Comments on: T-minus 2 days for the UK T-Mo Ameo? http://gigaom.com/mobile/tminus_2_days_f/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Philip Ferris http://gigaom.com/mobile/tminus_2_days_f/#comment-406566 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:47:20 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/tminus_2_days_f#comment-406566

Combined with T-Mobile UK’s very reasonable (in UK terms) £7.50 all you can eat data plan, this is an attractive device.

I will certainly be watching it closely.

Cheers

phil

]]> By: Robert Irving http://gigaom.com/mobile/tminus_2_days_f/#comment-406567 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:19:46 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/tminus_2_days_f#comment-406567 Yup – its available as of today. From £119.99 to £429.99. See: http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/eshop/personal/phones/phone-overview.do?mpc=300003600&allOnOnePage=true&menuId=handset.postpaid&paymentTypeId=1&bundleTypeGroup=0&sortOrderId=handsetList.sort.label.default&manufacturerId=1012&currentPageNumber=0

]]> By: Mikhail http://gigaom.com/mobile/tminus_2_days_f/#comment-406568 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:16:13 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/tminus_2_days_f#comment-406568

It is tough not to compare Q1 and Athena and yet these are apples and oranges.
If the price is right Athena can be an awesome communicator that can work as a perfect email station and can also have all your phone numbers dialable. I hardly dial by hand anymore after installing MS Voice command on my Cingular 8125 that allows me to call the names over bluetooth. (unless it is noisy outside). The unit can actually stay in the briefcase and it is still significantly lighter then Q1.
Q1 ultra on the other hand can very possibly replace my aging HP TC1100 tablet and there are probably a whole bunch of us waiting for the real units to appear.
With long startup/reboot times and short battery life of q1 and limitations of Mobile OS of Athena neither of these units (in my books) would qualify as a “replaced evertythng with one unit” , it is more likely an addon for some and replace some aging stuff for others.

]]> By: Cheryl http://gigaom.com/mobile/tminus_2_days_f/#comment-406569 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:03:23 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/tminus_2_days_f#comment-406569

Thanks for the reminder! I was looking up pricing on used HTC Universals earlier today. I’d rather have this Ameo device, even though I have a soft spot for devices with swivel screens… :D

]]> By: Simon Coulthurst http://gigaom.com/mobile/tminus_2_days_f/#comment-406570 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:58:08 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/tminus_2_days_f#comment-406570

The ‘problem’ with a UMPC as opposed to a Pocket PC is the start-up time when you just want to quickly look up an address or make a short note.

I know that with the suspend mode it is much quicker than previously, but it is still noticeably slower than the instant-on of a PPC.

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