Comments on: O2 Xda Orbit … nearly a review http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/ The Revd Gareth J M Saunders' weblog Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:38:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Ranj http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-47610 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:39:39 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-47610 Hi, I need help with my copilot software!!! I read someone installed copilot on their 2gb sd card so as not to slow their Orbit down also I do not want to have to run copilot with copilot sd card always installed as I would prefer to keep my 2gb sd card instead. I copied install files from copilot sd card to Orbit then copied across to 2gb sd and then installed from there. Install went ok, even asked for reg key but now when I try to start Copilot it says "Unable to open Copilot. Please make sure the storage card is inserted or that the data has been properly downloaded". Not sure what I have missed. I would really appreciate any advice! Ranj Hi, I need help with my copilot software!!! I read someone installed copilot on their 2gb sd card so as not to slow their Orbit down also I do not want to have to run copilot with copilot sd card always installed as I would prefer to keep my 2gb sd card instead. I copied install files from copilot sd card to Orbit then copied across to 2gb sd and then installed from there. Install went ok, even asked for reg key but now when I try to start Copilot it says “Unable to open Copilot. Please make sure the storage card is inserted or that the data has been properly downloaded”. Not sure what I have missed. I would really appreciate any advice!
Ranj

]]> by: Gareth J M Saunders http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-46500 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:54:27 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-46500 I've been using CoPilot 6 since I got my Xda Orbit. Even with Windows Mobile 5 I found it really useful. Since upgrading to Windows Mobile 6 I've re-installed CoPilot 6 and it's working fine, no problems to be reported here. I've a few niggles with the user-interface for CoPilot (but haven't I with most applications!) but other than that I've had no problems with it at all. It works for me, does what I need it to do, I won't be upgrading. Besides, I love reading maps! I’ve been using CoPilot 6 since I got my Xda Orbit. Even with Windows Mobile 5 I found it really useful.

Since upgrading to Windows Mobile 6 I’ve re-installed CoPilot 6 and it’s working fine, no problems to be reported here.

I’ve a few niggles with the user-interface for CoPilot (but haven’t I with most applications!) but other than that I’ve had no problems with it at all. It works for me, does what I need it to do, I won’t be upgrading.

Besides, I love reading maps!

]]> by: Manny Singh http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-46492 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:07:18 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-46492 mark russell......thanx very much for ur advice, it was spot on mark russell……thanx very much for ur advice, it was spot on

]]> by: Gareth J M Saunders http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-45519 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:28:35 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-45519 I see you can get the patch at <a href="http://www.xda-orbit.com/comment.php?comment.news.43" rel="nofollow">Xda-Orbit.com</a>. Thanks for the advice about Co-Pilot Live 6. I've got a 2GB Micro SD card, which I got at Amazon for about £14.00 :) I see you can get the patch at Xda-Orbit.com.

Thanks for the advice about Co-Pilot Live 6.

I’ve got a 2GB Micro SD card, which I got at Amazon for about £14.00 :)

]]> by: mark russell http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-45450 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:40:08 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-45450 I have an o2 xda orbit. Dont install copilot 6 thats half the problem i know its worth 99.99 but its really awful. Buy tomtom navigator6 for 87.00 and its far more user fRiendly and updates automatically. Also o2 orbit is known to corrupt micro sd data. You can get a software patch which reduces the risk. I havent had any problems since I got rid of co pilot6. Tomtom does a clean install. I had same problems. It will work with tomtom navigator 6. One last thing invest in a 2gb micro sd card at www.amazon.co.uk cost 14.00 I have an o2 xda orbit. Dont install copilot 6 thats half the problem i know its worth 99.99 but its really awful. Buy tomtom navigator6 for 87.00 and its far more user fRiendly and updates automatically. Also o2 orbit is known to corrupt micro sd data. You can get a software patch which reduces the risk. I havent had any problems since I got rid of co pilot6. Tomtom does a clean install. I had same problems. It will work with tomtom navigator 6. One last thing invest in a 2gb micro sd card at www.amazon.co.uk cost 14.00

]]> by: Gareth J M Saunders http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-44827 Wed, 30 May 2007 12:59:45 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-44827 I've telephone tech support and have been instructed to return my O2 XDA Orbit to my nearest O2 store, where it will be sent for repair. Repair?! I've hardly used it. It's almost brand new. It should simply be replaced for a new model. Preferably one that works. I’ve telephone tech support and have been instructed to return my O2 XDA Orbit to my nearest O2 store, where it will be sent for repair.

Repair?! I’ve hardly used it. It’s almost brand new. It should simply be replaced for a new model. Preferably one that works.

]]> by: Gareth Saunders http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-44810 Tue, 29 May 2007 15:57:18 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-44810 Ricky, I wish I knew! Not even 24 hours after I did a full system (hard)reset and reinstalled a few applications: SPB Mobile Shell, .NET CF 2.0, CoPilot and a couple of others I've had to do yet another Soft Reset as the machine had crashed/hung while trying to open Start > Programs. And then it crashed ActiveSync 4.5 and corrupted the data in Outlook 2003. Sigh! I've been in touch with O2 XDA Tech Support. They suggested the Hard Reset and see if that helped. It hasn't. I'll be in touch with them again and see if I can get the machine replaced. I'm regretting moving away from a Nokia. At least the Symbian OS is more robust than this Windows Mobile offering. (Isn't it?) Ricky, I wish I knew!

Not even 24 hours after I did a full system (hard)reset and reinstalled a few applications: SPB Mobile Shell, .NET CF 2.0, CoPilot and a couple of others I’ve had to do yet another Soft Reset as the machine had crashed/hung while trying to open Start > Programs.

And then it crashed ActiveSync 4.5 and corrupted the data in Outlook 2003.

Sigh!

I’ve been in touch with O2 XDA Tech Support. They suggested the Hard Reset and see if that helped. It hasn’t. I’ll be in touch with them again and see if I can get the machine replaced.

I’m regretting moving away from a Nokia. At least the Symbian OS is more robust than this Windows Mobile offering. (Isn’t it?)

]]> by: Cell Phone News and Reviews » O2 XDA Orbit … nearly a review Cell Phone Reviews http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-44805 Tue, 29 May 2007 13:45:28 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-44805 [...] It was my intention this evening to write a review of my O2 XDA Orbit, the mobile/cell phone / PDA / GPS / radio device that I got about a month ago. But instead I’m spending my evening performing a hard reset and reinstalling everything, for the second time this month. And I’m not even …Read more…cell phones [...] […] It was my intention this evening to write a review of my O2 XDA Orbit, the mobile/cell phone / PDA / GPS / radio device that I got about a month ago. But instead I’m spending my evening performing a hard reset and reinstalling everything, for the second time this month. And I’m not even …Read more…cell phones […]

]]> by: Ricky http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-44794 Tue, 29 May 2007 08:49:10 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/05/28/o2-xda-orbit-nearly-a-review/#comment-44794 What are you doing to the thing? In over a year of owning an i-Mate JAMin (which is more or less the same, save for the GPS) I've only once had to hard-reset it and rarely had to soft reset it (and all those occasions were when it wasn't correctly configured to receive MMS and threw a wobbler when it was sent one). The i-mate has been pretty reliable. What are you doing to the thing? In over a year of owning an i-Mate JAMin (which is more or less the same, save for the GPS) I’ve only once had to hard-reset it and rarely had to soft reset it (and all those occasions were when it wasn’t correctly configured to receive MMS and threw a wobbler when it was sent one). The i-mate has been pretty reliable.

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