XDA suitable for a 16 year old?

[THE PROPHETOR!]

Hello there..

I have recently discovered your website and it is very impressive, well done :lol:

In september i am going back to 6th form to complete my a-levels, and i believe that the XDA would be a good application to have....

But i was wondering does any one have an opinion on a 16 year old using the XDA mainly for social reasons? Has anybody had an experince like mine? Is it really worth the money? Also can it be used as an mp3 player?

Thanks very much for your time and effort in advanced.

Jason

[Peter Poelman]

Yes, it's a fine MP3 player if you have a bigish SD-card for the music, and some better headphones than the junk that comes with it.

[THE PROPHETOR!]

yeah im planning on getting the 256mb sd card....

but doesn't the ear phones supplied come with a speaker in it, to use it as a hands free kit?

thanks

jay

[tenzin]

If you can wait a little, the XDA II will be available before december 2003 , and will be a lot better than the actual one :!: :wink:

[THE PROPHETOR!]

XDA 2? is there something i should know about it?

is there a thread? what does it do?

thanks

jay

[THE PROPHETOR!]

how much do u think the new XDA 2 will cost?

thanks again for ur help

jay

[gazzaman2k]

im 17 just finished 6th form and doing year 13 soon ive had an xda since i was 16 tis ok but if u use it for social and daily things expect it to get dents and scratches but other then that tis fine.

mp3 is good on it but movies are alot better lol

people call it a brick but when they see what it can do they love it lol.

other then that some peeps think ur werid holding this slab against your head till they figure out its actually a phone lol

imo get it :)

[THE PROPHETOR!]

lol.....ok thanks :lol:

i really want to get it, but im not sure if i should wait until the XDA 2 comes out....

any suggestions?

thanks

jay

[gazzaman2k]

well i guess u either work or you are a rich student :shock: so if you are in any of theose catagories id say yeah go for the xda 2 when its out. will be about £600 simfree though :S

(ill have to give it a miss as i need to save for my car insurance :()

[THE PROPHETOR!]

lol......im not that rich :o

i think i will just by the xda now, beacuse all that i have read about the XDA 2 the main difference i can find is that it has an intergrated camera.....and im not to bothered about that...

thanks

jay

[Peter Poelman]

I think i will just by the xda now, because all that i have read about the XDA 2 the main difference i can find is that it has an intergrated camera.....and im not to bothered about that...

I agree with the conclusion, but only because I have a hunch that the XDA2 is still a long ways off. But it has more than an integrated camera: Bluetooth and SDIO. You will really miss these, but then you can just sell it and get the XDA2 later.

[Rudegar]

it also have a 400Mhz cpu compared to xda1's 206Mhz
and it's cellphone is triband which you of cause dont need unless you travel to us or some other country which use 1900 Mhz

and it got optional Wireless LAN capability

and longer batt time

i'm just getting the xda1 myself since i cant wait for the xda2 which will most likely not come to where i live before Q1->Q2 04
and by then G3 (UMTS) pda phones will be just around the corner and then i could wait for those and end up waiting for ever :)

[ansaar99]

Social implications....
....put up with everyone calling it a "brick"... then repeat yourself 100s of times saying it isnt a phone, its a pda with a phone built into it. Then play some sample video, mp3 and start up the Rayman game, and watch them turn green with envy, and walk away saying "theyre glad they dont that brick"... :)

[Rudegar]

and show them jpg and avi files of sheep and goat p0rn which when you have a xda you always have with you for your viewing pleasure :P ;) jk

[THE PROPHETOR!]

yeah :D

i told my friend what i was getting, and now he is getiing an XDA now... :wink: lol

thanks to everyone who posted

jay

[derekcfoley]

Hmm...

Advantages
I'd say it would be perfect if you go to college/uni, as you could fall asleep and record the audio from a lecture!

You could also play games with the atari VCS or Mame emulators, as well as its obvious mp3 capability.

Disadvantages
Buy a soft or hard case (see my posts in the Accessories forum)
Great device but dont dare drop it! Its not a plastic nokia!

Dont surf the web or use it for email though, GPRS is damned expensive. Spam can be very pricey!

[remlap]

Sorry for invading this thread seems just like what I was going to say later anyway

Well I Just been searching through for the word camera (wonder if there was a review of the one I just purchased)

Well Tommorow Afternoon Im going to buy a XDA Im not that worried on the new one, and I think its perfectly fine for 16-17 yr old Im 17, I loved it when I had a go of it in herefords o2 shop, the bloke there wasnt saying nowt about XDA 2 and the price drop even though he was trying to hint on things

One thing that made me buy it is it has Excel and Word as Im doing a college course based around Office Software, im going to have a freindly word with one of the college technicians and install the uploading software onto my profile, had a good look around the back of the college computers and they only got serial ports so put in a purchase for a serial cable 2 save me carrying around hundred of floopys to take home

You made some great suggestions for therory leasons, great idea as a dictaphone :), and taking photos of the board wont have to write it down, look like a prick but hey who cares

mp3, and games on the way home well I be in heaven, any ideas what type of games are availble for free, and a site?

Thanks!!

[gazzaman2k]

try emule or kazaa best places for free appz :)

[cruisin-thru]

Well I am 50 years old and everybody that sees the xda young or old are amazed at its capabilities, I have satnav with tomtom 2 voice directions, a whole library of books, some good games, mp3s, codewallet for all my credit card details, wap access, the sky astronomy package which gives me planetary positions and interfaces to my telescope, click on a star/planet and the scope slews to it, and I also carry the odd short film on sd card. How can anybody fail to be impressed. Oh and its a phone too. And a dictionary, and a translator, talk into it in English and it talks in French/Spanish/German, providing the phrase is in its database.

[remlap]

Well on the way down to college on Tuesday few behind me was having a good laugh at this ring tone on this Nokia with a Poilce Siren then a some very desorted lyrics, never heard such good things from a phone, well except Wav files on XDA, its far ahead of that phone

I hope PDA Phones are pushed and marketed to hell, which is looking like they will be

Cant wait to get mine in my hands

[gazzaman2k]

nokia 3650/7650 are very crap ringtones they dont even ring loud and when playing music tones/mp3 it distorts and it aint even loud lol XDA kicks their asses even though they have more tech in them like BT and cam

gaz

[Rudegar]

my gf's nokia 3300 can play mp3 as ring tones

[eayuwna]

Remarkably I've found that an XDA is incrediblygood for pulling Women with too. If I ever get mine out in the pub the girlies always seem just as facinated with it as the blokes.
You do have to watch they don't get too engrosed in Solitaire though or you look like a lamo!

[moonmonkey]

LOL....yea I have that problem/advantage......the girls love it, part from the brick calling.....one got very engrossed in solitaire lol

great idea bout the dictaphone, can fall asleep in computing class now.

Yea it is a great gadget I'm 16 in my first year of college, had my xda since I was 15. Love it to bits and its my first phone as I thought all phones before it were crap, even top of the range ones....wen I saw the xda and saw how different it was I had to have it, now saving up for my xda2 lol.