It's also a lot bigger. Now it comes with Windows Mobile 6, is that enough to make you want to make room for this kind of intermediate device? You can use the Advantage like a traditional PDA or like a mini laptop because the QWERTY keyboard attaches magnetically; pull it off and you can rotate the screen and use the stylus, hold it about an inch away from the screen and the magnet pulls it into the right place and turns the device on. The leather case has clips for the screen but again the keyboard attaches magnetically and pulls into position when you open the case.
If you don't use the case, the magnet also turns the keyboard into a screen cover for the Advantage. A transparent section turns the screen into a line of icons for power, signal, unread messages and so on - you can even change what you see with the volume slider. The keyboard has an excellent layout, although the function keys for numbers and punctuation could be easier to see.
You don't get much motion when you press a key so you'll have to learn to watch the screen instead of trusting your fingers - but if you're doing a lot of typing you could use a full-size portable Bluetooth keyboard and treat the magnetic keyboard as a stand. There's a miniature joystick and an OK button on the main screen, two soft buttons on the keyboard and several dedicated app launching buttons on both, if you don't get on well with a touch screen and the rather tiny clear stylus.
Alternatively, the VueFLO accelerometer lets you tilt the screen forward and back to scroll through long Web pages. It's a little fiddly at first and doesn't work with all applications, but it means you can scroll smoothly rather than jumping from link to link. Thanks for the info, stingraze Just seen this thread, I dug out my x last week so thats a coincidence! Mine is also running WM6. Just wondering if you know of any decent task switching apps?
Thanks Huw. As for Opera, IE, etc, I'm not surprised you're not connecting. Try Opera Mini, maybe 5. But I don't have a good feeling.
For instance, with Mini, I can get into hpcfactor. I can't even load hpc:factor with Opera Mobile. That developer did amazing work.
Join our Community. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. ArchiMark Posted PM. The Advantage is a Quad band device as would be hoped and expected from a device of this calibre and cost. Although these phone functions probably are not the reason you would be looking at this device, they are included and worth noting. The Advantage might pack cellular functions but the one thing it does not have is a built in headset.
This essentially means you cannot hold the Advantage up to your ear like a regular mobile - although would you want too? As always a wired headset is included in the package. The device picks up GSM signals strongly, and given the choice of networks the device can choose from its no surprise. The speaker capabilities of the device seem to be moderated for the actual speakers.
By themselves the dual stereo output of the device is quite loud however for voice calling and video calling, it seems this has been mildly muted. The Advantage comes with a wired headset which this time around is a little larger than usual, but every bit as clear as the speakerphone conversation.
The headset works well although as many others have pointed out — a little strained for length. But if the forums are anything to go off then chances are if you will be using this device for calls, you most likely already have yourself a BT headset.
Only setback however is the lack of the vibrate function, bless BT headsets with vibrate, or the massive screen to flash at you when on silent. This device is the first of its kind from HTC with a 3MP camera, and like other qualities of the Advantage it seems HTC has hit the nail on the head, as the Xs camera capabilities have been widely acclaimed as a vast improvement and as finally offering a quality included camera function.
Overall the Advantage lives up to this claim, the auto focus is handy and robust, the flash seems brighter than any previous models, the only area still to work on is the time from when you click to take the picture, to it actually being taken.
This has been a long standing problem with Windows Mobile devices, especially so since WM5. Generally the problem is it takes seconds for the process to happen after you have actually clicked to take the picture.
The Advantage keeps this process on the shorter side but there exists more of delay than would be expected from a regular camera and even camera phones on other devices. As mentioned it is still a vast improvement, and at last the amateur photographers of the Windows Mobile world no longer have to settle for taking pictures that look like they are from a 5 year old webcam. The inclusion of ephemeris technology which users the internet to download a file to help speed up the time required to find the correct signal is a very assiduous inclusion.
The device also includes the latest TomTom Navigator and your choice of Beyond that TomTom worked quickly and reasonably flawlessly although other users on forums have reported issues and having to migrate to other GPS software. I cannot venture anyone purchasing such an expensive device for the GPS alone, but having it tucked away there, ready to use whenever, is a nice addition and one that is seemingly the new standard inclusion for WM devices.
The Advantage seems to make efficient use of the mHA battery it comes equipped with. With moderate usage and screen brightness in the upper canopy of the high end, the device still managed to last 3 days before requiring a charge. This is on par if not slightly better perhaps due to less voice call activity during this period than most Windows Mobile devices.
Perhaps the tides are changing or maybe HTC has just come to realise that users expect more than a quality device with such expensive products, they expect quality accessories as well. For the first time ever I am satisfied with the casing that came with a device. The case is not only reasonably fashionable quite subjective, but my point is it goes well with the device and professional, but it feels good and best of all is immeasurably practical - sans one feature - for the device.
Magnets keep the keyboard in place, whilst three hooks on the top portion of the case keep the main unit firmly secure. The case fully closed, and fully spread. Note the plethora of room to pull and join the device together to form your mini laptop experience.
The feature I referred to above that the case is lacking is a slot to see the Advantages Standby display discussed earlier. This is mildly irritating, although, as usual 3rd party cases have become available which cater for this oversight. The X includes a g-sensor which is capable of detecting the motion and direction the device may be moving in Much like iPhone and the to a lesser degree features on the HTC Touch.
After getting the settings right to your individual requirements VueFlo is quite impressive and certainly a time saver rather than sitting there with the stylus or D-Pad and scrolling down the pages. Adobe, Word etc. Likewise this would make scrolling those applications just a slight tilt of the device away. IF you want to know more about it.. E-Mail me hirenpatel hotmail. I've been using mobile office devices like this, for around 20 years early pda's such as the Psion 3 series, for example.
I find them indispensible, and have never had them stolen while working abroad, unlike friends with their vanishing laptops that seem to disappear for a pastime.
Not losing my work is rather important, being able to deliver that work easily, or forward work in progress to safe storage such as an e-mail inbox, is also important. As an aside, I can't wait to get my hands on one of the new pendant bluetooth hard drives Seagate are bringing out up to 60gb storage apparently , which I can hang round my neck, for easy backups. It will be an ideal partner to devices like this.
Website designers are starting to get 'up to speed' with the requirements of mobile pocket device displays Microsoft have issued guidance for their support, to enable easy updating of sites for resolving these issues, so sites can display correctly in these lower resolutions , and which are quite different to 'legacy' websites. With that in mind, the x resolution is optimum properly implemented sites even look good and work well with x This device has a place, and a substantial market which has been waiting for what this product offers, to arrive.
That market is not a laptop market, it is a Pocket PC market with phone and other communication facilities built in, as well as maybe satnav, which revolve around Bluetooth and especially WiFi capability.
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