Typical price: £400
What is it: Pocket PC with 3G, keyboard and swivel screen
What we think: Bursting with features, but also bulky, and the keyboard is good but not perfect
Average user rating
7.0
very good
Average user rating from 2 users
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Orange SPV M5000 user reviews
December 17, 2005
Posted by: Philip Wand
"It's Windows, only shrunk"
What I like:
Wifi access
What I don't like:
Weight, appallingly slow, bulk, battery life, too-quiet ringtones
Review:
A fine gadget for people who like gimmicks. The phone is UNBELIEVABLY slow, and the puny processor fails to keep up with key presses (leaving your messages and emails littered with missing letters) or with touch screen requests. If you use any of its most trumpeted features, it'll suck the battery dry in a matter of hours. Put simply, it's an overwrought Windows handheld with a phone tacked on the side. Not good value at all.
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