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<DIV><SPAN class=874131818-14112005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know a lot of
people have been posting 1st impressions but I thought I'd add my thoughts
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<DIV><SPAN class=874131818-14112005><FONT face=Arial size=2>As a developer I'm
very impressed with the device. The power management is second to none and I
like the overall user experience. It feels natural and fairly responsive.
Browsing is truly impressive. Way better than my thousand dollar
jasjar.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=874131818-14112005><FONT face=Arial size=2>email is a bit of a
let down. My imap account feels sluggish. My on device mail database has become
corrupt twice since last Thursday. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=874131818-14112005><FONT face=Arial size=2>To remove the imap
account and start again, you have to load 'inbox'. however when inbox starts up
it attempts send-receive and the mail program would crash. I had to offline-mode
to delete the account. I also think there maybe a bug in the account input
stage. sometimes it just seems to fail for me (I think it's something to do with
the domain, my username is of the form
'domain\username'.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=874131818-14112005>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>For such a
connected device I feel that the Bluetooth implementation is a little strangled.
I'd really like to see better obex support. I want to be able to BT a vcard. I
don't want to drop to an xterm to do it!<SPAN
class=874131818-14112005> samba would be super-useful
too.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=874131818-14112005>I'm also
interested in the distinct lack of 'wake-up' features. I'm praying someone
writes an alarm clock app soon! Some old screenshots showed an 'alarm bell' icon
in the top title bar, where did it go?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=874131818-14112005>I think my
development tinkering will venture into the networking side of things. If I
could readily stream video/music/files from my pc that would be a big bonus for
the device. currently it's close, but not quite there, to replace my
pocketpc.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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