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O2 Xda Atom Exec Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the short-term-upgrades-rarely-are dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET has posted a full review of the new O2 Xda Atom Exec smartphone device. They were very impressed with the handheld, giving it their 'Editor's Choice' award. From the article: 'On its own, the Exec is a highly impressive, push e-mail enabled smart phone, but if you already own the first Atom, its upgrade worthiness is questionable.'"

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  1. Printer friendly link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Text only version

  2. How much do they get paid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    for posting these fscking Slashvertisements?

    How about this for a proposal:

    - There are at most 3 slashvertisements for every legimate story

    - slashvertisements are clearly marked as such

    - subscribers can hide the slashvertisements on the front page

  3. Re:But does it run ... by DrXym · · Score: 4, Insightful
    A more relevant question - what damned difference does it matter what it runs, just as long as it works?

    Linux PDAs have traditionally been cursed with buggy software, awful handwriting recognition, crashes and high prices. But hey, it runs Linux right? Certainly Linux is not the cause of these issues, but it seems symptomatic of certain manufacturers that they think they can release some junk and get people to buy it simply because it runs Linux.

    Fortunately we're getting to the stage where Linux is reliable and mostly behind the scenes. What OS is running underneath is an irrelevance to most people. They'd rather that their PDA / phone did what it was meant to do, namely make calls, take notes, make appointments, store addresses etc. If it runs Linux then all well and good, but a piece of crap running Linux is still a piece of crap.