Love Hate Relationship | Unlocked T-Mobile MDA Pro (Qtek 9000/ i-mate Jasjar)

The perfect device for the road warrior! | Unlocked T-Mobile MDA Pro (Qtek 9000/ i-mate Jasjar)

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Excellent Phone overall but ActiveSync Software a letdown

I have had my phone for just over a week now and I am very happy with it. I moved from a nokia 6680 as i wanted a phone i could write programs for as I am a software developer and systems administrator. So far it has seamless integration with Visual Studio 2005 bar the need to install .net compact framework inorder to deploy my applications.
The best features about this phone are the following:
1. Windows OS makes it easy for me to write applications.
2. The camera takes excellent pictures.
3. The speaker is loud and clear even in the car.
4. The battery life is excellent (i have not charged my phone since i have had it... mainly because it is connected to my pc most of the time and charges from usb).
5. I just love the terminal services client as it gives me the ability to administrate my network remotely.
6. I am impressed with the excellent buid quality of this device and the contents of the package (especially the handy carry case).
The worst features are:
1. I havent figured out the keyboard yet but i am sure it is easy one i read the instructions.
2. The ActiveSync software is a real let down. You would think that Microsoft would make the Sync software more feature rich as they created the OS. I mean when compared to Nokia's PC Suit and Samsungs Sync software, both of which i am very familiar with the ActiveSync Software lacks basic features of these software packages.

Overall a good value for money package if you can afford it. I-mate have won a loyal customer!

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Love Hate Relationship

Okay, I've had this QTEK for about 3-4 months now (I first purchased it in Europe), and it's been an up and down relationship for me. Either I love it (when it is working well), or I hate it (when it's being quirky).

One thing to point out that are important:

- I originally had an older ROM/firmware (version 1.something).
- I since have upgraded to version 2.something.

Love:

Size: A great size for how many features it has. It fits easily in my pocket (suit jacket or pants) and isn't too heavy to make a very noticable bulge or be uncomfortable. I have a mate who has the larger QTEK, and it's just not easy to pocket.

Wireless: I love it! I can browse at airports, hotspots, etc. and get mails, search the web, etc. The landscape mode is perfect for this (although the portrait also works fine). I've had no problems connecting to any wireless networks.

Keyboard: I can type using my thumbs very fast. The device doesn't rest flat, but it hasn't been a problem for me.

Media Player: WMP works well, the sound quality is very good. I've had a Zen Micro and a SanDisk, and I think it's better than both in terms of sound quality and volume (much louder).

Camera: Not bad, not great, but overall for a phone cam it takes great photos and reasonable video. No complaints.

MiniSD Memory: I bought a GIG, and can store heaps on it. The file structure allows you to easily switch between the storage card and the on-board memory, which is nice.

Phone quality: Very good, normally (when working; see "Hate" section below).

Windows O/S: Makes it very easy to find third-party software, download and install using ActiveSync/USB connection. It's also familiar to navigate.

Other: Flight Mode (is great for frequent travleers like me, letting me use it as an MP3 player and have an "all-in-one" device"; lots of software (I've used Skype via wireless for example, basically letting me talk for free - a bit slow and jumpy, but usable) available; pocket word and excel work well, and I've used this on short trips as my only computer (where I mostly use email and some small emergency document reviewing); reasonable battery life.

Hates:

It's quirky. For example:

1) The alarm will start as it's supposed to, but I can't turn it off. The only way to turn it off is to mute the phone, or the alarm will just randomly chirp at different times. This happens even after the firmware upgrade.

2) The alignment *constantly* goes out of whack. This can be *very* annoying if it goes so far out of what you can't use the stylis to use the on-screen realignment tool. There are as many as 5 times per day I had to re-align the screen. This has gone down to about 1 time with the new firmware.

3) With the old firmware, in about every 1 in 5 calls (randomly) I made the recipient couldn't hear me. No idea why. I had to call back many times. Sometimes it would just get "stuck" doing this and I couldn't talk to that particular person (but it would work fine if I called a different person). The people were random (it would work fine one day with one person, but not the next day, etc.). This has only happened once with the new firmware.

4) With the old firmware, the phone would just randomly "ring"... and not stop ringing. Nobody was calling, it would just decide to ring. It happened once on a plance (when flight mode was on), and people gave me nasty looks - even though nobody was really calling. I had to embarrasingly explain it. This hasn't happened since the upgrade, but before the upgrade it would do it about twice a day. It was not related to the alarm... I checked. I do have a friend who has one, and this had never happened to his. Until recently, when his just started doing it. Weird.

With the old firmware, you can't easily turn off the GPRS; mine has no setting for it. The new firmware does.

The stylus: Worked great until somehow the hole that it fits into "expanded" with no rhyme or reason. I thought maybe I did something to my first stylus, so I tried the second spare that the phone came with. Nope; it just falls right out. So now I can't use them, because they don't fit in the stlus hole. They just slide right on out and fall on the floor, pocket, train, etc. Now I use whatever is pointy and handy. Usually a pen.

So, I highly recommend you upgrade your firmware; but not all problems went away. This thing is so cool when it works... but so very frustrating when it's acting up. By the way, it's pretty durable. I dropped it into the Rhone river by accident. After about 10 minutes, I got up the courage to go in after it (the water was cold, this was about 2 months ago). Water was soaked through-and-through the thing, and it wouldn't dry out after about a week. There was nothing else to do but microwave it... (by the way, all these quirks were BEFORE I microwaved it). Anyway, the microwaving worked like a champion (in small doses), and it works again better than ever.

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The perfect device for the road warrior!

After finding myself carrying nearly a kilo of cords and cradles to go with my mobile phone, mp3 player, digital camera, and PDA I am glad to say, I can now dispense with nearly all of them as this is the device for the road warrior! And may I say, it has a very high WOW factor when produced...

BATTERY - The stated battery life is about 200 hours - which would assume you only turn on the device and don't use it at all for a week... It also states the talk time on the phone is about 3 hours. I have talked for up to 2 hours on the phone, but it does drain the battery. On average, this device is so useful and does so much, that there is no way you are going to let it sit for a week waiting for phone calls to come in. The most I have gone is 2 days without having to recharge it. If I was using Bluetooth and Wi-fi extensively, I suspect it would have to be charged every day. I have read elsewhere that battery life improves after you've 'drained' it a few times but I'm having problems letting it run down to that point!

CAMERA - Takes OK pictures in daylight and crap pictures at night - despite its built in `flash' (read - flashlight...). No zoom capability. But handy for spur of the moment pics and video. Will not be replacing my high-end digital camera though... Very easy to transfer images to computer via USB cable.

CONNECTION - Yay! No cradle - connects with only a USB cable to your computer - and the battery can also be charged via this method so if traveling with my computer, I only need one cable - magic!

DATA ENTRY - The slide out keyboard is great, but I found the keys slightly widely spaced when trying to use the soft keys. The device does not lie flat when keyboard open so can't type with anything but thumbs. However, the handwriting recognition software is vastly improved on a couple of years ago and I find myself using that a lot...

MEMORY - When the battery gets very low, the device automatically turns itself off and will not turn back on until you give it a power boost. Further more, I have done a couple of hard resets and not lost information so it looks like it does save the information. You can also install all programs to the mini-SD card, which is a major advantage to not losing information

MP3 - Yes it does work! It has Windows Media Player (mobile) installed and in the interests of seeing how this device stacks up against other mp3 players out there (which as far as I can tell, all seem to die between 6 and 8 hours), I got a respectable 9 hours - but I used no other application on the device. However, the headphones that come with it are a ear buds with a mini-jack - and hurt after a short period of use. Furthermore, they kept slipping out of my ears... I have yet to find an adaptor between ordinary headphone and the mini-jack

PROCESSING SPEED - People have made an issue of this. I only found it to be slow when booting up, otherwise it seemed to chug along fine to me

PHONE - Crystal clear sound! Incredible sound! Very impressive! I have not invested in a Bluetooth headset, so can say that putting the phone to the head does cause all sorts of menu's to be activated by your ear, so it can painful closing down all the screens and programs when you suddenly find yourself needing the keypad to enter passwords etc... Thank goodness the speaker phone is very clear!

SCREEN - Excellent quality - pictures look magical on it and with Windows Media Player, the video is sensational. You have the ability to switch between portrait and landscape - so watching those wide-screen movies is not a problem. It's a bit fiddly switching between landscape and portrait and I often found for viewing of still photo's it was quicker to slide open the keyboard which automatically flips the screen image to landscape

SOFTWARE - says it comes with PDF clearvue and Skype - I did not find either on the device or on the accompanying CD. I have downloaded Skype for PocketPC but not installed it at this time. Otherwise all other software works to spec, with no bothersome lag times detected.

SIZE & WEIGHT - perfect! Its amazing how such a little device can provide so much satisfaction. Its about the same size as some of the cheaper `pre-paid' phones on the market - but oh does it do so much more...

SOUND - High quality sound in headphones, but a but tinny (yet clear) through the speakers

STORAGE - I can't believe with all the advances in hard drive space, it has only 64Mb storage! So buying a mini-SD card, which are currently only available to 1Gb is essential.

VOICE RECONGITION - although I can add voice tags to contacts, I didn't seem to be able to add them to programs as was indicated in the instruction book.

WI-FI - connected and surfed quite happily for an hour. You need to read the instructions as where to locate networks has moved since earlier versions of PocketPC software, but fine once path established. Nice to switch to landscape mode when surfing...

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Qtec 9100 Pocket PC Camera phone - HTC WIZARD K-JAM

I bought this phone for about two months now and I have never yet experience any malfunction about the phone.Honestly speaking this phone if is well taken care of it won't give you any problem,this is an electronic device remember if you ever drop it even once it might get some malfunction.I use my phone everyday and the battery life lasts just like the manufacturer states in the instruction book.

The 1.3 Megapixel camera takes good pictures.If you want better picture please buy Digital camera with 6/7 Megapixel,don't expect this phone camera to give you the same picture quality.

MEMORY- It comes with 47.46MB and personally i think its good enough.I did buy 2GB mini SD card to store all my videos,music,photos etc.Store all your staffs in a Storage card (mini SD).Leave internal memory for appointments,pocket word,pocket excel,contacts etc, they wont make the memory full that easy.Lesss internal memory you have the slower the phone will get.

PROCESSING SPEED- It boots like a normal PC atleast a minute or two and you good to go after that.This is not a regular phone, remember its a Pocket PC.

PHONE- Bluetooth works amazing (logitec)very crystal clear sound.Speaker phone works very well.
QWERTY Keyboard is very easy to use and perfectly designed.

Overall: I'm very happy with this pocket PC phone

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IMTV Chat with online buddies anytime Enjoy the ability to communicate at anytime Built-in Voice Control Dialing Voice recognition, convenient dialing Voice commands, listening to music is COOL MSN Chat with online buddies anytime Enjoy the ability to communicate at anytime PIM (Personal Information Management) Synchronization with Outlook contacts/calendar/tasks/inbox Powerful personal information manager, keep personal data on hand Mobile Internet Boundary-less information Anytime anywhere Mobile Office Never miss another important business opportunity. Access E-mail anytime, anywhere. Worlds Smallest 3G Notebook Titanium black with stylish body Compact and portable Instant power on/off for greater work efficiency Zhuyin / English input keypad WCDMA (UMTS)+GSM/GPRS (900/1800/1900) 3G technology, mobilized applications for your convenience Telecommunications creating zero distance between people 3.6 inch 640x480 Rotating Screen 65,000 colors, 640x480 high resolution Vertical/horizontal display automatic switchin Built-in WiFi Wireless Connection Built-in WiFi/Bluetooth/IR Convenient wireless manager Wireless connection for unlimited imagination Dual Cameras Main 1.3 Megapixels camera with unlimited video/voice recording Secondary 0.3 Megapixels camera for telecommunication application

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