone, etc.; tri-band GSM/GPRS; built-in Bluetooth and built-in camera)
4. Motorola MPx200 (dual-band GSM/GPRS in USA and tri-band GSM/GPRS elsewhere)
5. Samsung i600 (CDMA / CDMA 1x)
6. MiTAC 8380 (tri-band GSM/GPRS)
7. Compal AR11 (branded as: red e SC1100; tri-band GSM/GPRS; sold for software develpoment purposes only)
Pocket PC phone (big display, touchscreen, usually without keypad/keyboard)
1. HTC Wallaby (branded as: XDA, MDA, Siemens SX56, etc; dual-band GSM/GPRS - versions for USA use GSM1900 and elsewhere GSM1800, the other band is GSM900)
2. HTC Himalaya (branded as: XDA II, MDA II, etc.; tri-band GSM/GPRS; built-in Bluetooth and built-inn camera)
3. Samsung SGH-700 (CDMA/CDMA1x)
4. Hitachi SH-G1000 (CDMA; QWERTY-keyboard)
5. Eten P300 (tri-band GSM/GPRS, built-in camera)
6. Eten P700 (tri-band GSM/GPRS)
7. Legend Lenovo ET180 (tri-band GSM/GPRS)
8. Audiovox Thera (CDMA)
9. Siemens SX45

As you can observe above although the term "smartphone" is generic and covers both "Microsoft Smartphone" and "Pocket PC phone", usually it is used however in the meaning of "Microsoft smartphone" only, similarly like when you say "Windows" you mean the Microsoft�s operating system and not the glass-filled holes in your house.

On the other hand some may ask which one is better for me: "Microsoft Smartphone" or "Pocket PC phone"? Well, the answer is simple: if you are a PDA owner then you must ask yourself if you like "2 body solution" or "one body solution". In the first case buy MS Smartphone and in the second buy Pocket PC phone. Othwerise, if you are not a PDA owner, then go for Microsoft smartphone.

What Can It Do

Lots. These smartphones are pocket computers, that have just as much power as the early Pentium PC�s that were dream machines just five years ago. Since all Microsoft powered cellphones have SD card slot, you�ve got storage memory from 32 MB, all the way up to 1GB with current SD cards (2GB SD card will be available in the year 2004). Size of applications varies and depends on type: small utilities are of size around 100 KB but games and reference works can have several MB. Although internal memory is not so big (about 10 MB for MS Smartphones and 64 MB for Pocket PC phones), thanks to existence of SD card slot you have practically no limits on number of applications you can install.

What Are Good Applications To Start With

Microsoft Smartphone : the "must have" applications are free: task manager (you have to kill applications running in background to save the battery), file explorer and notepad - all freeware for Microsoft smartphone �can be found here ; the best place to buy commercial applications for Microsoft smartphones is Smartphone.NET (developers get biggest % of your money); another place to get applications for Microsoft smartphones is Handango ; please note: both Smartphone.NET and Handango offer also ability to upload and download free software
Pocket PC phone : since Pocket PC already has more applications pre-installed in standard package (more than MS Smartphone), then usually you don�t need to install anything to use many interesting features, but the best place to buy commercial applications (or to find freeware) for Pocket PC is PocketGear.com (developers get biggest % of your money); another place to get applications for Pocket PC is Handango ; please note: both PocketGear.com and Handango offer also ability to upload and download free software

Where Can I Visit

Well you�ve found here! The fact is that Microsoft powered cellphones and PDAs (Pocket PC phones are 100% compatible with regular Pocket PC PDAs) have a huge community of users, who like to help each other.

Microsoft Smartphone : the most popular forum where you can find help on any topic and a lot of information about tweaking your smartphone is MoDaCo and yet more interesting websites about Microsoft smartphone can be found here ; Microsoft�s official page for support of Microsoft Smartphones is here
Pocket PC phone : the most popular (according to Alexa.com) general Pocket PC website is Pocket PC Thoughts , where you can find lates news and forums. Very good forum with help for users is here (at pdaPhoneHome.com); Microsoft�s official page for support of Pocket PC phones is here

Source: msmobiles.com

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