The year of 2008 has already gone. This was the year that once brought happiness to the users of Windows Mobile while was also a year that brought embarrassment to Microsoft's Windows Mobile. Here our Mobile Phone Blog provied you the ultimate evaluation of 17 Windows Mobile Smartphones in 2008.
Evaluation models, standards and involved software: HTC 3470 HTC TOUCH CRUISE HTC P5500 HTC Touch Viva HTC Touch HTC Touch Diamond HTC Touch Pro HTC Touch HD HTC Advantage X7510 LG KS20 O2 MWG Zinc II O2 MWG Atom V Palm Treo Pro Samsung i720 Samsung i780 Samsung i900 Omnia Sony Ericsson X1
Appearance workmanship (10 points); User interface (20 points ); Hardware configuration (20 points ); Performance test (10 points); Auxiliary functions (15 points); Connection function (10 points); Stand-by time (15 points).
Pocket PC test software Spb Benchmark (version number 1.6.0, build 62 )
1. Appearance and Workmanship - 10 points
Of the "appearance and workmanship" items, the five editors all sang high praise of Sony Ericsson’s first Windows Mobile Smartphone - the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, ranked first with 9.6 points, followed by Touch HD and HTC Touch Diaond.
2. User interface (20 points)
The score of "user interface" has two parts: the operating system that the product adopts (WM6.0 or WM6.1) which takes up 8 points and the user interface added by the manufactures which takes up the other 12 points. Finally, Touch HD which adopted TouchFLO 3D enhanced edition and improved a lot in the communication interface, and Sony Ericsson X1 which adopted XPERIA faceplate and personalized phone interface ranked first in this test item, as 20 points.
3. Hardware configuration - 20 points
When marking for the hardware configuration, we separated the total 20 points into different small points according to the different importance of each part: 2 points for RAM, 1 point for GPS, 1 point for EXTRA FALSH MEMORY, 1 point for GRAVITY SENSOR, 2 point for CAMERA, 3 points for screen, 4 points for CPU, 1 points for practical RAM space, 1 point for GPS chip, 1 point for extra memory, 1 point for gravity sensor, 2 point for camera. In the end, HTC Touch HD got the first place with 17.5 points.
4. Performance test (10 points)
According to their importance to users, we gave the "SPB" and "CPU" items 3 points and 4 points and the less important "File system" and "Graphics function" item 2 points and 1 point respectively. Finally, O2 Mwg Atom V ranked first with 9 points. Four Windows Mobile Smartphones from Samsung in this test followed it.
5. Auxiliary functions (15 points)
This item mainly aims at testing the pre-positioned third-party software that is not automatically included in system. The HTC Touch Diamond and Samsung Omnia i900 all possessed various built-in applications, but the alarm clock, digital photo frame and Opera browser of Samsung i900 Omnia were very practical. We gave it one more point. Therefore, Samsung i900 Omnia won the first place in this auxiliary function test with 11 points.
6. Connection function (10 points)
We set the following evaluation standard in accordance with the degree of importance——data line interface (3 points ), memory card type (2 points ), hot swap(0.5 point), Wi-Fi(2 points), earphone interface (2 points ), TV-OUT (0.5 points). Finally, HTC Touch HD, Palm Treo Pro and Sony Ericsson X1 which adopted miniUSB data interface and 3.5mm earphone jack and in favor of microSD hot swap and Wi-Fi ranked first with 9.5 points. Coincidentally, these 3 mobile phones are all the OEM products of HTC.
7. Stand-by Duration - 15 points
We worked out the score of battery capacity according to the ratio of battery capacity of each smartphone to the average 1330 MAH and used this score as the substitute for the score of stand-by time. In this way, we fully and objectively demonstrated the stand-by function of a Windows Mobile Smartphone. According to the principles of statistics, HTC Advantage X7510 that possessed 2200 MAH battery and 5 inches big screen was ruled out from the 17 smart phones. As for the other types, we got the scores through dividing their battery capacity by 1305.83 and timing 10. In this test item, O2 Mwg Zinc II which possessed 1540 MAH lithium ion battery ranked first.
Total score ranking: For the first time,there are so many Windows Mobile Smartphones competing with each other in one “arena”. The true “hero” could be seen at one glance when fighting with gloves off.Finally it comes the judgement time, and the top five winners are: Sony Ericsson’s first Windows Mobile Smartphone — XPERIA X1 - Samsung’s yearly flagship smart phone —i900 Omnia and Samsung QWERTY full keyboard business mobile phone—i780, HTC’s slide cover phone Touch HD Diamond and yearly flagship product —Touch HD.
Author:-JERRY SMITH
Evaluation models, standards and involved software: HTC 3470 HTC TOUCH CRUISE HTC P5500 HTC Touch Viva HTC Touch HTC Touch Diamond HTC Touch Pro HTC Touch HD HTC Advantage X7510 LG KS20 O2 MWG Zinc II O2 MWG Atom V Palm Treo Pro Samsung i720 Samsung i780 Samsung i900 Omnia Sony Ericsson X1
Appearance workmanship (10 points); User interface (20 points ); Hardware configuration (20 points ); Performance test (10 points); Auxiliary functions (15 points); Connection function (10 points); Stand-by time (15 points).
Pocket PC test software Spb Benchmark (version number 1.6.0, build 62 )
1. Appearance and Workmanship - 10 points
Of the "appearance and workmanship" items, the five editors all sang high praise of Sony Ericsson’s first Windows Mobile Smartphone - the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, ranked first with 9.6 points, followed by Touch HD and HTC Touch Diaond.
2. User interface (20 points)
The score of "user interface" has two parts: the operating system that the product adopts (WM6.0 or WM6.1) which takes up 8 points and the user interface added by the manufactures which takes up the other 12 points. Finally, Touch HD which adopted TouchFLO 3D enhanced edition and improved a lot in the communication interface, and Sony Ericsson X1 which adopted XPERIA faceplate and personalized phone interface ranked first in this test item, as 20 points.
3. Hardware configuration - 20 points
When marking for the hardware configuration, we separated the total 20 points into different small points according to the different importance of each part: 2 points for RAM, 1 point for GPS, 1 point for EXTRA FALSH MEMORY, 1 point for GRAVITY SENSOR, 2 point for CAMERA, 3 points for screen, 4 points for CPU, 1 points for practical RAM space, 1 point for GPS chip, 1 point for extra memory, 1 point for gravity sensor, 2 point for camera. In the end, HTC Touch HD got the first place with 17.5 points.
4. Performance test (10 points)
According to their importance to users, we gave the "SPB" and "CPU" items 3 points and 4 points and the less important "File system" and "Graphics function" item 2 points and 1 point respectively. Finally, O2 Mwg Atom V ranked first with 9 points. Four Windows Mobile Smartphones from Samsung in this test followed it.
5. Auxiliary functions (15 points)
This item mainly aims at testing the pre-positioned third-party software that is not automatically included in system. The HTC Touch Diamond and Samsung Omnia i900 all possessed various built-in applications, but the alarm clock, digital photo frame and Opera browser of Samsung i900 Omnia were very practical. We gave it one more point. Therefore, Samsung i900 Omnia won the first place in this auxiliary function test with 11 points.
6. Connection function (10 points)
We set the following evaluation standard in accordance with the degree of importance——data line interface (3 points ), memory card type (2 points ), hot swap(0.5 point), Wi-Fi(2 points), earphone interface (2 points ), TV-OUT (0.5 points). Finally, HTC Touch HD, Palm Treo Pro and Sony Ericsson X1 which adopted miniUSB data interface and 3.5mm earphone jack and in favor of microSD hot swap and Wi-Fi ranked first with 9.5 points. Coincidentally, these 3 mobile phones are all the OEM products of HTC.
7. Stand-by Duration - 15 points
We worked out the score of battery capacity according to the ratio of battery capacity of each smartphone to the average 1330 MAH and used this score as the substitute for the score of stand-by time. In this way, we fully and objectively demonstrated the stand-by function of a Windows Mobile Smartphone. According to the principles of statistics, HTC Advantage X7510 that possessed 2200 MAH battery and 5 inches big screen was ruled out from the 17 smart phones. As for the other types, we got the scores through dividing their battery capacity by 1305.83 and timing 10. In this test item, O2 Mwg Zinc II which possessed 1540 MAH lithium ion battery ranked first.
Total score ranking: For the first time,there are so many Windows Mobile Smartphones competing with each other in one “arena”. The true “hero” could be seen at one glance when fighting with gloves off.Finally it comes the judgement time, and the top five winners are: Sony Ericsson’s first Windows Mobile Smartphone — XPERIA X1 - Samsung’s yearly flagship smart phone —i900 Omnia and Samsung QWERTY full keyboard business mobile phone—i780, HTC’s slide cover phone Touch HD Diamond and yearly flagship product —Touch HD.
Author:-JERRY SMITH
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