I've got a treo 600 and wasnt overly impressed with it and bit on the bulky side. I've just swapped to a i-mate jam and I think its fantastic. Its not much bigger than a normal handset and has all the windows mobile functionality. Orange brand the phone as the SPV-m500. I've tried both the M2000 and the HTC Universal (orange m5000) but I think they are little on the bulky side for my preference.

Im just about to get a 1Gb card for the jam so I can have a fair selection of tunes and tomtom maps with me at all times.

TP, just make sure it was genuinely Orange that are offering you the phone... I had a call the other day from someone purporting to be from Orange offering me an upgrade. I thought, odd, so asked them to tell me how much my last bill was, and lo and behold they couldnt. the shops that flog you the phone can pass on your renewal to other companies so that they can try to steal you at renewal..... apparently.

stick with the SPV500, but get the latest model with Windows Media Player 10 in it...

Yeah I've had a few phone calls recently like that. One today was telling me that they are sending me a new phone and it will be here on Thursday - I couldn't believe it!

You mean the SPV C550? Yeah, I'm tempted .... I'm liking this walkman phone though, I'm just a bit suss on their calendar and contacts sync'ing though. And their music copyright protection.

Oh and it was definitely Orange, because I rang them. I even went through to customer loyalty, which I thought was unusual because my current contract runs until Jan - but they are happy to give me another 12 mth one from now, a new phone and a better tariff!

I'm liking Orange at the moment!

[Edited on 18-10-2005 by TP]

OoH! Can I have your old one cos my old Samsung is falling apart :lol:

I'm just waiting for these babies to hit the market. they've been on the cards for quite a few years now and were originally developed in Philips South Africa:

http://www.polymervision.com/

I've had the SPV C550 for a while now and I love it. I am upgrading to the M500 very soon though as my requirements have changed. If you are looking for a phone with PDA features then go for C550 or similar. If you're looking for a PDA with phone, then go for M500 or similar. There are some limitations of SmartPhone Pocket PC verses Pocket PC on M500 M2000 etc etc.

Saying that - there's a new SPV C600 out at end of the month - supposed to have wifi built it as well, using windows mobile 5.

Ah the choices!

[Edited on 19-10-2005 by ziggi]

Have a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/index.php

Its for all the HTC devices that get re-badged by the network providers like Orange and O2.

Okay - this just in. Tesco is going to start selling these for £80 on prepay. There are enough cues there to make me think it is exactly the same phone as mine underneath the round pink exterior.

http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2005/10/tescos_pink_com.html

As camp as a row of tents ...

I reckon I'll give that a miss!

I've just gotten off the phone to Orange - aparently they've run out of the W800i with the deal they're offering me so it would have to be the SPV C550. I want the W800i now!!

Bastids. :(

Now what do I do ...

question - did Orange offer you any kind of half price line rental with your offer? or increase the number of inclusive minutes?

If not, then jump ship to any other operator - they are all offering it for free with around 9 months half price line rental.

Just give Carphone Warehouse a shout (they'll give you money for your decrepit ex-phone as well which will be useless to you going forward unless you pay up to remove the Orange sim-lock).

[Edited on 20-10-2005 by chicken]