HTC Universal (Qtek 9000 , T-Mobile MDA Pro , Orange SPV M5000 , O2 Xda Exec , i-mate JASJAR , Dopod 900, Vodafone v1640, Vodafone VPA IV, E-Plus PDA IV, Grundig GR980) Reviews
HTC Universal is a Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone and first 3G/UMTS-enabled Pocket PC phone which manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation, and is marketed and branded by various companies as Qtek 9000 , T-Mobile MDA Pro , Orange SPV M5000 , O2 Xda Exec , i-mate JASJAR , Dopod 900, Vodafone v1640, Vodafone VPA IV, E-Plus PDA IV, Grundig GR980 and etc. Despite different brand name, model name and housing apperance, all HTC Universal based Pocket PC phone has the same hardware specification. Most models have been SIM locked though.
HTC Universal features Intel Bulverde, 180 degrees swivel screen, 3.7″ 64k-color 640×480 VGA transreflective TFT, clamshell body, QWERTY keyboard, built-in 802.11b Wi-Fi, 128 MB ROM, 64MB RAM, touchscreen touchpad, 1.3 megapixel digital camera, built-in Bluetooth, 3G WCDMA/UMTS support, and runs Windows Mobile 5.0 OS.
msmobiles reviews T-Mobile MDA Pro (HTC Universal) and concludes that HTC Universal has the advantages of been the only Windows Mobile phone on the market with VGA display (640×480), UMTS/3G/W-CDMA, 3G video calling, very big and very comfortable QWERTY keyboard, free SIM unlock available, very flexible hardware design so that users can use it as PDA phone with touch screen or as mini notebook and availability of Push Email and A2DP (stereo audio over Bluetooth). However the disadvantages are too big for most people to be used as regular mobile phone, lack of support for cellular standards: EDGE, HSDPA, American UMTS, GSM850 (one of 2 American GSM bands) and may be expensive.
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August 1st, 2006 21:18
[...] HTC Universal also kwown as Qtek 9000 , T-Mobile MDA Pro , Orange SPV M5000 , O2 Xda Exec , i-mate JASJAR , Dopod 900, Vodafone v1640, Vodafone VPA IV, E-Plus PDA IV, Grundig GR980 and etc as it’s be re-branded and marketed by different vendors and network operators. One major disappointment and weakness of HTC Universal is it’s only support 802.11b-compatible technology, and thus unable to connec to WiFi G (802.11g) network. It’s possible to make the HTC Universal based Pocket PC phone to compatible and able to connect to 802.11g-only access points by a registry tweak, but the speed would still be the same as 802.11b (11 Mbit/s). [...]
August 1st, 2006 23:33
[...] HTC designs and manufactures HTC Universal for various cell phone network operators. So HTC Universal is been marketed as various brand such as T-Mobile MDA Pro, Qtek 9000, O2 Xda Exec, Orange SPV M5000, i-mate JASJAR, Dopod 900, Vodafone v1640, Vodafone VPA IV, E-Plus PDA IV, Grundig GR980 and etc. Some mobile service provides has implement SIM lock feature that controls that type of SIM cards that are acceptable in the phone based on one or more of the following criteria such as countries, phone networks, providers and SIM types (i.e. only specific SIM cards can be used with the phone). There is now an utility tool to unlock the HTC Universal based devices by oneself. The SIM Unlocker will unlock the device and the unlocking process can be done by onself at home. Beside, the data and configuration of the phone will not be erased by the Universal SIM Unlocker too. It also makes the device SuperCID. [...]
October 30th, 2006 19:03
I summoned up my experience with a QTEK 9000 PDA phone on http://thegreyspaces.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/qtek-9000-smart-phone-a-critical-experience-report/#more-7
Summary: You cannot rely on it working, due to numerous bugs, even after being on the market for more than half a year.
October 14th, 2008 08:21
Блин! Как меня это уже достало ищу драйвер для ПДА, а по поиску выходит всякая белеберда вроде этой странички. Вот отсной. Да и эта везде сцущая невероятных размеров реклама от Google задолбала. На каждом сайте. Ужос. Я теперь стал ненавидеть Google и бессмысленные сайты, на которых есть все, но ничего толком. Позор.
October 14th, 2008 08:22
I hate Google!!!