I'm NEW to XDA! Please HELP!

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I think i'm interested in this O2 XDA IIs PDA phone and will buy it soon. as i'm too new to this PDA and GPRS thing, i hope you guys can help me out. thanks!

What i want to know are:

1. is this phone good? any problems?
2. is that right that i will need to pay both, monthly cellphone service plan and data service plan, in order to keep internet access on 24/7?
3. is the internet access on whenever the phone is on or i have to turn it on when i need it and turn it off when i don't.?

Hi Martin5kh,

1. is this phone good? any problems

Yes, and yes. Whether it's any good for you entirely depends on your requirements, as does whether you'll have any problems. Probably the most consistent complaint is the poor Bluetooth implementation (in regard to different profiles).

2. is that right that i will need to pay both, monthly cellphone service plan and data service plan, in order to keep internet access on 24/7?

Most probably, however this depends on your provider. For instance, I use Vodafone in Australia and I'm on a 'capped' plan which includes $500-worth of services, for $79-per-month. This includes calls, sms, mms, and gprs internet. I suggest you check out your country's providers' websites for available plans.

3. is the internet access on whenever the phone is on or i have to turn it on when i need it and turn it off when i don't.?

Your device will connect to the internet whenever an application needs to. Generally this only occurs when you want it to (such as if you hit the send/receive email button in Pocket Outlook), however you can certainly leave it connected all day (as long as you're within your network coverage area). If you do, you can set Outlook to check email on a schedule.

Codenix.

Thanks for your reply.

Now i'm kind of thinking of Xda II Mini and Xphone IIm as well. Because i somehow found Xda IIs a bit too big! But too bad Mini has no built-in keyboard and i have heard Mini has many little problems. Xphone IIm looks good but typing would be slow due to the natural of no touch screen.

What do you think? i guess my main purpose with the phone is to allow me to go on msn and read news.

Thanks for your reply.

Now i'm kind of thinking of Xda II Mini and Xphone IIm as well. Because i somehow found Xda IIs a bit too big! But too bad Mini has no built-in keyboard and i have heard Mini has many little problems. Xphone IIm looks good but typing would be slow due to the natural of no touch screen.

What do you think? i guess my main purpose with the phone is to allow me to go on msn and read news.

By the way, are any of these phones upgradable to windows mobile 5 later?