E-TEN Glofiish V900 with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
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Introduction
E-TEN is back, and this time it's with the Glofiish V900, a VGA flush touchscreen device that not only brings to the table an impressive spec sheet, but the ability to watch over the air television in Europe and parts of Asia. In the past, we haven't been terribly impressed with E-TEN's offerings, but is the V900 the one that changes our tarnished opinion of the company? We've got a very comprehensive review to follow. Read on for more!
Review Date: September 5, 2008
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| The V900 features a design that is quite similar to the HTC Touch with a minimal amount of hardware buttons and no keyboard. | And if we turn off the lights, we get a red and green glow from the call start/end keys. The lighting is dull and ugly. | ||||||
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| Most new Windows Mobile devices have some sort of interface replacement that covers up Windows Mobile (like TouchFLO, etc). In this case, E-TEN, like Toshiba on the G810, decided to use Spb Mobile Shell. We like Mobile Shell because it places all the most used functions of the device in a graphically pleasing interface that is on the screen every time you take your phone out of standby. From here you can see the weather, access SMS/Email, change the device profile, see your next appointment, and of course see the time and date. | To get to the second tab of Spb Mobile Shell, you can swipe your finger to the right, or press the icon on the bottom. Here is a customizable program launcher that features really neat animations to go the next screen. | ||||||
Overall Impression
E-TEN has come very far since the days of the X500 and X800. This is by far their best device. But in a world where one device doesn't exist without being compared to others, the V900 isn't a winner. It's a shame that the V900 isn't a winner, because it has a lot of great things going for it: it's fast, does TV out, has an accelerometer and very quick automatic screen rotation, can do over the air TV, and has fantastic FM radio reception. It's the coming together of all of these elements that just doesn't work, plus all of the little bugs listed above. The device looks and feels cheap, unrefined, and not worth $700. If E-TEN is going to survive in a world with HTC Touch Diamonds and Samsung Omnias, they need to go back to the drawing board and stop producing partially baked devices.
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