Overview of the Glofiish X500 communicator E-Ten

The emergence of the new communicator E-Ten X500 happened too suddenly: virtually no slushkov-whisper and even more dramatic statements - and here it is, surprise! And, admittedly, very nice. Actually, nothing revolutionary new company E-Ten did not showed to the world, although at this stage of development from this Taiwanese manufacturer would be expected of all. However, the new model is able to change your idea of ​​a perfect device. That's it, nothing more - nothing less. As you may have guessed, we were lucky to be among the first who met with the E-Ten X500 live. Externally, the unit is absolutely not similar to any of the previous models, E-Ten, so that the closeness of kinship is found only in a more detailed study. In general, proceed. But before we make one small caveat: you've probably noticed the prefix «Glofiish» in the model name, designated in the title of this article. The fact that the release of this device company timed the re-branding of its lineup. So that the new official name of the unit under which he will go on sale, - Glofiish X500. The reasons that the company decided to take this step, we will not dismantle (if you're interested, we suggest reading the current news on this topic), and the loans by inspection of the subject. So, X500 has the highest compared to most current models of feature set, that is, is in possession of a powerful 400 MHz processor, GSM-module with support for GPRS / EDGE, as well as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and integrated GPS-receiver. However, the relatively compact, and to go on sale at a very tempting price. In short, a potential bestseller and one of the main contenders for the title "national communicator." Acquainted with its characteristics.

Specifications:
• Operating system: Windows Mobile 5.0 Phone Edition with Service Pack AKU3
• Processor: Samsung S3C2442, 400 MHz
• Memory: 64 MB RAM (48 MB user available) and 128 MB Flash ROM (70 MB available)
• Screen: 2.8 "transflective TFT, 240x320, 65536 colors
• Memory Expansion: microSD
• Wireless Interfaces: Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11b / g) GSM 850/900/1800/1900, GPRS Class 10, EDGE
• GPS-chip: SiRFstar III
• Camera: 2.0 MP
• Battery: removable Li-Ion, 1530 mAh
• Audio: microphone, speaker, 2.5 mm stereo headphone jack
• Dimensions and weight: 113 x 59.5 x 15.5 mm and 146, the

And now, as usual, let's see who will compete X500. First of all, it is actively marketed Mitac Mio A700, then already presented in Moscow HTC P3300 (Artemis), well, kind of "younger brother" E-Ten G500 +. So the basic pattern for comparison, today will serve as the aforementioned device. Just below you will find a table comparing the characteristics of these devices. As you can see, the X500 hardware is very close to his predecessor, G500 +. This concerns, first of all, S3C2442 processor from Samsung, which is able to provide acceptable performance at low cost and low power consumption. Further, the memory remained virtually unchanged: the same 64 Mb, but paired with a 128 MB, which indicates the probability of release of a model X500 +, traditionally equipped with twice as much ROM. But the slot was replaced by c miniSD to microSD, which made it possible to make the device thinner, in the spirit of the latest trends. The operating system is the same, but with the latest updates installed AKU 3. Also of note appeared module Wi-Fi (802.11b / g) and support for EDGE. Increased and the photo resolution matrix. Completely redesigned, which resulted in a decrease in size.If, looking at the M500, M600 and G500 even the inexperienced user could say that these devices are made by one manufacturer, the X500 with the same number will not work. New totally does not fit the range of E-Ten and the like, rather, on the development of HTC. However, to talk about the appearance of the communicator, we still have time. In the meantime, pay attention to the accessory kit, delivered.

Supplied

Unfortunately, Glofiish X500, as well as any other device, fell into our hands before the official release date has not been completed in full, so with full confidence about the usefulness of the set, as well as the quality of its components, while it is impossible to say. However, it may be noted that while there and make some assumptions.

So, together with the communicator, we have received:
• stylus
• Mains Charger
• sync cable connector miniUSB
• Wired Stereo
• Cover leatherette
• CD with accompanying software.

Complete Glofiish X500 (E-Ten X500)

The stylus has a telescopic design. And, when folded it is a bit short, so that for comfortable use it will have to lay out. Holds a pen made of metal, ending - the plastic. Unscrew the upper end. True, guess what does it do us to have failed. Usually part of the twist-off has a very subtle ending, which can be used to press the soft reset. Here, however, for these purposes is quite suitable lower end of the stylus. The thickness of the pen a little thinner usual - about the same as in the case with stylus on the Gigabyte g-Smart i128. In general use it conveniently. The only thing that can cause a gripe - the location of foam (on the bottom right corner of the building). Obviously, many agree that this is not the best place. However, more on that later. Cover - a very ambiguous. No, no, he made a fairly high quality - there can be no complaints. Simply, in our opinion, this is not what ought to put in a kit with your device. Case is very similar to those sold for classical device: it opens like a book from right to left, and the device it is fixed with special bows. If you carry the device in it constantly, then when making or receiving a call it will get. Otherwise, use them very uncomfortable. A much more logical to look to here classic handbag. Well, come on. With regard to protective functions, then cover them with coping well. By the way, he is not blocking access to the main terminals on the housing and has a slot on the docking site with the speaker. If the place was a normal X500 PDA, we would simply call this a convenient carrying case. And so - alas. In the process of publication of this review, it became known that in the official delivery may be another version of the cover, so that pre-warn you about some of the inconsistencies that can arise when comparing data from this test with pre-sales model. Standard headset jack is made under 2.5 mm, has a volume control wheel and the answer. Quite comfortable headphones seemed to us. However, this is how you remembered, is subjective. If we compare the headset from the Glofiish X500 with any other similar headset, it is unlikely that they will be significantly different. Because the device is equipped with a GPS-module, it is logical to assume that the set to add to it the car mount and charger from the cigarette lighter socket. In addition, especially for Russian users in the box will present a set of navigation software, which we discuss separately. Well, of course, did not prevent the pleasant things, like plenochki for the screen or a spare stylus.

Design and Ergonomics

Looking ahead we say that the appearance of the X500, which will go on sale in the end, will be somewhat different from that considered by us. As we also had to note in terms of design the device does not fit perfectly in the range of its manufacturer.All three predecessor of this unit were very weighty and large, as well as similar to each other as real relatives. X500 is more reminiscent of HTC Magician (Qtek s100/s110) or the HTC Prophet (Qtek s200). The hull shape he is now a strictly rectangular, with the softening of angles. If we compare the dimensions, then our hero are little more than the Qtek s200: 112 x 59 x 15 mm to 108 x 58 x 18 mm. However, as you can see, the thickness was smaller. X500 - generally one of the thinnest smartphones at the moment. In his hand machine is as poured. Of course, comfort will depend greatly on the size of brushes. For the average man's five fingers dimensions X500 optimal. Housing unit is made in three colors - dark gray, silver and black, with a predominance of the first. True, and here we were warned that the design of our test sample are more likely to differ from the design of the final model, but let's dance to what we have. Color combination casing X500, in our view, extremely successful. In the silver painted inset around the perimeter of the screen, which is also made of metal, as well as insert around the slot of voice dynamics. In a dark gray made the rest of the front panel and a battery cover, and black, well-bred to bokovinki only emphasizes harmony model. Ends, by the way, are made of rubberized plastic, which allows more securely hold the device in his hand. Central place on the front side of the case, as usual, takes 2.8-inch screen. Beneath that are four main buttons ("call", "retreat" and two soft keys), and a square inscribed with the joystick in the center of the confirmation button. Above the screen are placed notch voice dynamics, and two additional keys. Rules are designed to return to the Today, the left - to call the navigation application. However, by default for some reason hung call contacts and application M-Desk. Absolutely all keys are made flush with the body. Cruising in small but trigger buttons are well distinguishable click. So that the tactile sensations you can always determine - had reacted by pressing a button. Size of the keys seemed to us too small. But, basically, it's not such a big disadvantage. Serious criticism can cause a navigation key, or rather its direction (up, down, etc.). Verge of a button - too thin, because of which hit them with your finger, especially driving with one hand, is not very easy, it takes some skill. So that the management of X500 with one hand more difficult. In this regard, unlike the easier his rival HTC P3300, which is equipped with an original device to control RollR - analog trackball. Originally sung and inscribed in the center joystick button confirmation. Usually it is slightly rises above the rest of the keys. Here, on the contrary, it literally sunk by a millimeter, which turned out to be a very convenient solution. Highlighted all the keys light purple color, which allows to distinguish between them in the dark and does not hurt the eyes. Buttons and reject traditional light green and red, respectively. A navigation button is not highlighted at all, but by the light from the adjacent soft keys in the dark it is visible. The backlight turns off automatically after 5 seconds. Now go through the sides of X500.Upper end - absolutely empty, and the bottom we are seeing an expansion slot, the slot microphone jack (miniUSB), which includes PC cable, and stylus holder. Last akkurat located at the corner of the lower end and right sides. The place is not the most convenient, but you can get used pretty quickly. The stylus is hard to pull his finger. The design is such that it can only hook a fingernail. Of course, we still believe the upper end of the most convenient place for the pen, but it is a matter of habit. Right side of the X500 has a recessed deep into the key to "soft reset" and two small buttons on the sides. The upper is responsible for turning on and off the device and activates the lower built-in camera and in subsequent press releases the shutter. On the left side is a connector (2.5 mm) for connecting a headset, as well as the power button and recording the volume rocker. Recall that in the talk mode it allows you to control the volume of voice dynamics, and in standby mode - a system. On the black box back side of the body located camera lens. Next to him - LED flash and tiny mirror for self shooting. Slightly to the right is the lattice dynamics, the location of which can be called entirely successful. Sometimes the speakers are positioned so that when holding the device in his hand, involuntarily hide behind, because of what the sound level falls off rapidly. But this is not our case. The battery cover X500 - very thin, but rather is attached securely and completely free movement. Beneath it hides the battery fairly large capacity (1530 mAh), under which, as always hid the SIM-card. The roof is removed quite simply, without extra effort - the movement down. With its lifting device is switched off immediately, without waiting for the removal of the battery. "Simca" is inserted into the most usual way - in a small depression and is held by two metal bows. As a result, it remains to evaluate the quality of assembly X500. All parts are in contact with each other, without giving the slightest occasion for the appearance of backlashes. Even if the force to compress the device in hand, it does not emit a single sound, like a piece housing. So for the quality of execution without any hesitation our hero can deliver rated "excellent", while the design and ergonomics because of some nasty little things (not too easy navigation, the location of the stylus slot) to "five" does not hold.Therefore, we note these items are a good estimate, keeping in mind that being in our version of the device - still no final version. It is possible that the company's engineers have time to hot on the trail to a competent pre finishing device. To sum the grand total, comparing the appearance of competing with the X500 sets. Build quality - good for all three. The only thing worth paying attention, because it is on hiluyu the battery cover at the Mio A700 and removable hard cap for garniturnoy connector in G500. In other respects, all devices seem worthy contenders.

Screen

Screen Glofiish X500 is capable of nice please. Its diagonal and resolution are within the scope of standard - 2.8 inch, 240 x 320 pixels. And according to the declared data display capable of displaying 65,536 colors. So in terms of dry technical characteristics of the screen does not stand out against the numerous analogues. All the more pleased that the viewing angles from the screen some of the best today. They can be compared even with expensive modern LCD-monitors for desktop PC or laptop with matrices. Pleasantly pleased and maximum brightness, which is also one of the highest among the competitors. Through this you can quite comfortably in the bright sunlight. When you install a minimum level, the backlight does not turn off and burns a barely noticeable. Screen reader in the dark, this is not enough, we have to put the slider to the second division of the account. In this case, the display glows brightly enough to work in the dark and did not spend much battery power. All the way, to adjust the required 11 divisions. At a minimum, as we have said, the backlight does not turn off completely, but a little off. In general, organic means it can not be disabled, you can just turn off the screen at all.

Speed ​​and memory

At the beginning of the review, we noted that the X500 uses the same processor as a communicator from the previous E-Ten - Samsung S3C2442, clocked at 400 MHz. Varies only modification (S3C2440 - at M600 and G500 +, S3C2442 - at X500). We have said many times that this frequency is more than sufficient for the needs of the communicator. As you can imagine, the processor - not the most important moment in the case of the communicator. If we have the top model of the classical PDAs (volumes are steadily declining over the past year and a half), then, of course, the processor must pay the utmost attention. For the communicator is quite reasonable minimum performance, but the primary issue becomes longer battery life. However, about him we shall speak below. Thus, the subjective impressions of any differences from previous models in terms of performance is observed. The only thing that catches your eye - a momentary freeze when you click "Start". The rest of the machine proved to be quite good and we can confidently say that 400 MHz is more than enough for basic functions. For lovers of figures and comparisons, as always, will present the results of testing the overall performance, which was performed using the Benchmark Spb Benchmark.We hope you will remember how the points in the table can be trusted, so we will not again repeat the catch phrases about the features of testing devices based on Windows Mobile 5.0. The difference between the relatives of E-Ten M600, G500 + and the X500 is still there, but it is small, so it can easily be attributed to testing error. Perhaps something to comment on here makes no sense. If the average all the indicators, we can say that the X500 shows the average by modern standards, the performance among the communicators. All quite logical: Mio A700 with its 520 MHz processor was faster, and HTC P3300 with its 200 MHz is much slower. Well, for those who did not welcome such comparisons, we can once again say the following: for everyday use any brake work is not observed. Large test documents or spreadsheets in Excel Mobile opened very energetic. Well, let's now look at the results of performance testing video system, which is traditionally performed using the player TCPMP (The Core Pocket Media Player) version 0.72RC1. Recall that according to standard procedure, the normal playback speed is rate of 100%, but since TCPMP shows the average result, decided to take the norm of 120%. The more the better. Test rollers are made in the most popular resolutions and encoded the most common codecs for DivX and XviD. Thus, the results were as follows. And here, oddly enough, X500 proved to be a little worse, "brothers" G500. The lag can hardly be called significant, but nevertheless, it is observed. But leaders of the speed of video playback (Mitac Mio A700 and ASUS P525) out of reach. Particularly upset about it not worth it. To view the video resolution of 320x240, our hero is quite suitable. Plays well in higher resolution at QVGA-screen, simply makes no sense. It remains to describe the memory X500 and its prospects for expansion. RAM and ROM, as already stated, our hero does not differ from the figures offered by most similar models. This is a 128 MB Flash ROM and 64 MB of RAM, of which the user's needs play a total of 118 MB. This will be sufficient to store database of contacts and the necessary minimum of programming. For something larger, such as navigational purposes, have to use an expansion slot, a role which here acts connector for microSD cards. The solution - a fairly new. Currently, this format is not as common as miniSD or full-size Secure Digital, besides the maximum available volume of cards of this format is less than the above, and is 2 GB.

Sound

Perhaps, in this chapter, we could confine a single sentence: no sound capabilities X500 raises no objections and are comparable to those of the best modern communicators. However, since interest in this model is very large, is worth looking at this in more detail. Thus, with regard to the external speaker, something about him we can say only good things: the sound of it is pretty loud and clear. The call will be heard in virtually any setting, whether a street with heavy traffic, an airport or subway. Checked. With regard to vibrating alert, he - the average force, so that doubters can just in case they duplicate a normal call. Voice speaker, too bad.The quality of sound it is quite comparable with any modern mobile phone: the sound is clear, recognizable voice of the interlocutor. No artifacts in his work has not been noticed, and the maximum volume there is no need to expose. For all time spent on testing the X500, we put the average volume, and it is quite enough. A few words about the headset we've had to say. It has a volume control and answer button. The sound quality from the headphones is quite acceptable. To listen to the radio or the voice calling for more and is not required. Users who are not too particular about the quality of sound can even listen to music. Music fans still have to acquire a headset is more serious. For comparison, the sound quality we used the standard headphones that came with the iPod nano - the other hand just was not - and the difference was noticeable. And not in favor of the headset. In short, the most that neither is a standard headset. Nothing more, nothing less. Yes, let us recall once again that the connector is a cross section of 2.5 mm. X500 opportunities in terms of sound recording have not changed compared to its predecessors. In a quiet environment, you can write the sound from a distance of 3-4 meters from the source. In a noisy environment has to hold the microphone close to the source. About FM-tuner, we will speak separately. In the meantime, just say that it works properly, and the corresponding software is present on the device initially. So download it separately and installed, as it did with the first model G500, is not necessary. Listening, of course, possible only through headphones, which act as an antenna. Sound quality, as we shall see, is quite acceptable for a mobile radio.

Sociability

Phone

Glofiish X500 was one of the first smartphones, along with the HTC P3300, both offering and a GPS-receiver and Wi-Fi module. And in general wireless capabilities of this model, many might envy. Let's start with the phone module and immediately say that support for third-generation networks have no X500. Actually, in our reality it is still not necessary, and, therefore, pay more for it would be foolish. GSM-module "friendly" with four bands (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), supports GPRS Class 10 (3 slots for reception, 2 transfer), as well as high standard EDGE, which is daily becoming more and more popular in Russia. To call using a standard program Phone, which you yourself are perfectly familiar. There is a separate application for quick calls. By default, it is called by pressing the left soft key and looks exactly the same way as in the case of the E-Ten G500. Appears on the screen several square buttons, each of which can be secured room. By default, these appear on a button to the most frequently dialed numbers, which is quite logical and quite comfortable. There is also a program for voice control - exactly the same as the last model of the E-Ten.

Bluetooth

The process for pleasure to please and Bluetooth-module X500. Despite the fact that the stack is installed by Microsoft, Bluetooth-part substantially revised and offers not only the maximum set of features, but also more user-friendly interface. Among the nice features are enhanced data rate (EDR - Enhanced Data Rate) and the support profile A2DP, which allows listening to music through wireless headphones. In addition, profiles support FTP and DUN. So a set of very broad and qualitative. During the tests, there were no failures. Communicator without any problems working with different models of Bluetooth-keyboard, sync with a PC via ActiveSync, worked in conjunction with the Jabra and Nokia, as well as without any problems connected to the Nokia 6021, Nokia E60 smartphone and PDA Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket Loox C550.

Wi-Fi

It's nice that the X500 supports the fastest of the common standard for Wi-Fi - 802.11g. Moreover, that among the merits of the service pack AKU3, installed on the device - has increased the usability of the Wi-Fi. Standard application can now offer a bit more options than ever before. Supports WPA2 - one of the best safety standards. Moreover, at work, you can prioritize traffic among running applications. For example, when downloading any file you may have problems with sending e-mails or messages via ICQ. Help eliminate these bad luck setting higher priority for such applications. However, fans to delve into the settings it is better to install alternative applications, of which there are in a directory on HPCru there are many.

Multimedia

Luggage

Chamber of X500 a bit better than its predecessor G500 +. It has a 2 megapixel matrix, which allows you to do a little more quality shots. The maximum resolution of the images can be 1600x1200 pixels, but in addition it can set the size: 1280x960, 640x480, 320x240 and 176x144. White balance in auto mode is well defined only in good light. For other cases, provided a choice of several presets: incandescence, fluorescence, sunshine, shadow, cloudy and night. As formats save images may be used as a JPG, or BMP. The latter, of course, takes much more space. On average, the JPG image with the highest quality and resolution is about 200-300 KB. From special effects to shoot there the familiar negative, grayness, retrospective, and mirror. Perhaps that is all we can say about the photo-opportunities Glofiish X500. Nothing special camera X500 is not allocated. There is no auto-focus, so the quality of finished images significantly worse than in, for example, our recent guest - Communicator ASUS P525. In this regard, it would be impossible to realize the recognition of business cards, as the latter. Of course, you can resort to using third-party software, but dare to assure you that the result does not particularly impress you. Below you can see some examples of built-in camera. As for shooting video, it is only possible in a format 3GP (most common among mobile video formats), and only three sizes: 320 x 240 176 x 144 and 128 x 96. The settings for white balance, as well as special effects here are the same as in photo mode. Quality of the clips, as expected, leaves much to be desired. The only thing that can please - it's the fact that the video is recorded with a sound that should please fans of multimedia messages.

FM-tuner

FM-tuner is gradually becoming one of the essential pieces for communicators. This is a gratifying fact, the more so that each more or less respected mobile handset boasts a long radio.Application for listening to the radio on the X500 without exaggeration be called the most comfortable among others. This program allows you to store in memory up to 50 radio stations, supports RDS-messages displays the frequency chart mode. Radio interface is pretty simple, so intuitive and easy to use. The reception quality is very good, but, of course, much depends on your location. In addition, often moving experience interference. In general, in terms of improving the work of FM-tuner for Glofiish apparent progress, but there is still more, something to work. For example, should I add radio recordings.

Runtime

Testing the battery life was conducted according to our standard pattern that you have a long and familiar. And, as usual, before looking at the results, we recall that the battery capacity of X500 are pretty impressive and makes 1530 mAh. 1. Maximum load. The brightness set to maximum, the speaker volume - also included Wi-Fi network in the search mode, and Bluetooth, the Windows Media Player in the cycle is played a "heavy" video. Battery life in this mode was - 4 hours 12 minutes. 2. Normal operation. All wireless modules are disabled. The brightness is set to the second division of the account (ie, average). On the PDA was started reading the text in Haali Reader with automatic scrolling. Time work was - 9 hours 44 minutes. 3. MP3 Playback. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the screen turned off. Listening through headphones at maximum volume. We used a Pocket Media Player and files with bitrates 192 KB / c. Hours - 12 hours 7 minutes. For comparison with the results of the nearest competitor is a diagram. As you can see, X500 keeps pretty well. Before the record, of course, he was far away, but yet the results from the competition is very, very bad. If we talk about a certain averaged use, which includes 20-30 minutes of calls a day, listening to music for a short, short sessions synchronization via Bluetooth, the reading sessions and small navigation then charge the account for about one and a half times of the day. If you use it less intensively, then the battery simply "live" and two days.

GPS-navigation

Integrated GPS-receiver Glofiish X500 is based on the chip 20-channel chip SiRFstar III, which can not operate without an external antenna and objectively is by far the best. As we have said many times, this chip perfectly holds connection even in difficult conditions and significantly bypasses any other chip on this indicator. Let us recall that, according to the declared data for SiRFstar III during the hot start of 1 second, warm - 35 seconds, and cold - 42 seconds. When you first start, of course, it takes some time to communicate with satellites, positioning and formation of a coordinate system. Later hot start happening very quickly. Of course, not for one second, as reported in the chip specifications, and a little longer - four seconds. Anyway, it's faster than any other receiver. Field tests of GPS-receiver was carried out in urban environments, as well as in nearby neighborhoods. The movement was conducted both on foot and in cars. Receiver works illustrative. Communication with satellites is lost only on the lower floors of buildings, as well as underpasses and tunnels.Among the built-up high-rise buildings the signal weak, but nevertheless, the relationship lasts. Testing in the rugged thick forest, too, went with a bang - navigator regularly kept in touch and kept in the right direction. The disadvantages of X500 in terms of GPS-navigation can be attributed, perhaps, the absence of a connector for an external antenna. It is clear that its use would have little recourse. But why, in fact, do not leave such an opportunity for the most extreme cases? With regard to the navigation software, it is currently assumed that the Russian version of the Glofiish X500 will be completed with domestic navigation system PocketGPS Pro Moscow 2.x. However, it is possible that by the beginning of sales to customers will be offered a new version of the program - "Autosputnik, better known now as PocketGPS Pro 3.0. Here we shall not dwell on the possibilities of "AVTOSPUTNIK" diverted all interested in here. Closer to the release of the device for sale, we will return to this issue. By the way, with the X500 can be used and any other navigation software of your choice, whether it is popular in Europe TomTom Navigator or the almighty OziExplorer, which allows working with raster maps.

Soft

On the X500 is running the latest version of OS Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition with Service Pack AKU 3.0 (Adaptation Kit Update 3.0). Talking about it can be a long time, but now we will address only the major innovations. First of all, it is multi-language support (Language Provisioning). From now on, producers PDAs and smartphones can include support for multiple languages, depending on the country's supply. Language packs occupy an average of 8 MB, so that in most cases unlikely to be able to install more than 3-5 packets. Another interesting innovation - a basic set of programs of the operating system appeared Program Internet Sharing, which replaced the Modem Link and allows you to use the communicator as a modem in conjunction with a desktop PC: either through USB, or via Bluetooth. The latter, incidentally, now has improved support profile A2DP (although the naked eye no changes compared to previous versions of AKU we have not noticed). In addition, the version of Internet Explorer Mobile in AKU 3 supports AJAX, which allows you to create dynamic Un. By the way, popular with the Postal Service recently, Google Mail is friends with this technology. So now you can work with their postmen on the device without third-party client software. Implemented in AKU 3 has a number of nice innovations like the ability to send SMS via GPRS, as well as save them to SIM-card. Number of various programs, delivered at the Glofiish X500 with dignity, at least, commendable. Indeed, this device differ from one of the richest collections of pre-set programs that we have ever met. Walk into most notable applications. Program QuickLink - is already familiar to owners of PDA E-Ten launcher. He creates on the main screen device field with labels that can be set at its discretion. You can create shortcuts for both programs, and for the system functions, such as changing the display brightness or change the screen orientation. You can also create icons for lists of dialed / received / missed calls. Actually, these three icons located by default. M-Desk - an alternative to the standard menu Start.This application divides all of the major functions and applications into categories and thus speeds up access. At times, very comfortable, although there QuickLink usefulness of M-Desk is reduced. Utility Voice Commander allows you to customize the voice control. She meets is not the first time, so the detail of it is hardly worth it. Location SMS automatically creates an SMS-message with your current coordinates. Can be used in emergencies, and to answer the question: "Where are you?". Image Maker, Image Wizard, and Multimedia Manager - applications that combine user-friendly image viewer, graphics editor and a tool to create simple drawings. Allow to process images with built-in camera, in particular to change the orientation, scale, and so on. Pleasantly pleased with the list of phone applications. Here is a ringtone manager, allowing to set the phone almost every track of popular formats MIDI, WAV, MP3; filter calls, allowing to bar calls from selected users, a program to manage your contact information on the SIM-card, an application for sending SMS and MMS messages as well as utility for incoming Skype-calls. A program that hiding under the name of Scenarios, will control sound profiles. And finally, we note - Program Backup Utility, which serves as a backup and data recovery.

The price of issue and Term

Suggested retail price Glofiish X500 will be in Russia about $ 750. At this point we know what to get the communicator will be starting from mid-November, so that for many it can be a great gift for the New Year holidays.

Conclusions

Glofiish X500 from E-Ten - one of the first communicator of a new wave, combining GPS-receiver and Wi-Fi-module, and, judging by the heated debate on the Internet, one of the most anticipated models of the season. In this regard, particularly pleased that our hero fully justify these expectations. And now those users who have had to choose between GPS and Wi-Fi, will be a real candidate for purchase. At X500 really is everything for a successful start in the market. Firstly, it is a reasonable price, and, secondly, a unique set of characteristics that are more than covers the money spent. First of all, the unit is very compact, thin and lightweight. Then supplied, unlike his predecessors support EDGE networks, and improved FM-tuner, as well as time-tested GPS-module and Wi-Fi last sample, coupled with high-speed Bluetooth. In addition, the machine is running the latest version of Windows Mobile 5.0 with Service AKU 3.0, significantly improves working with thought-out device and a generous selection of additional software. Of the minuses X500 against the competition (and if you find fault! "), You can select only slightly less powerful processor than the Mio A700, however, recall that the latter does not support Wi-Fi. As for a direct competitor HTC P3300, then this device is inferior to our hero because frankly weak processor at 200 MHz. The result is that the X500 - clear favorite of the new season, which by all accounts, is waiting with great success. For clarity, traditionally recap all the advantages and disadvantages in the appropriate column.

Pros:
• stylish design and compact dimensions
• quality assembly
• Good battery life
• excellent set of programs included
• complete set of wireless interfaces
• integrated GPS-receiver
• EDGE support
• presence of FM-tuner.

Cons:
• minor flaws in ergonomics (not very convenient navigation button and stylus slot location)
• the absence of a connector for external GPS-antenna.

PS During the preparation of this review for publication, we found our hero on the battery label "E-Ten X500/M700", which says that the battery fits directly for the two models. But what else for M700? Obviously, in the near future we will have another surprise. Hopefully, an equally enjoyable. The authors, translation: