O2 Xda Orbit 2 review

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7.0

very good

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June 2, 2008

Posted by: RSmith

"I want to like it, but I don't"

What I like:

Fully featured, but.....

What I don't like:

The touch screen is very poor in sunlight and a pain to use.

Review:

I want to like this phone, but the poor user interface (i.e. all driven via the touch screen) becomes very annoying outside of the office when you're on the go. You can't operate the phone easily with one hand (like other PDAs I've had in the past) and so if you need to write notes or refer to info, it becomes a nightmare to use. I also found the stick you use on the touch screen to be slow and ackward to use - I'll take a keyboard and a track wheel any day. Because you operate this phone via the touch screen, unless its locked, you constantly trigger unwanted programs or make unwanted calls accidently just by holding the phone. You need to use this phone as a business tool outside of the office to appreciate how poor and annoying the user interface is - it's a shame, as otherwise its got lots of functionality.