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saldous
26-06-2005, 01:38 AM
OK, so I am looking to buy a Jam. I am in the UK and currently carry around an IPAQ with TOMTOM on for the car, a Nokia mobile phone and a Blackberry for my work email.

I've been reading these threads for some time and see there are some problems and no one can get the Blackberry client to work. But it could still save me two of the devices I currently have (phone / tomtom).

Which GPS devices are you using with the Jam and TomTom, are you happy with them and how much were they (in UK)?

Can I use bluetooth headset and bluetooth GPS with TOMTOM at the same time? e.g. if I am driving and tomtom is nagivating me, can I make and receive calls still?

How good is it as a phone? Is sound quality ok? I will be using it for work so can't afford to have something that isn't reliable and will annoy my customers!

Is there anything else coming along in the short term I should wait for instead of getting the Jam?

From your wealth of experience, do you recommend I get one or wait?

Will is work in America? My company is based in Boston and I travel there sometimes so it would need to work out there too.

Many thanks in advance for any advice.

kta
26-06-2005, 11:04 AM
I would wait for a similar device that ships with the new Windows Mobile 5. As it stands, there will be no official release of the OS for the Magician :-(

When released in September, the ETEN M600 will be a very good alternative.

(Hope HTC, imate, etc. read these forums!!!)

saldous
26-06-2005, 01:39 PM
Just found this: http://www.mobile-review.com/exhibition/computex-2005-smarts-en.shtml

Looks like the R-Ten M600 might be the one I wait for as it has WM 5.0 and WiFi. Unless HTC release a new Magician.

Calvin337
27-06-2005, 06:32 AM
You guys mean ETEN M600 ? But in another thread here they were saying Eten M500 is good enough... ?