Mio-P560

Had it about two weeks now and after initial teething problems that were mostly my own doing it works well. Mio Mapping V3 seems fine. Check out the spec as the one on Mio web site appears to be wrong; they do not include a uk mains adaptor and the head phone socket is 2.5 not 3.5mm. Make sure to use the dedicated USB cable to synchronize as my own would not work, probably not same connections. Get the mapping working before you load your own contacts and calendar as Mio wants to search for all your post codes. Managed to load Memory Map OS5 (Ordnance Survey 1:50k) with settings : Manufacturer NMEA Model NMEA 0183, RMC Port COM2: GPS_COM Baud 57600 I found these on Mio 560 Forum and they work but they do not seem to be the recommended settings. Wi-Fi works well but I have not tried BlueTooth. Problems with switch reported on earlier models seem to have been overcome. This is my first PDA and I am quite amazed what it will do.

HTC TYTN is a superb Phone/PDA will touch screen and basically everything that a PC can do

Superb phone and only due to an upgrade I have decided to part with this phone

Needs Work!

This phone is very good in some aspects but then lets itself down badly in others. As with all Windows driven items it benefits from being re-started occasionally - something most people don't do with their phone.
Choosing it for the right reasons seems to be critical if this phone is to please you. I wanted a quad band phone that would synchronise well with my email server and act as a temporary laptop when I am abroad to save me carrying all that weight. To that extent it would strike five stars, though it it not yet synchronising my calendar dates effectively. Difficulty is that I'm not sure if it is the phone or my email server host set up - the latter is blaming the former though I am less confident!
The file management system on the handset seems almost impossible to work properly - only plugging it into a pc allows you to move files - though me doing that with some Tom Tom files recently stopped it working as it blocked paths!
The camera is of little real value so don't chose it for that reason. The video quality is ok but not great so again look elsewhere if that's your primary buying criteria.
Of the things I really wanted the music player is most frustrating - getting music on the system is difficult and the file management is once again poor meaning that getting albums onto the phone in the right order has eluded me until now. That's a real shame because that should be extremely easy by modern standards.
One aspect of how the phone behaves is relating to the powersave on the screen. It cuts in very quickly (within a minute) in whatever programme you are running even though I've set it to 5 minutes. This means sometimes having to unlock the phone mid-call - damned annoying to be honest. The other issue relates to the fact that the screen remains dark until you have unlocked it. This means that in anything other than darkness you cannot see the keys to use the stylus correctly and must 'know' the phone to achieve a successful unlock. I would have wanted a full power screen as soon as you press any relevant button to help with that unlocking process.
I would have thought HTC could have solved these things very easily with updates but their website and support are lacking. They have every opportunity, in concept, to keep me as a client for a very long time but may lose me if they don't address these problems.
All in all a great concept but as someone else said - the execution is flawed.

Excellent!

I have bought so many items from these folks that they have become friends! The service is just that good. Excellent prices, and while the instructions are often times hard to understand, the products tend to be easy enough to use, and the prices so good, that it is worth it.
I plan on being a long time return customer.

Good keyboard and mouse while it works

I've had this set for just over a year and it worked just fine - the mouse was super accurate and the keyboard didn't miss a keypress.
Just recently however (About 1 year and a month after I bought it) the scroll wheel of the mouse stopped working and now randomly transmits a scroll up/down to the computer so what ever I'm looking at jumps all over the place! If you get a good set - you won't be disappointed, but my set has had minimal abuse and lasted just a year - not really worth a hundred pounds.