Is that a computer in your pocket? 6 mobile devices tested

Specifications

Product Fujitsu Stylistic ST5010 HP iPAQ H5550 Motorola A925
Vendor Fujitsu HP 3
Phone 1800 288 283 13 23 93 131 683
Web www.lifebook.com.au www.hp.com.au www.three.com.au
Warranty 3 years 1 year No information supplied
Form factor Tablet PC Pocket PC PDA/Phone
Price AU$3999 (excluding keyboard and dock) AU$1199 AU$756
Processor type and speed Intel Pentium M, 1GHz Intel PXA255, 400MHz N/A
RAM 256MB 128MB 8MB
Hard drive 40GB N/A N/A
Connectivity Wi-Fi Wi-Fi, Bluetooth GSM/GPRS, Bluetooth
Services E-mail, Internet E-mail, Internet Videotalk, E-mail, Voice/SMS, Internet, GPS where available
Security Password Password, fingerprint Password
Ports and expansion slots IEEE 1394, Video, USB 2.0, Ethernet, Modem, flash memory Sychronisation port, PC card, flash memory USB
Input devices Stylus Shortcut buttons, stylus Stylus, navigation keys, camera
Display 12.1in XGA TFT 3.8in TFT touchscreen 2.8in touchscreen
-Resolution 1024 x 768 240 x 320 208 x 320
-Colours 65K 65K 65K
Dimensions (mm 324 x 220 x 22 138 x 84 x 16 148.5 x 60 x 24
Weight 1.55kg 207g 212g
Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Microsoft Windows Pocket PC 4.2 Symbian
Battery Removable, rechargable lithium ion Removable, rechargable lithium ion Removable, rechargable lithium polymer
Battery life (vendor estimate) 4 hours 3-4 hours for a power user, up to 12 hours without using wireless 2 hours talk, 90 hours standby

Product Handspring Treo 600 RIM BlackBerry 7730 Toshiba Portégé R100
Vendor Palm Research in Motion (available through telcos such as Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone) Toshiba
Phone 1800 350 535 Contact your carrier for details 13 30 70
Web www.palm.com/au www.blackberry.com www.isd.toshiba.com.au
Warranty 1 year 1 year 3 years
Form factor PDA/Phone PDA/Phone Ultraslim notebook
Price AU$1099 AU$1099 AU$1999
Processor type and speed Texas Instr. OMAP 1510 N/A Intel Pentium M, 1GHz
RAM 32MB 16 MB + 2MB SRAM 512 MB
Hard drive N/A N/A 40GB EIDE
Connectivity GSM/GPRS, IR GSM/GPRS 802.11b
Services E-mail, Voice/SMS, Internet E-mail, Voice/SMS, Mobile Data Service, Calendar, Internet E-mail, Internet
Security Password Password Password
Ports and expansion slots Expansion card slot, USB USB IEEE 1394, Video, USB 2.0, Ethernet, Modem, CardBus (Type I/II), Flash Memory
Input devices Backlit keyboard, stylus, camera Backlit keypad, trackwheel Keyboard, touch pad
Display 2.5in LCD touchscreen Backlit TFT 12.1in TFT
-Resolution 160 x 160 240 x 240 1024 x 1536
-Colours 3375 65K 16M
Dimensions (mm) 112 x 60 x 22 121 x 77 x 18 285 x 230 x 20
Weight 168g 142g 1.1kg
Operating system Palm OS 5.2 BlackBerry Desktop Microsoft Windows XP
Battery Rechargable lithium ion Removable, rechargable lithium ion Removable, rechargable lithium ion
Battery life (vendor estimate) 6 hours talk, 10 days standby 5 hours talk, 9 days standby 2 hours

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    One of the main problems I see ...Anonymous -- 31/10/04

    One of the main problems I see with all the phone/pda's is that they seem to forget about phone functionality and concentrate on the PDA side of things. For example handsfree dialling/answering. Most of the end user I talk to want the phone features first and the PDA features second.

    In your review of the Treo 600 ...Anonymous -- 30/12/04

    In your review of the Treo 600, you were concerned about the possibility of hitting two keys at once. Well, I've worked with the Treo software engineers in California (in partnership with my company, Openwave systems), and they have sophisticated algorithms to account for the multi-key-hit problem. In other words, your reviewer hasn't used the unit for any actual work to give it a decent review.

    The design spec was to make it as small as possible with a full keyboard so as to not frighten people who weren't familiar with Graffiti or other handwriting-recognition programs. Well, IMHO they succeeded admirably.

    The price for this notebook is ...Anonymous -- 02/01/05

    The price for this notebook is Aud$$3,960.00......... on the toshiba website..

    The a925 and a920 (same intern ...Anonymous -- 02/02/05

    The a925 and a920 (same internals, different firmware) have the GPS enabled. The (A) in AGPS needs info from the operator (an AGPS server that kickstarts the positioning with additional data), and does not work without the operator enabling it. But the GPS should work anytime, anywhere. Except for the fact that this unit needs up to 5 min to get the initial fix. See www.nhgps.com or http://per.nitro.dk/ for programs that use the GPS units of motorola phones.

    Where in Australia is the Tosh ...Anonymous -- 11/06/05

    Where in Australia is the Toshiba R100 selling for $1999?

    The Trackwheel IS an Enter Key Dummy! Anonymous -- 26/12/07

    Whoever wrote this review is clueless about how to use a Blackberry - didn't even bother to read the manual. The trackwheel is the enter key. All you do is use the trackwheel to navigate to what you want to click, then press the trackwheel in to "enter" !

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