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| O2 XDA Stealth |
| General |
| Network | Gsm 900 / Gsm 1800 / Gsm 1900 |
| Announced | 2006, September |
| Status | Available |
| Size |
| Dimensions | 110 X 53 X 22.5 Mm |
| Weight | 140 G |
| Display |
| Type | Tft Touchscreen, 65k Colors |
| Size | 240 X 320 Pixels, 2.4 Inches |
| | - Handwriting Recognition |
| Ringtones |
| Type | Polyphonic (192 Channels), Mp3 |
| Customization | Download |
| Vibration | Yes |
| Memory |
| Phonebook | In Shared Memory, Photo Call |
| Call Records | Yes |
| Card Slot | Minisd, |
| | - 64 Mb Ram, 192 Mb Rom
- Intel Xscale Pxa 272 416mhz Processor |
| Data |
| Gprs | Class 10 (4+1/3+2 Slots), 32 - 48 Kbps |
| Hscsd | No |
| Edge | No |
| 3g | No |
| Wlan | Wi-fi 802.11b/g |
| Bluetooth | Yes, V1.2 |
| Infrared Port | Yes |
| Usb | Yes, Miniusb |
| Features |
| Os | Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocketpc |
| Messaging | Sms, Mms, Email, Instant Messaging |
| Browser | Wap 2.0/xhtml, Html (pocketie) |
| Games | Yes, |
| Colors | Silver |
| Camera | 2 Mp, 1600x1200 Pixels, Autofocus, Video, Flash |
| | - Pocket Office(word, Excel, Outlook, Media Player)
- Java Midp 2.0
- Video/audio Album
- T9
- Built-in Handsfree
- Voice Dial |
| Battery |
| | Standard Battery, Li-po 1300 Mah |
| Stand-by | Up To 150 H |
| Talk Time | Up To 4 H 30 Min |
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O2 - XDA StealthO2 Xda Stealth
The O2 Xda Stealth fits the bill if you're looking for a classy PDA smartphone but does it have substance to match its style? Read on to find out.
Pocket PC smartphone
Camera: 2-megapixels
Display: 2.4in, 65,000 colours (320 x 240pixels)
Messaging: MMS, SMS, e-mail
Connectivity: Triband GSM, GPRS, WiFi, Bluetooth, infrared
Phone memory: 64MB RAM, 192MB ROM
Expansion slot: mini-Secure Digital (miniSD), Multimedia Card (MMC)
Battery type: 1,300mAh lithium-ion
Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Edition
Other features: Windows Media Player 10, Pocket Internet Explorer, Pocket Outlook,
MSN Messenger, Java applications
Dimensions (w x d x h): 110 x 53 x 22.5mm
Weight: 140g
Price: RM2,288
IF YOU were a secret agent, you'd probably need a slick phone to use while you're away on your top-secret missions. The phone not only has to match in terms of style but functionality as well.
Enter the O2 Xda Stealth. Covered completely in black, the Stealth hides a powerful little PDA that is powered by an Intel Xscale 416MHz processor and runs the Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC edition operating system.
Proving that good looks can come with substance, the Stealth is also shoehorned with a slew of features ¡V aside from being a PDA, it doubles as a handphone, camera, recorder and music player.
O2 Xda Stealth
Killer design
The Stealth's curvaceous design gives it a chic look that clearly shines among the traditional PDA designs. Its small size (it is larger than a handphone but is small by smartphone standards) and light weight makes it easy to pocket.
The inclusion of a number pad makes it easier to type out an SMS and dial phone numbers.
The smartphone has a modest 2.4in, 65,000-colour LCD touchscreen that sports 320 x 240pixels. Considering that the screen is smaller than most smartphones, it is surprising to note that it displays relatively sharp images.
Both text and colour images are displayed so crisply that it is like reading print on paper.
Located on the side of the phone are the miniSD card slot, volume control, headphone jack and camera button.
Overall the Stealth's design is pretty clean as there are virtually no misplaced buttons about ¡V in fact some the space could have been used for other shortcut buttons, IMHO.
Making calls with your PDA
As a phone, the Stealth is easy to use ¡V all you have to do is slide the phone up to start using it.
If you ever get tired of keying in numbers the conventional way, you can try voice dialling. By holding down the volume control button you will be able to dial with the sound of your own voice.
In terms of messaging with the phone, you are given several options of writing messages. If you are a regular handphone user crossing over to a smartphone, you'd probably prefer typing your messages with a T9 dictionary.
JUST SLIDE: As a phone, all you have to do is slide the phone up to start using it.
Regular PDA users will feel right at home using the block recognition reader to write their messages with their stylus. If you can't bear the thought of being away from a keyboard, there's a virtual keyboard too.
Either way, the Stealth offers users plenty of options to write their SMS messages.
While everything works like it should, the one thing that bothered me was the phone's relatively short battery life. It lasted barely a day with regular usage.
Windows in your hand
Running on Windows Mobile 5.0, the Stealth faced no problems in running everyday programs and could even handle several applications running in the background.
Most of the applications included are commonly found in other smartphones ¡V nothing out of the ordinary on this score.
For example, the pre-loaded Windows Media Player 10 governs all the smartphone's multimedia content as music and video files, which can be loaded via miniSD cards.
However, the Stealth's proprietary headphone port means you can't use regular 3.5mm headphones. What is worse is the included set was extremely uncomfortable to wear over long periods of time.
On the business side, the Stealth is capable of performing many of today's modern office requirements from receiving push e-mail, browse the Web and viewing office documents.
The handy wireless manager made the setting up WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity options a lot easier. However, connecting to the Internet via WiFi proved to be a challenge, as I would often find the phone detecting my mobile provider's GPRS services instead.
Surfing was comparable with my previous mobile Internet experiences, but I must note that websites are rather hard to read given the device's relatively small screen.
Not a multimedia phone
The Stealth is not without its own multimedia capabilities ¡V it has a 2-megapixel camera that is capable of snapping pictures and recording video.
The camera is not the sharpest around, especially since some new phones now come with 3.2-megapixel cameras.
The Stealth's camera has a maximum resolution of 1,600 x 1,200pixels but pictures turned out mostly grainy in comparison with Sony Ericsson's 2-megapixel camera phones which I have tested.
The camera's video quality isn't anything to shout about either. Videos are generally shaky and seem to lack the smoothness of videos taken at 30fps (frames per second).
Rounding it up
Overall, the Stealth is a dependable smartphone that comes with an assortment of features that are sufficient to get you through your daily office needs.
The inclusion of push mail and WiFi connectivity are big plus points and serves as a good reason why you should have this smartphone in your pockets at all times.
On the downside, the Stealth has relatively weak battery life and the included headphones are really uncomfortable to use.
Pros Sharp screen; has WiFi and push e-mail; runs Windows Mobile 5.0.
Cons Weak battery life; relatively small screen; poor built-in camera. |
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