Wizard or Athena?

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I'm torn. Really torn.... anyone else facing this dilemma?

1) Do you want a keyboard? Yes->Question 2, No->Athena.
2) Can you wait until sometime in 2006? Yes->Hermes, No->Wizard.

That would be my logic.

I haven't heard about the Hermes......

I do want a keyboard. I bought my BlueAngel for that reason. However with the advent of the I-Tap input thing I would prob be ok without one.

Suppose I now have a third option to contemplate.

Hermes?

Lewis

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=730935

Some information for you:

Athena: XScale processor at 400Mz, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM Radio, and a 2.1MP camera. No keyboard, just like the Magician, but it will be slimmer than it.

Hermes: just like Wizard, but has UMTS, front-facing camera, and a 2.1MP rear camera.

Not sure if they're dropping EDGE to put in UMTS, or if it will be a USA-friendly UMTS (unlikely, since we don't have our act together yet).

So, the Hermes is the Wizard's answer to the Universal, and the Athena is the sequel to the JAM.

I am unfamiliar with what EDGE and UMTS are..

However i gather they are some kind of 3G based technology, which I am not all that interested in.

I gather the Hermes will be a sort of 3G version of the Wizard. As I said i am not interested in 3G yet as i can't really see a use for it. As for an FM radio thats outdated now anyway! Surely it should have been a Digial Radio!!

In light of this I'll probably end up buying a Wizard. it suites my needs (because its basially a new Blue Angel) and I could do with a phone soon as my BA has almost toally packed up. But theres still nagging part of me that says may-be hold on for the Hermes.

Slightly off topic but I also breiefly considered the Universal. Until I realised it was THE single most ugly thing on the planet... seriously. :)

Lewis

Its not ugly, just huge!

I think it's both!

Especially when it's closed. Theres too much blank space around the screen....eww.

But anyway tis only my personal opinion ;)

Lewis

Is there any hope Athena will be released before the end of the year?

O2 Said the Athena would be realeased about the 30th of October

O2 Said the Athena would be realeased about the 30th of October