Prophet/JAMin/818 Pro/Whatever you want to call it..

[Ruxton]

Howdy, long time reader, first time poster...

I totally fell in love with the HTC series of Pocket PC's after my mate got himself a Himalayan, it's everything i neeed (read: want).

Ive spent the past few days reading through these forums and a few others on the merits of the magician. I like it.. i was totally convinced i was gonna get one.. then i stopped, Win Mobile 2003! :|

So then i saw the prophet and i've noticed there was quite a bit of talk over the previous weeks about it coming to australia soon.. Does anyone have any when? and under what name?

I'm planning on switching providers when i get my JAM or JAMin.. so one last question, does anyone know if any of the major telcos in Australia are bringing it soon?

I hope i dont have to settle for a Magician thats going to be totally out dated by the time im upgrading my phone again.

Thanks in advance..

[O2mini_noob]

Howdy, long time reader, first time poster...

I totally fell in love with the HTC series of Pocket PC's after my mate got himself a Himalayan, it's everything i neeed (read: want).

Ive spent the past few days reading through these forums and a few others on the merits of the magician. I like it.. i was totally convinced i was gonna get one.. then i stopped, Win Mobile 2003! :|

So then i saw the prophet and i've noticed there was quite a bit of talk over the previous weeks about it coming to australia soon.. Does anyone have any when? and under what name?

I'm planning on switching providers when i get my JAM or JAMin.. so one last question, does anyone know if any of the major telcos in Australia are bringing it soon?

I hope i dont have to settle for a Magician thats going to be totally out dated by the time im upgrading my phone again.

Thanks in advance..

It's gonna be called I-Mate Jamin' expect around mid-Feb in Australia. Telstra usually deals with I-Mateso you can buy through them on a plan but if you want to buy outright...try calculatorking.com.au which bundles i-mate GOLD warranty (2 years + emergency phone in case your set goes for repair, 24 hour support)

[Ruxton]

So i did some research today and last night, spoke to many people about the prophet and alot of them have no idea it exists ;)

Seems like O2 have no intention of doing a Prophet based device.

iMate customer service had no idea, so they put me onto CellNet (the australian iMate distributor) and they say march/april

Expansys says it'll be out in 4-6 weeks.

Everyone i spoke to at telstra/vodafone/optus had no idea it existed.. telstra say however, they wont launch the fone for a month after it comes out as they test all their fones for a month before selling them.

Spose i'll be waiting a few weeks or getting a K-Jam

[rcnomad]

Order from Expansys HK...they appear available within 3-7 days..

[Kai920]

Seems like O2 have no intention of doing a Prophet based device.

That is definitely true. In fact, I don't expect O2 to come out with any more HTC-based devices.

[27]

Seems like O2 have no intention of doing a Prophet based device.

That is definitely true. In fact, I don't expect O2 to come out with any more HTC-based devices.

Why is that?

[Kai920]

Seems like O2 have no intention of doing a Prophet based device.

That is definitely true. In fact, I don't expect O2 to come out with any more HTC-based devices.

Why is that?

Just a guess, at least for our Asia-Pacific region - since Dopod & O2 are both targeting the same countries and markets, there would be a clash of interest if O2 marketed the same Dopod-branded HTC devices.

Since Dopod is with HTC, O2 has selected (or had no choice but to select) Quanta.

[27]

Seems like O2 have no intention of doing a Prophet based device.

That is definitely true. In fact, I don't expect O2 to come out with any more HTC-based devices.

Why is that?

Just a guess, at least for our Asia-Pacific region - since Dopod & O2 are both targeting the same countries and markets, there would be a clash of interest if O2 marketed the same Dopod-branded HTC devices.

Since Dopod is with HTC, O2 has selected (or had no choice but to select) Quanta.

So's it's "just a guess" and not "definitely true".

[Kai920]

You misunderstood my original statement.



Seems like O2 have no intention of doing a Prophet based device.


That is definitely true. In fact, I don't expect O2 to come out with any more HTC-based devices.

The "definitely true" was in response to to Ruxton's comment that "there are no O2 devices based on the HTC prophet". It's definitely true... because it is. There *ARE* no O2 devices based on the HTC Prophet.

My next sentence, the "guess" as you put it (and yes, it is a guess), was my "expecation" that O2 will not come out with anymore HTC devices.

[wardy]

Makes sense as Quantum are not new to the PC Market at all. You have to admit the Atom is a pretty good first start with a Pocket PC of this size, ok so there are a few niggles but nothing an update can't sort

[kta]

There was a ROM update for the Atom already and that didn't solve much. It just made the device usable from what I've read. What is this then, a BUY IT NOW, USE IT 3 MONTHS LATER offer from o2? :)

[Kai920]

I was WRONG! O2 Germany (at least) is doing the HTC Prophet as "O2 Neo"

http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2868

Available sometime in Spring at an unknown price is O2 Germany's version of the HTC Prophet known as the Xda Neo (who comes up with these names?). Perhaps the most noteworthy bit of the announcement is the fact that the Xda Neo will include AKU 2.0 - effectively adding some long-awaited features such as stereo support over Bluetooth (A2DP) and the MSFP (the final piece of the puzzle in Microsoft's push-email solution).

Don't think this will be available in Asia ;)

[Lior]

Hey There Guys,

i'm sliding off topic - Sorry.

my g/f is currently in New York and i would like her to get me a device (Neo/Jamin/Prophet).

do you know which operator sells it there or where can she get it? (do they sell Sim Free devices?)
what is the ~price?

Thanks ahead and Sorry for my bad English,
Lior.

[chenman]

I was WRONG! O2 Germany (at least) is doing the HTC Prophet as "O2 Neo"

http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2868

Available sometime in Spring at an unknown price is O2 Germany's version of the HTC Prophet known as the Xda Neo (who comes up with these names?). Perhaps the most noteworthy bit of the announcement is the fact that the Xda Neo will include AKU 2.0 - effectively adding some long-awaited features such as stereo support over Bluetooth (A2DP) and the MSFP (the final piece of the puzzle in Microsoft's push-email solution).

Don't think this will be available in Asia ;)

So does this mean that it will be coming out in uk?

[27]

Hey There Guys,

i'm sliding off topic - Sorry.

my g/f is currently in New York and i would like her to get me a device (Neo/Jamin/Prophet).

do you know which operator sells it there or where can she get it? (do they sell Sim Free devices?)
what is the ~price?

Thanks ahead and Sorry for my bad English,
Lior.

ebay. About $730.