Qtek 8500

MobileTechReview has a review up of the Qtek 8500 and writes, “The Smartphone is a phone first then a PDA so the list is shorter than Pocket PC. There’s no Word/Excel/PowerPoint but there is Email, Calendar, Contacts and Tasks plus Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer and Pocket MSN. QTEK and i-mate add the HTC applications for Camera and Video Camera though the output is viewed on Microsoft’s integrated Pictures and Videos app. System tools include an HTC File Manager but no Registry Editor. i-mate also adds document viewer suite too. … I’ve dragged this out as long as I could in the hope that there would be a resolution to the radio problem. This is a great phone; performance, design, feel; it’s all top notch but what if you want to use it as a phone; if so it’s a sub-par device with weak reception. All-in-all I have to move on, pass over, leave behind… well, until the reception fix is released. Or go for the i-mate Smartflip instead. One last word; Cingular in the US has released their version (Sept. 13, 2006) and big carriers don’t usually make big mistakes so I eagerly await their version of this otherwise excellent Smartphone.”

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