E-TEN glofiish X500 Pocket PC Phone
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Introduction
E-TEN, who historically hasn't surprised us with a truly compelling device, has created a new brand within itself: glofiish. The first device from glofiish carries quite a claim - to be the "World's thinnest Pocket PC Phone, GPS and WiFi all-in-one." With that claim, they've got our attention. Is this the device that many have been waiting for, or was usability sacrificed for the sake of thinness? We'll take a thorough look at the E-TEN glofiish X500 to see whether it should *keep* our attention. Read on to see what we found!
Review Date: November 13, 2006
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| And here it is - the glofiish X500. Notice the use of brushed aluminum around the edges of the screen, with silver-metallic plastic adorning the rest of the body. | The front buttons glow blue, green and red. Snazzy. |
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| It's quite clear as early as the Today screen that E-TEN has done some work. They install a plugin called Quick Link that puts icons on your Today screen. You can disable this, of course. | Inside the Multimedia folder, we have more unique programs. The device has an FM tuner. What's annoying, though, is that you must have the headphones connected in order for the program to work. I'm assuming that the device uses the headphone wire as an antenna. Reception was just mediocre outdoors, and poor inside. |
Overall Impression
There's no doubt that this is a high-end Pocket PC phone. The use of quality materials and textures and the breakthrough integration of a slew of wireless technologies (though no 3G) in such a slim form factor all make for a terrifically well-rounded device. This device doesn't fail in any one category - the only thing that it is really missing is UMTS capability. If you've got the money and want an attractive, capable, and oh yes - slim Pocket PC phone, then you may want to catch a glofiish.
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