Atom V - New Family on Atom Series

[abusalza]

Hi, all...
I have read a new atom v from internet. Very nice lookly:) . Please check this (http://www.mwg.com/atom-v.aspx)

[brian_2cool4u]

Hi, all...
I have read a new atom v from internet. Very nice lookly:) . Please check this (http://www.mwg.com/atom-v.aspx)

Yeah it does look nice. the only con I can see from the specs is the 64MB SDRAM. It should have been loaded with a 128MB and it will be the godzilla of all ATOMS hehehe

some little add-ons left by MWg that was not integrated with the atom v
* a standard 3.5mm jack would be nice as well
* where's the IR? no more novII remote hehehe

[Brendo]

Very nice...love that it has gps!

[Brendo]

Seems it will be released in feb...I'll be getting one then
and its quite cheap! AU$839. htc touch cruise will be $1159!
Looks like it is QVGA (320x240) :(

[Lann_78]

thinks the Zinc II is nicer...:)

[kodomo]

It be great if CPU up to 624Mhz and 1GB ROM like Atom Life and plus 128MB Ram
Love that camera is 3M Pixel

Don't know why they put gprs onto it but not increase cpu speed/ storage for big gps apps/ RAM for fast cache

Is it 520Mhz cpu perform faster or better than Atom Life??

Although i like the look of Atom Exec than Life or V

In my though
It will perfectly for me if
- CPU Better than or Equal 624MHz
- RAM >= 128MB
- ROM >= 512MB
- OS >= WM6
- GPS built in
- Camera >= 3MP (Better if 4MP or 5 MP) with better Zoom function
- Better Speaker than current Atom
- Less power comsumption (Conflict with CPU Speed) or Greater Battery
- LCD more than 2.8"
- Better HeadSet and can use with 3rd Party stereo earphone with FM enable through it
- Better Bluetooth Stack for Better music via bluetooth stereo with FM enable through it

I'm greedy ..... he he he

[Brendo]

hehe, I like your suggestions! Also needs:
- 640x480 resolution screen
- Infared (only so I can use novii remote)

[palah]

thinks the Zinc II is nicer...:)

Yeah... was going to get a HTC cruise but the Orbit II, Atom V and Zinx II all tick the right boxes for my needs... Would agree the Zinc II look very sexy :cool:

[Brendo]

Doh, specs have changed to 2MP camera...

[jychan28]

Seems it will be released in feb...I'll be getting one then
and its quite cheap! AU$839. htc touch cruise will be $1159!
Looks like it is QVGA (320x240) :(

I have said I won't buy any other Atom, just look at the popularity of AtomExec and its supports that we are getting.

You sure want to go there again?

[scorpio16v]

MWG stated, that the new devices are from Arima and Gigabyte and they don't longer have a partnership with Quanta and Asustek.

[palah]

You sure want to go there again?

had an 02 Atom for 20 months now and very happy with except the IR cover fell out...:eek: kept 02 ROM updates and has been stable with very little resets (could go many months with one). As with anything that becomes popular (aka iPod) there are going to be issues. Believe they really need to get their service game in order and hopefully MWg is more than a name change and fix that ... but they are coming out with some good looking/spec devices... Zinc II, Orbit II (HTC Touch Cruise) Atom V etc... because of my experience would consider but understand others may not .... we can only base on our own experience and mine is yes would go there again

[jychan28]

had an 02 Atom for 20 months now and very happy with except the IR cover fell out...:eek: kept 02 ROM updates and has been stable with very little resets (could go many months with one). As with anything that becomes popular (aka iPod) there are going to be issues. Believe they really need to get their service game in order and hopefully MWg is more than a name change and fix that ... but they are coming out with some good looking/spec devices... Zinc II, Orbit II (HTC Touch Cruise) Atom V etc... because of my experience would consider but understand others may not .... we can only base on our own experience and mine is yes would go there again

Not going to argue with you. One of my friend is very happy running with his Windows 2000 and couldn't get him moved to XP even with a gun pointing at his head. Different strokes for different folks. But, being a Computer Junkie, I can guess what majority of the people like or dislike in gadgets and very seldom err.

AtomExec is very sexy, I paid HKD5,900 for it so you can estimate the time frame. Mind you that I already had an Dopod 818, an Treo650 and an O2 xda (818pro). The logic of wanting an AtomExec is like wanting a hole in my head. Tat tells you I am an early adapter and don't mind to pay for something I like. Its screen is smaller and darker screen than I would like. But the built quality and size is perfect for my taste. I also bought a custom high capacity battery and a nice leather case for it. However, AtomExec freezes quite bit, not fast enough even with 520Mhz because I have to hang another language platform in it to use in China. The company hardly put out any updates. If they had responded to any question, the answer was usually "No' or "We have not planned for it." or similar. I am fairly sure non-geek phone users will go for iPhone. Geeks will go for HTC's more advance phones. Of course there will be some left for Atom's family.

My Kaiser has 3 meg pixel camera which can take a picture of a business card and put the name, phone numbers .... , company name into the contact book directly. When I am lost, I turn on its GPS and walk 10 Meters and I know whether I am on the right track. I have the entire China map in it. It supports 8G microSD card and I put hours of MP3 in it. Its bluetooth support stereo.
Scrolling command dial, many hardware buttons, screen is bright, response is quick, good size storage memory. Qualcom 400Mhz CPU has dual-core, an ARM9 and ARM6 built-in. Plus, important for some folks, ton's of fans keep making it to have better and better features or looks.

Yes, there is something I don't like about it. It does not have an infrared port. Integrated mini plug does not allow charging and listening music at the same time while sitting at a desk (need to get a 3rd party adapter RMB25) and I don't need the sliding keyboard.
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There are only two guys, wonderful people in AtomExec circle who dedicated their time putting out two near-final WM6 ROM's but all other HTC phones have more ROM's than you want to count.

Again, if Atom V has the Kaiser hardware, I won't mind go for it immediately. But with its middle of the road hardware and past customers supporting records, unless its price are low enough, I would wait...

It is just my 2 cents, I respect your feeling toward your Atom!:p

[palah]

Not going to argue with you.
it is just my 2 cents, I respect your feeling toward your Atom!:p

For a confessed tecno person a liitle bit upset you are trading in old currency and such a low denomination like your opinon should be worth at least a 1930's penny's value :p also like new technology...
if the atom v comes in at $835 (as have seen) it is cheap with the specs as i paid $1200 AUD for the original atom ... but will upgrade after seeing the short list of Atom V, the zinc II & touch cruise but from there who knows... might be happy like your mate in 5 years saying .. nah, why upgrade it does all i want it to do ... then you can roll your eyes at our buying for needs mentality and say get with the program ... :D

[tjkhattak61]

Not going to argue with you. One of my friend is very happy running with his Windows 2000 and couldn't get him moved to XP even with a gun pointing at his head. Different strokes for different folks. But, being a Computer Junkie, I can guess what majority of the people like or dislike in gadgets and very seldom err.
:p
palah, everyone has his own opinion, but most of what jychan28 said is right. I am an O2 Atom user since Atom. However, O2 has a lousy after sales service. I am stuck up with Atom Exec at the moment (cause I spent my last cent on it :eek:) and now waiting for good times :p to change this to an HTC device most probably Tytn-II or Touch Cruise :D and good riddance from O2.

[palah]

palah, everyone has his own opinion,

Agree 100%... like yours my williness to buy again was based on own experience so after two good (not perfect) 02 products so will consider another... if i had your experience would more than likely feel similar... but also be aware HTC, 02, MWg, Nokia etc etc all produce dogs every now and then...

[cyedn]

although the aotmV so beautiful ,i do not change the exec until it die~hehe:)

[loonsy]

I would say yes, it is a downgrade in terms of speed and rom size on the Atrom V, but what about the hi-price paid for HTC devices. Also you can always expand it using sd cards, and personally i never like choking up the internal memory.

There are reviews on the Atom V already. And a video review on the 3D/Video performance.

If you ask me after watching the video, I'd rather trust the Atom V over the Touch Cruise.

Video Comparo Intel Xscale Vs Qualcomm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1T4UY-8kG_w&feature=related

Reviews
http://www.tatsdiy.com/atomv/
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=18&id=2497
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/handhelds/0,3...2514760p,00.htm

[adomila]

would it be safe to assume that the battery life/performance has not improve, compared to its predecessors?

[hendranata]

atom V can not use video call.. only 1 camera

[loonsy]

I don't video call so much, so the missing front camera, isn't an issue for me, but the inclusion of Wifi, GPS, more than makes up for it.

As for the 256mb ROM, i bought a 4gb sdhc, and it runs fine, so that fixes the rom problem.

Runs pointui and pocketcm beautifully no adherent lags, only issue with on screen keyboards like pocketcm and toucpal, screen doesn't seem sensitive enough, you have to press a little harder to get better response.

[hendranata]

video call with cam 2mp?

[kenosis]

Atom V's battery life is 3.5 hours talk time only. By the way, can i upgrade Atom V's WM6 to WM6.1?

[programatix]

O2 after sale service is terribe. MWG seems to be following the trend. My next device would not be any from MWG anymore unless MWG improves its after sale service.

Another bad thing regarding O2 is, it doesn't like to upgrade its devices with newer OS. This doesn't change with MWG either. So far, MWG doesn't even able to decide whether to release WM6.1 for Atom Life.

Anyway, for hardcore like me, if the device main memory is less than 128MB, I won't even ever want to look at it. It's a waste of money to buy it.

[kenosis]

HI All,

I bought MWg Atom V from StarHub (Singapore). It has Free Navfone 3D gps software and also has License card for software. But I do not know how to install Navfone software because I cannot find that software in my phone. Can anyone tell me if you know how to solve the problem?

Thanks

[jigar2speed5095]

It be great if CPU up to 624Mhz and 1GB ROM like Atom Life and plus 128MB Ram
Love that camera is 3M Pixel

Don't know why they put gprs onto it but not increase cpu speed/ storage for big gps apps/ RAM for fast cache

Is it 520Mhz cpu perform faster or better than Atom Life??

Although i like the look of Atom Exec than Life or V

In my though
It will perfectly for me if
- CPU Better than or Equal 624MHz
- RAM >= 128MB
- ROM >= 512MB
- OS >= WM6
- GPS built in
- Camera >= 3MP (Better if 4MP or 5 MP) with better Zoom function
- Better Speaker than current Atom
- Less power comsumption (Conflict with CPU Speed) or Greater Battery
- LCD more than 2.8"
- Better HeadSet and can use with 3rd Party stereo earphone with FM enable through it
- Better Bluetooth Stack for Better music via bluetooth stereo with FM enable through it

I'm greedy ..... he he he

Have you heard about flame??? :D

[udayrulz]

Flame has WM 5

^^^^^^^^^^^

[hendranata]

what its insuffiency??

[sliders7]

Hmm... MWG replace O2 company.

i have doubts this new company will provide better support

I have the feeling it will be the same awful Support like O2:
- Lazy in ROM Upgrade or NO Upgrade at all
- Lazy in Patches

just look at the High End product such as: "FLAME"
2 GIG Rom & 128 RAM but no WM6 upgrade.
Tons of problem & abnormality still unresolved until today

just like iPAQs from HP.. 1 single OS for the rest of your life..

And you know what, in the end... ROM cookers do all the works..

[ekin101]

I'm using MWg Atom V currently,

Here are some of the plus points that I find
1) Graphic driver! It's plays divx files using coreplayer brilliantly. able to set to highest setting :D
2) 2.5mm earphone port though a 3.5mm would still be the best.
3) Built-in chinese fonts for reading.
4) Camera - I thought it have auto focus as I'm able to take name cards with this phone. But reports everywhere stats it has non. LED touch is a good inclusion.
6) Support for Micro SD 8gb

Negative Points
1) Size, Design. (of cos up to individual)
2) Program RAMs.. only 64MB.. usable only 30+MB
3) WM6.0.. will there be an upgrade to 6.1?
4) No cover for Micro SD
5) difficult to pull out stylus
6) Screen not that sensitive. Need to press hard occasionally.