Xda Zest :o

[MadduckUK]

http://www.4winmobile.com/forums/4wm...st-review.html

640x480 screen
wifi
gps
sd slot

seems to not be missing any features at all (shock!!) and £250 on payg is not bad at all.. anyone got one yet?

[0iD]

No, but come upgarde time I may be

[MadduckUK]

i went in the local o2 shop at lunch and they only had one in on contract. payg's next week though so time to consider

[Funkstar]

Should be 800x480 rather that 640x480

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news4274.html

does look like a bit of a beast.

£250!! Will have to see if they can be unlocked i think.

[MadduckUK]

thats not it funky, thats just old speculation. iv seen the front of what there talking about though so it does actually exist as something else

edit: oh, that was easy not zest


zest

[finlay666]

I was offered one as a free upgrade on a new 18 month contract for £30 a month, still thinking about it but want to actually try it out first

Trying to hold out for the sony ericsson Xperia X1 though, or maybe the G1 (both made by HTC)

edit:

Originally Posted by Funkstar

£250!! Will have to see if they can be unlocked i think.

You should be able to, IIRC all WM6 / WM6.1 can via a cable, check the xda forums

[Funkstar]

Originally Posted by finlay666

You should be able to, IIRC all WM6 / WM6.1 can via a cable, check the xda forums

Thats what I thought but wasn't sure as it isn't an HTC device and just about everything on ther is HTC.

In fact, looking through the forum listing, it's all HTC devices including the single Palm device they built.

[MadduckUK]

the atom isnt afaik

while i wouldnt need to buy thhe zest with unlocking in mind as i use o2 anyway, i have no doubt it will be unlockable swiftly and freely in not a long time

[MadduckUK]

better than that, it reportedly comes unlocked to all networks

edit: got one

[MadduckUK]

opera mobile + vga = sexyness


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[Funkstar]

My Blurrycam strikes again!

So is it 640x480 or 800x480? I've seen both specs listed in places.

Any idea if people are cooking ROMs for it yet?

[MadduckUK]

its 640x480. most of the dimensions sites give (including o2) are wrong as well - its certainly not 120 x 60 x 16.. http://www.gsmarena.com/o2_xda_zest-2594.php seems right

as far as i can see no-one is making roms yet, xdadev's dont even have a section for it yet, i might post on there later asking for one

first impressions are very good, feels very solid and while iv become used to manilla 2d the SPB shell is fine - certainly till someone magics up a vga manilla2d. opera mini has been taken off and opera mobile installed, build 2181 works flawless. same with tomtom7

just need that ezimput keyboard available in VGA now and thats pretty much it

edit: oh and a usb->3.5mm adapter, a generic one will probably work so just need confirmation of that really

[Funkstar]

Keep up updated. For that price on PAYG, it might be worth a punt at some point!

[MadduckUK]

will do, waiting game for the moment