[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] spacecat:
Actually the survey currently has 7 people saying its great

10 people at crap or sucks ass

19 People who have no strong feeling one way or the other(not good not crap)

so your mistaken

I also believe that the thread has not been answered clearly possibly because i did not explain it properly, as people have been talking up all the PDA/Internet aspects of the Athena in their responses saying that makes it a good phone.

The actual point of the thread was JUST about the MAKING CALLS aspect of using the Athena which has seemed to be overlooked by many posters but fairplay maybe i was not explicit about what i meant at the beginning.

I also think that on a NICHE forum like this people who have forked out lots of money on a device have a tendency to be quite defensive about it and are often loathe to criticise said device as they feel attached to it . I dare you to go on a Iphone forum and say how bad u think it is, or an Xbox or PS3 forum. Theres a

A lot of people are quite Geeky about these things (i have some of these tendencies as well) and FANBOYISM is quite common.

Therefore I think the amount of negative comments are actually quite high from a site DEDICATED to the Athena!

What amazes me is how much people are prepared to ignore after they have bought something and seem to totally disregard, now matter how much they have paid for a device

I used my Ameo primarily as an Internet/Entertainment/PHONE device and believe me I tried EVERYTHING to love the bloody thing largely due to the huge 5 inch screen.

I put on every ROM by PK minutes after they came out, I tried every Video software, every MP3 software , etc etc. I bought 2 BT headsets

and even carried a Manbag to put it in for 7 months!!!

But no matter what I did , I could not get away from the feeling that instead of me benefitting from this device i was having to COMPROMISE to keep IT functioning. The LURE of the 5 inch screen kept me coming back like a Crack Ho for one more fix:

1.Try one more Video configuration and maybe the video playback will work properly and not jump or get out of sync

2.Try one more browser/tweak and see if the internet pages actually load at ahalf decent speed, i mean its got a 6oomhz processer it should work right, shouldnt it?

3. Im sure i can get used to listening to MP3s and accessing them with BOTH hands whenever i want to change a song

4. If i just tweak the connection settings one more time maybe Streaming video might not actually buffer EVERY 10 SEcs!

5. I made ONE PHONECALL on the ATHENA and thought NEVER again

so i went and bought a BT headset about 30 secs after i got off the call.

6.Who cares if the keyboard has NO RESPONSE its quite nice as a stand for watching JERKY MOVIES. Even if i have to stick a pen under it so it sits at the RIGHT ANGLE TO WATCH!

6. Now im trying to get VOICE recognition software to work. I cant see who its dialling as I keep it in the MANBAG as its to big to carry all the time and the whole point of VOICE ACTIVATED dialling is you dont have to HOLD the phone.

NOW the f**Kin thing is calling the wrong people , NOW MATTER HOW CLEARLY AND SLOWLY I SPEAK. I look like a Mental Patient

shouting at the headset saying NO JOHN , NO JOHN ,NO JOHN because the phone is trying to CALL Feckin JAKE!!!!

AAAAARRRGGGGHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So i think I have to give this up , I KNOW THE SCREEN IS BIG, I KNOW IT COST ME A LOT OF MONEY, I KNOW IT HAS GPS(even though i dont drive!),I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE A SUPERCOOL LITTLE LAPTOP, I KNOW IT HAS NICE BROWN LEATHER CASE, I KNOW WEBSITES LOOK GREAT WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY LOAD. BUT..............................................I JUST CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!

A calm descends sell it and buy something else.... So i sell it on EBAY and get an LG viewty ( my missus's upgrade she gave to me for xmas) guess what?

1. I have NEVER used the MANBAG since ! It fits easily and almost feather LIGHLTY into the pocket on my jackets SLEEVE!

2.DIVX MOVIES work perfectly 1st time everytime on a lovely but smaller 3 inch screen

3. MP3's are a joy i have an 8GB micro sd card and can casually change tracks with one hand (believe me THERE IS A DIFFERENCE)

its like using an IPOD

4.WoW Full internet pages load in seconds on mini opera again all one handed operation, Google maps LIKEWISE

5. Im streaming VIDEOS PERFECTLY no BUFFERING AT ALL

I can watch LIVE FOOTY ANYWHERE where HSDPA is WOW WOW

6. It syncs with my PC all my contacts and appointments pop up perfectly

7.I dont KNOW WHERE MY BT HEADSET IS .... I DONT NEED IT.

My arm doesn't start to go numb if i hold it to my ear for more than a few minutes! IM MAKING MORE CALLS because its EASY!

8. I CAN CHECK MY EMAILS as IF IM TEXTING one handedly!

9.Im even TAKING MORE PICTURES on the 5MP camera with ZOOM cos its so easy and light like a proper camera!

10, not even used the 120 fps video mode yet!

It has a few niggles sure, Scrolling could be better, now and then i hit the wrong button on the touch screen , be nice if they brought out a remote control on the headphone that you could pause ,rewind and skip tracks on the mp3 player but it has volume control which is cool.

Anyways it so small and light and easy to use ONEHANDED yes I Know but..................IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE

NOW I FEEL CALM phew...............................

This is easy, It all works straightaway, its easy to use , I dont feel like im fighting anymore, ITS SO LIGHT!, No MANBAG,

I FEEL LIBERATED...............................................BUT

WHAT ABOUT THAT 5 INCH SCREEN, 3 INCHES IS NICE BUT BIGGER IS BETTER AS THE LADIES SAY .............BUT NOT TOO BIG!

With the money form the sale of the ATHENA i buy an EEE PC

stick on XP PRO and bung in 8GB of SDHC and 2 GBs of RAM

Now i dont need to carry it all the time , more for trips out or at work

Though it only weighs about 400 gramms more than the ATHENA its just as portable in REAL TERMS i.e YOU NEED A BAG and its light enough to carry everyday if u wanted to!

It has a 7 INCH SCREEN wow even bigger, it has a DECENT KEYBOARD! i can actually type something properly.

ITS FULL XP PRO I can load any app i want no more WM6 half baked crap.

I can play PRO EVO SOCCER, QUAKE2, UNREAL TOURNAMENT and HALO and HALFLIFE and HALFLIFE 2 and loads more anywhere AMAZING!

I can hook up my Viewty and use it as a HSDPA modem and browse in 7 inch portable glory! GGGEERREEEAAAATTT

Im away on holiday for XMAS and im streaming MANUTD LIVE MATCHES FREE via sopcast via my viewty or the hotels WIFI!

works great on BOTH!

For everyday going about the viewty has me covered, for sitting at work or going on trips the EEE does the business in 7 inch widescreen glory

I FEEL FREE!!!