Review of my new GPSlim236 & SP5m
I received both my SP5m and GPSlim236 about a week and a half ago. I am blown away by both devices.
The GPSlim236 lasts for about 8 hours of constant usage (just tried it yesterday), and has a high-quality antenna - I can get signal with the device in my jean jacket pocket while in the car. It is a rockin' little device.
The SP5m is AWESOME! The QVGA screen is unbelievably clear - I can't go back to 220x176, I won’t. QVGA is the future.
HTC did a great job with the design. I was worried that the top tiny little set of navigation keys would be hard to use, but I don’t have any troubles.
The media controls are nice, and the built in speaker sounds pretty good. Windows Mobile 5 has Windows Media Player 10 Mobile which is a nice player, I have to say. I loaded up 125 songs on my miniSD, and now have my own “iPod Shuffle”. My big wish is that phone manufactures that wanted their devices to be used as MP3 players would add a standard 3.5mm plug for headphones.
Having WiFi is nice, too – with a 320x240 screen, it is almost a decent web surfing experience.
I have been working on running down the battery, but it looks like their specs of 5 hours of talk time are right – I can use my phone for hours, including using it as a navigation solution, without a problem. More on navigation in my next blog!