Over the years, SE released many firmware revisions that addresses these issues, mainly speed and reception. Even to date, the t68i has the best battery life and the best bluetooth implementation, except for the new SE's of course. (now i'm getting off topic)
The hiptop2 looks great tho, finally they addressed some of the issues the original hiptop had. Mainly size imo. Some say danger should allow you to sync directly with your PC but what many don't know is that part of the hiptop's advantages is that the calendar, phonebook, and a few other things are sync'd up as soon as you login. You can managae your phone over the web via danger's server. It's really neat once you play around with one.
One thing i like to point out is that pcmag's review said you can't connect to a vpn however there is a pretty good SSH client available for the original hiptop. With that client, you can do whatever you want. (ie: irssi for irc, icq in text mode, manage your servers, etc..) Also, t-mobile and fido (canada's hiptop provider) have special unlimited GPRS plans for the phone.
Overall, it's a great toy and a great phone to have in your collection (if you're into that sort of thing) I've used almost 99% of all GSM phones over the past two years yet the hiptop remains one of my favorite phone for a few reasons (look above). Sure you can ssh with a p900, treo600 and those SPV/xda phones but those costs over 1k CDN.
exactly.. 700 is nothing, Philips has had the 6400 wireless for a long time, it retails for 1200 USD..
http://www.surfremotecontrol.com/pronto-6400.html/ (i'm not affiliated)
people willing to spend $1200 are the types of people that are willing to spend 100K on a pair of speakers, $20+ for a DLP, or $20+ alone for some cable (but that is debatable(ing))
The tactile feedback is pretty cool tho:)
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Over the years, SE released many firmware revisions that addresses these issues, mainly speed and reception. Even to date, the t68i has the best battery life and the best bluetooth implementation, except for the new SE's of course.
:)
(now i'm getting off topic)
The hiptop2 looks great tho, finally they addressed some of the issues the original hiptop had. Mainly size imo. Some say danger should allow you to sync directly with your PC but what many don't know is that part of the hiptop's advantages is that the calendar, phonebook, and a few other things are sync'd up as soon as you login. You can managae your phone over the web via danger's server. It's really neat once you play around with one.
One thing i like to point out is that pcmag's review said you can't connect to a vpn however there is a pretty good SSH client available for the original hiptop. With that client, you can do whatever you want. (ie: irssi for irc, icq in text mode, manage your servers, etc..) Also, t-mobile and fido (canada's hiptop provider) have special unlimited GPRS plans for the phone.
Overall, it's a great toy and a great phone to have in your collection (if you're into that sort of thing)
I've used almost 99% of all GSM phones over the past two years yet the hiptop remains one of my favorite phone for a few reasons (look above). Sure you can ssh with a p900, treo600 and those SPV/xda phones but those costs over 1k CDN.
(and again, this is just my opinion)
exactly.. 700 is nothing, Philips has had the 6400 wireless for a long time, it retails for 1200 USD.. http://www.surfremotecontrol.com/pronto-6400.html/ (i'm not affiliated)
people willing to spend $1200 are the types of people that are willing to spend 100K on a pair of speakers, $20+ for a DLP, or $20+ alone for some cable (but that is debatable(ing))
The tactile feedback is pretty cool tho :)