Anyone using MWg Zinc II?

[liehuo]

HI all! Any of you using MWg Zinc II? I am thinking of buying it but would like to know whether is it good or not. Any of you using Zinc II and experience problems? Can you watch youtube videos on Zinc II?

[mikealder]

Why not have a read of this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=441449

Mike

[liehuo]

Why not have a read of this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=441449

Mike

Hi Mike! Thanks a lot for taking time to reply. You are a MWg Zinc II user? I am currently using O2 XDA Zinc. I am planning to get a new MWg Zinc II PDA. I have a lot of problems with WM6 O2 XDA Zinc. So far have you experience any problems with your MWg Zinc II? A lot of people complain that after setting the password, your phone cannot recognise your password at all. Meaning to say u cannot set a password to your Zinc or else you wont be able to unlock it when it locks. Do you have this problem?:)

[liehuo]

yoho.... anybody out there using a MWg Zinc II?

[mikealder]

Did you read what I put in the thread I linked to above:

The Zinc-II is a decent device for the price, BUT the GPS takes quite some time to acquire its initial position fix, and if you go into areas where the signal coverage is weak it will quickly lose the signal.
The keyboard is useless, it is like typing on a slab of illuminated plastic there is no feedback from the keys at all.
The screen is one of the best I have seen on a PDA, very vibrant colours and excellent contrast, battery life is good, although the battery meter seems to have a mind of its own
I have been using the Zinc-II for a number of months now, it is far from the best device, but for the price it is a good buy - Mike

[liehuo]

Did you read what I put in the thread I linked to above:

The Zinc-II is a decent device for the price, BUT the GPS takes quite some time to acquire its initial position fix, and if you go into areas where the signal coverage is weak it will quickly lose the signal.
The keyboard is useless, it is like typing on a slab of illuminated plastic there is no feedback from the keys at all.
The screen is one of the best I have seen on a PDA, very vibrant colours and excellent contrast, battery life is good, although the battery meter seems to have a mind of its own
I have been using the Zinc-II for a number of months now, it is far from the best device, but for the price it is a good buy - Mike

Yup. I read it. I have a question. A lot of people complain that after setting the password, your Zinc II cannot recognise your password at all. Meaning to say u cannot set a password to your Zinc or else you wont be able to unlock it when it locks. Do you have this problem?

[mikealder]

No I don't have that problem, but I don't lock the device with a pin code, it serves little point IMHO - Mike

[liehuo]

No I don't have that problem, but I don't lock the device with a pin code, it serves little point IMHO - Mike

Thanks a lot for enlightening me. Have a great day.:)

[tweker]

Hmm. Just got mine a couple days ago and have not noticed any issues with the gps being slow. Drove around with it yesterday (tom tom 7 NA) and it was pinpoint accurate with no lag at all. You can not get a better standalone receiver. Keyboard could have another line added but overall it is one huge step up from that t9 garbage and it looks great too.
Youtube mobile when opened in IE plays just fine using Core Player 1.2.5 build 4506. As well, the latest Skyfire browser comes with built-in books for news, sports, social, and video sites (10 for video alone (blog-lol)).

[Junner2003]

RETURNED MINE!

It is not that the MWg Zinc is a bad device - it is ok. However, it has some (design) flaws which really drove me nuts!

For example:
Unlike its sister models ETEN M750 and ETEN M810, the MWg Zinc II has no hardware softkeys beneath the screen! If you enjoyed playing java games on other PDA phones, forget it - it is almost impossible because of the lack of above mentioned keys. You sure still can open the keypad and use the hw softkeys there, however, that is really inconvenient!

A second design flaw:
Take a close look at thye keyboard. It looks cool at first but the moment you're starting to use it, you will most likely do what I did in the end: working with the on screen keyboard rather than with the hardware keyboard. The symbols are strangely arranged. Already the arrow keys are almost useless since they are "second level", meaning: you have always to use the FN button first! Using them for scrolling in documents or web browser won't be possible. You most likely will find almost all other symbols 'misplaced' as well. Even after 2 weeks using the device on a dayly basis I haven't gotten used to the strange arrangement.

A QVGA screen in these days is also not what I would expect in a $450.00+++ device!

If above things do not bother you as much as it did bother me, well, then you can expect a very reliable device with excellent performance and long battery life! GPS worked excellent, better than on my N95. I still was not really happy with the audio quality but it is more than loud enough and it might even have been my network provider.

Well,
I still think the Zinc II is a good device, however, the design flaws made it to a 'I-can't-work-with-it' device for me. Besides that, I find it a bit overpriced since you can get the ETEN M810 for US$399.00 on eBay - and that one has the hw softkeys beneath the screen + a front camera for video calls ... :)

[tweker]

The zinc is now only $300 on expansys. I don't gas about games to begin with, so fewer hrdware keys is not an issue. The keyboard IS somewhat redundant as I never use it really. Would have bought the touch hd but it is still at the $700+ mark.
I can run tomtom7 all day and still have plenty juice. A true 480x640 screen at 24 bit depth would be nice but would require 2 batteries and from what I can tell most phones have bat issues when they try and cram every hardware thing in.
Interestingly enough voice command is not present and nor is the advertized usp-pc direct capability (activesync is the only way).
I bought mine for the faster cpu (my last was an omap 850 way the fuck toooo slow), winmo6.1 touch screen, and of course the solid sirf III chip.
It is a very user friendly piece of hrdware which under the latest rom is also very stabile.

[Dalamak]

I've got the Zinc II, Wondering if its the same as any other devices, it hard to fine it listed in many websites or support forums

I'm looking to get a registry hack similar to the kaiser to speed up keyboard response, and to shut off LED coverage indicator.

Thanks