OK So NO Mobile 5 for my JAM/S100 BUT is it worth upgrading?

[gregory_marsh]

The JAM/S100 still has a faster processor than the new Orange M600 / S200 / Jamin.

I've had my S100 for a year now and my contract is nearly up, I am tempted to upgrade to the M600 but not sure it will really be worth it?

Are there any apps that can give my existing S100 the same functionality as M600/S200 ?

Most wanted features would be:

1. Outlook Photo sync and display when calling (I've tried some software but you have to assign photos seperate from outlook)
2. Sync Media files (Movies etc) like WM10 does
3. Push email (maybe mail2web works with WM2003 ?)

Other nice features that the M600/S200 has that would be worth a possible upgrade are:

USB2 (much faster media transfer - or is there STILL active sync bug?)
Quad band (I don't really go away except on hols when i leave it at home!)
2mp camera, (I have a seperate digital camera)
Wifi. I have wifi at home but cannot think of a reason to use it , I can just put it in the cradle!

Any one out there upgraded from S100 to S200 ? who would like to comment on speed / improvements etc ?

Thanks

[gregory_marsh]

OK So no replies then ?

I've decided to take the plunge and get the Orange M600.

I got it as a free upgrade and also managed to increase my inclusive mins
from 180 (Family plan) to 200 Xnet + 100 landline + 100 texts (Non family plan) for the same monthly price (£25)

Nice.

Lets hope the M600 does not dissapoint.

[lutzs]

I have a Wizard (QTek 9100, MDA Vario) now and a Magician (S100, MDA Compact) before. The Wizard is as fast as the Magician, only the reboot needs some more time 'cause WM5. I have no problems with ActiveSync and Wifi nor anything else. I don't want a new WM2003/WM5 flame thread, but i think WM5 has many improvements. I loved the Metal case of my Magician, the Wizard is thiker and feels not so "stable", but it is also a good device. But the Prophet (S200) has the same size as the Magician.

[gregory_marsh]

Ok after long deliberation I have canceled my order for the M600.

I was waiting for Orange to have stock, during that time I have had a chance to play with my girlfriends new Pink Charmer (Mda 2 on T-mobile) and was dissapointed by the general reaction time and that it didnt play my movies as well as the S100 !) - I belive this phone has the same processor as the M600.

SO I have switched to Easymobile as they were doing a deal for £21 airtime for £1, its like a pay-as-you-go contract and I will probably PORT over to T-mobile when the next best MDA comes out (S300 anyone ?)..

Until then I have bought a 4gb MMC card for my S100.. ;-)

[lutzs]

Did the 4 GB Card work?

The next MDA will be the Vario II (HTC Hermes), and he has a 300 Mhz Procesor.

[gregory_marsh]

Yup memory card worked fine..

it was a
Adata 4GB 200x Turbo MMC 4.0 from Ebay cost about 70 pounds.

[duncan888]

I dont think its the actual phone which is slow but the ROM, a friend of mine has a MDA Compact II which I've played around with, which i thought was a bit slow compared to my M600 flashed with Imate Rom. Plus the MDA doesnt have the softkeys as the key config is still adapted to the old WM2003 style.
I also used to have a Magician and I can say that I am extremely happy with the upgrade and dont see any difference in reaction speed (apart from video playback, just need to reencode the video to 320x240). Plus the feel of the casing on the M600 is so much nicer, has kinda a rubber fell to it, giving a better non-split grip.

[bobgorila]

My feeling on the matter is that, yes, WM5 would be pretty hot, partly because it's more mature and handles a lot of things better, but mostly because it would finally allow proper A2DP outside of windows media player (most of my music is AAC, hence the frustration).

The wifi would only be a big boon to me because I like to use my handset for Skype, and swapping out cards is a pain. However, the different (though, perhaps not actually slower, in real-world terms?) CPU does not run any version of Skype that currently exists (they're working on it, I gather), so that wouldn't really help.

I like the look of the Hermes (Wizard + BT 2.0 + Xscale + 2Mpx cam) as my next handset, though I'm severely tempted by SE's W950i (http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=w950i&btnG=Search) (4Gb internal memory, QVGA touch-screen, thin~).

I think that Windows Mobile based phones probably won't be really ready for the prime time for another generation or so

[duncan888]

CPU does not run any version of Skype that currently exists (they're working on it, I gather), so that wouldn't really help.


Skype works fine one my Prophet! voice calls too.

[bobgorila]

I guess they sorted it without telling me? Man, they're mean.

Also, I just remembered: the Muse (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/05/02/qtek-to-get-its-htc-muse-the-s300-early/)!

[oltp]

Most wanted features would be:

1. Outlook Photo sync and display when calling (I've tried some software but you have to assign photos seperate from outlook)
2. Sync Media files (Movies etc) like WM10 does
3. Push email (maybe mail2web works with WM2003 ?)

For push-mail I use VGSMail. It's an imap client. So you need an imap mail account, it doesn't work with pop accounts. http://www.vgsmail.com/ppc/

Regards, M

[TheBrit]

I upgraded my Magician to a Prophet (free upgrade and £130 on eBay for the Magician) and yes it's a little slower but not so much. In the Prophet forum there's a thread about overclocking the Prophet whick makes a huge improvement when running Skype and TomTom.