Siemens SX66 Mobile Phone Review

Siemens SX66 Details

Tom Price This is the best I've seen to date, some learning curve but a lot better than other mobile/internet/cellular systems to date. Singular covers the U S Virgin Islands/great phone/blue tooth headset combo will see how well it works on the mainland in a couple weeks.

leek Answers to questions:

1. The backup battery is a part of the battery pack. Backup battery is NiMH while main battery is LiIon, but they are in the same unit (which detaches). To replace your SIM without losing battery, plug sync/charge cable into bottom of PDA before removing battery.

2. 2 GB is not "out". Up to 4 GB is possible with SDIO cards now, but costs > $500 US. But you can buy a 2 GB SDIO card for $120 US or so. I have.

3. This unit is the same as iMate PDA2K, Qtek 9090, others, except no camera. See the other phone reviews for more opinions and information. A phone camera is bad because it's not allowed in some places, and because phone cameras take generally poor pictures.

4. http://www.xda-developers.com/ has the most information of any site on this phone.

5. Bluetooth support is weak, but there are patches available. See XDA-Devel.

6. If the PDA slows down and shows memory maxed out, then it almost certainly is maxed out. Go to Settings/System/Memory and move the slider to allocate more memory to "storage". If main memory is too low as a result, then remove software and reinstall it on storage card (i.e. SD card). If reboot takes too long because of permanent storage (e.g. contacts), then save contacts on SD card instead of using permanent storage feature.

This phone is a great PDA phone for the technically-inclined, but its phone features are less well-designed than its PDA features.

eric no camera dont buy it just buy the xda IIs or xdaIIi they're better

binny thomas it is good .....good......good!

K Why it doesn't have a camera to be perfect?

andank It's Great PDA phone. The only weakness is only : it doesn't have a camera feature.

Richard This is so much Like the o2-XDA2s or the T-mobile MDA III, in every aspect other than the XDA2s has a camera, all these PDA's are made by the same manufaturer, only the MDA III and the XDA2s compare.

If you were to get an XDA2s you can also access the o2-Active portal for downloads and plays MP3, WMA, WMV, MP4, MIDI files, siemens really need to change the style, as more people will go for the XDA2s due to the camera.

I cant see this being offered to any major provider in the UK (vodaphone, orange) as the competition is blowing them away with PDA's, one look at the SX66 makes me think of a better model.....the XDA2s.

R.J. The phone is great! The voice command options on it are outstanding, the only problem I ran into was the bluetooth module... if the phone goes into a sleep mode it will drop the connection unlike a lot of other bluetooth phones. The PDA functionality of this thing is amazing.

MrMan I just picked up a sx66 and like it very much, the one I have doesn't have a camera on it. But I read in other reviews that some did come with a camera. Wifi works great, able to connect to pc through terminal server/windows xp remote. Speaker phone is not very loud. Other then that i give it a 8/10. -2 for no camera.

Baphomet can anyone here tell me who is the true maker of this mobile ? siemens or I mate ???

check out this page

http://www.gsmarena.com/i_mate_pda2k-962.php