Eten Glofiish-X500 Cell Phone

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User rating   Not rated - Add review The Eten X500 is part of their new Glofiish line and is current one of the thinnest Pocket PC's available.  Loaded with a 2 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS receiver with SiRF Star III chipset, and Pocket Office, the X500 should already sound like a winning device.  Other key attributes include Bluetooth, Windows MPlayer 10, microSD card slot, and Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 PocketPC. View full phone specs View image gallery View reviews Compare against other phones Compatible accessories

The X500 has a four-way directional pad located under the screen. On the right side of the D-pad there is the right soft key and the red end button. On the left side of the D-pad there is the left soft key and the green talk button. There are also two buttons located on top of the display. The one on the left side is the GPS hot key and the one on the right is the home button. This is one of the first Pocket PC’s to have the home key. A home key is usually found exclusively on Smartphones not Pocket PC’s. Both of these buttons can be customized to your unique preferences. On the right side of the phone is the power and camera button. Also in between the power button and the camera button there is a small hole for resetting the phone with the stylus. On the left side of the phone we have the volume up, down control and voice dial button. The voice dial button can also be customized to your own preference too. The left bottom side of the phone has a 2.5mm headphone jack. The leather case also has a hole for the headphones, therefore allowing you to listen to music while the phone is in its case. On the bottom side of the phone there is the Mini-USB port and memory card slot. The stylus, which can be extended is located on the bottom right hand side of the phone and is very secure.

A downside to the X500 is the fact that it does not have dedicated hardware buttons for the start menu or ok/close programs which the HTC P3300 has.  However, if you want you can assign them their own hardware buttons.  Beside the home key and GPS key there are two lights which glow different colors. When you have a missed call, the right LED flashes red, indicating that you have a missed call. When the phone is not in use the LED flashes green.  

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Eten Glofiish-X500 in-depth review - Introduction & Design

The ETEN X500 is currently one of the thinnest Pocket PC’s available on the market. ETEN introduced their new lineup of Pocket PC’s called Glofiish. Currently two Glofiish models have been released; the Glofiish X500 and M700. They are ETEN’s high end models, offering features that other models do not. The X500 has built in GPS, Wi-Fi, FM radio and a 400 MHz processor. It is similar to the HTC P3300 offering the same features, but which one...

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Eten Glofiish-X500 in-depth review - Features

The X500 has all the basic features that Windows Mobile has to offer. You have basic calendar functions with appointments, calculator, PDF viewer, tasks and a lot more. The X500 also comes complete with Microsoft Pocket Office which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint. With Word and Excel you can not only view documents but edit them too. If you use a word processor like Microsoft Word, it may be a good idea to get an external keyboard. There...

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Eten Glofiish-X500 in-depth review - Display & Audio

The X500’s display has a resolution of 240x 320. The touch screen is 2.8 inches and displays 65,000 colors. The OEM home-screen of the X500 is awesome. The home-screen plug-in has shortcuts to every program and setting on the phone. The X500 has almost everything on the home screen plug-in but forgot to add the rotate screen function which the P3300 has. Even though there is no home screen option, you can make it a hardware button so when you...

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Eten Glofiish-X500 in-depth review - Entertainment, Internet, & Storage

GPS, Wi-Fi and FM radio are all forms of entertainment and if that’s not enough then you can always download songs, games and applications. The best thing about Windows Mobile is that you can download all sorts of games and software for free without worrying about fees. There is a wide variety of freeware and shareware games available that you will not have time to try them all. A good website is http://www.freewareppc.co... where all program...

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Eten Glofiish-X500 in-depth review - Conclusion

The X500 is excellent but when compared to the P3300 it doesn’t look as durable. The P3300 feels like metal as opposed to the X500 which feels like plastic. Overall the X500 feels nice due to the black rubber feel on the back of the phone. Overall the phone feels very solid  The X500 does not have a built in keyboard and for some a keyboard is essential. The new version of the X500 is the M700 which is similar to the HTC TyTN because of the...

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