what do you LIKE about your Exec

[mach1]

I've been toying with swapping my Exec for one of the Etens - nice unit, small, compact, rugged, with GPS, and it wouldn't cost me anything, i could swap between them, because we have lots of stuff at work - but ultimately there are things i'd miss, despite the size

So i thought i'd list them, to convince myself

1) Wireless
2) The Keyboard
3) Sensible headphone socket.

I'd LIKE a radio, which the Eten will have soon (software on the way), but i would not really use gps.

So what's on your perfect XDA?

Mobile 5
Keyboard
802.11
Radio
Bags of memory
physically robust - a turning screen with a smaller one on the "reverse" side

bluetooth can f**k off

[belfast-biker]

Considering what you like in a PDA, and what you wouldn't use, you're mad to even consider swapping.

[Riceburner]

I LIKE:

Bluetooth headset
WiFi
VGA Screen
proper keyboard (well - as good as it gets)


I find irritating:
incomplete keyboard
occasional slowness
PIE
lack of outer screen
certain usability issues (eg locations of stylus/buttons etc).

[cktlcmd]

What I like about my Exec is its design. I love the Laptop design, VGA screen, and keyboard. This is also the reason why I bought the Sony UX50 and UX40.

The only desire I want is added speed, nothing else.

[PReDiToR]

Easy question to answer:

The form factor.

However, on the flip side:

2K3se beats WM5 for apps and stability, speed and memory usage.
The memory allotment is DISGRACEFUL.
The VGA implementation needs a kick between the legs.
The SD card and Power button are on the wrong end of the device.
The battery life could do to have some red bull.
The speakers (oh goodie, stereo) aren't as good as the (mono) one in my Alpine.
The chips in it aren't easy enough to replace.

Would it kill HTC to pay lip service (and nothing more) to MS and make it a little tricky for us to modify these devices instead of spending weeks and weeks of man hours making them almost impossible to customise?
Woudl it kill MS to let us do what we want with our own property?
Would it be too much to ask to be able to wipe off that MS crap that we have already paid for and then run Linux?

The whole HTC/MS thing is a killer. We have here a device that should take the world by storm, a baby sized laptop with built in phone. This is what we have been waiting for since the Nokia Communicator came out, isn't it? Palm tried to make it, clamshell phones are popular because of it, and the Universal is the first one to get near the ideal. But without 512MB of RAM and 1GB of storage (minimum) it will forever be a fill-in device until we can boot up our laptops.

Sorry, I'm passionate about this. I love my m5000, but life ain't fair.

[namura]

When it comes to the Universal I like the

-keyboard
-great screen
-build
-stability (sounds weird, but I found it more stable than my IIs with 2k3 SE)
-Sounds great
-Proper earphone jack
-Voice dialling over BT


quite a bit more I guess..:) Just my 2 cents:D

[Osir1s]

a small colour display on the casing would have capped this device off for me.

I like
- the form factor
- Solid build
- VGA well screen, I agree VGA in WM5 could be better utilised
- stereo speakers
- wifi
- Keyboard
- Phone functions (Out of the mpx200, 220 and mini this phone has the best reception on both ends out of the whole lot)
- 3G

[BlackICE]

Since last Qtek Rom Update 1.30.96 GER I like everything on the software side.

But the VGA feature really needs a mockup.

the keyboard is the only one acceptable until now (did you try to enter passwords consisting of letters and numbers without the number keys at the top?)

Memory is enough for my needs as I can anytime add a 1 GB SD card.

Battery could be lasting longer.