Vario II, SPV M3100, HTC Tytn or O2 Trion which one ?

[steverae]

Okay guys, heres one for you...

as some of you may know, i currently have a wizard, well an o2 mini-s to be exact, and am due to upgrade, change soon.....

I've have a number of smartphone/pda's in the past starting with the SPV E200, then the E500 then the SPV M1000 (Xda II) then jumped to the XDA Exec, which i sold and got a XDA Mini s.

I don't really want to go to anything bigger than the mini-s and like the slide out keyboard, kinda rules out the xda atom, SPV M600 etc etc

My question is, what is the main difference (apart from colour) of the 3 main hermes devices marketed at the minute.

Is anyone better than the other or is it all just down to bundled software and case colour......

I'm thinking of the SPVm3100 as i like the colour but dunno wheather to wait for o2 to launch the Trion in this country ???

any advice would be helpful.

[bydandie]

It is very unlikely that O2 will ever release the Trion in this country, despite what others might say. Do you honestly think that O2 would wait so long?

The Hermes you have in this country are pretty much it, it really depends on what services you want. If you want a locked down device then go for Orange, an unlocked device with very little extra stuff loaded go for the v1605/TyTYN or if you want a device with bugundy go for the Vario II.

[steverae]

It is very unlikely that O2 will ever release the Trion in this country, despite what others might say. Do you honestly think that O2 would wait so long?

The Hermes you have in this country are pretty much it, it really depends on what services you want. If you want a locked down device then go for Orange, an unlocked device with very little extra stuff loaded go for the v1605/TyTYN or if you want a device with bugundy go for the Vario II.

Thanks for the reply... locked down can be fixed surely... it hasn't been an issue in any other xda's so far.....

I do know the orange is a good looking device especially in the black... might have to bite the bullet and go back to orange...

[ash99]

I've had the chance to really put the M3100 and Vario II through its paces.

I found the M3100 to be faster and also damn good looking compared to the ugly duckling the Vario.

Almost everything else is the same.

Hope that helps.

[the_matho]

locked down can be fixed surely...

Not yet, other than by convincing your operator to do it (unlikely), or by paying £20 to an online unlocking service.

[steverae]

I've had the chance to really put the M3100 and Vario II through its paces.

I found the M3100 to be faster and also damn good looking compared to the ugly duckling the Vario.

Almost everything else is the same.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for that... I had the SPV E200, C500 and M1000 through orange and had no problem apart from i found that the signal strength where i lived wasn't up to much.

BTW Does the SPV M3100 take mini sd or the new stupid sized micro sd..

hope it's mini as i've just had to buy one recently for my mini s.... i've now got a 1gb sd card which is no good, i don't want a 1gb mini sd that won't be any use either

[AFK_Matrix]

Sorry to say its Micro SD on the Hermes.

[thbi]

Hi,

here in germany the best choice is the MDA Vario II from t-mobile.
The reason is, that t-mobile is the only provider that supports HSDPA (1,8 mbit i think).

Hope it helps,
Thomas


Okay guys, heres one for you...

as some of you may know, i currently have a wizard, well an o2 mini-s to be exact, and am due to upgrade, change soon.....

I've have a number of smartphone/pda's in the past starting with the SPV E200, then the E500 then the SPV M1000 (Xda II) then jumped to the XDA Exec, which i sold and got a XDA Mini s.

I don't really want to go to anything bigger than the mini-s and like the slide out keyboard, kinda rules out the xda atom, SPV M600 etc etc

My question is, what is the main difference (apart from colour) of the 3 main hermes devices marketed at the minute.

Is anyone better than the other or is it all just down to bundled software and case colour......

I'm thinking of the SPVm3100 as i like the colour but dunno wheather to wait for o2 to launch the Trion in this country ???

any advice would be helpful.

[steverae]

Sorry to say its Micro SD on the Hermes.

bugger !!!! thats another bit of plastic that'll go to waste.....


anyway, guess i'll go for the orange spv m3100, gonna give em a ring a see what deal they can do for me to come back to em.....

diven't wanna pay the full wack for it.....

anyone know of any 'special deals' coming up on this