- Mobile Phone and Pocket PC, rolled into one
- Shipped without phone SIM
- Use your own phone SIM, or take advantage of bundled airtime deal
- Up to 2.5 hours talktime.
- Up to 100 hours standby time.
- Dualband EGSM 900/1800
- WAP 1.1: Wireless Application Protocol, 14.4 kbits/s data
- Fax and data transmission
- Handsfree built in
- Web browser (Pocket Explorer)
- E-mail (Pocket Outlook)
- Pocket Word
- Pocket Excel
- Voice recorder.
- Touch screen with 16 grey levels
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Trium Mondo is the first of its kind--a truly convergent device bringing together mobile phone and PDA into a single unit. It works extraordinarily well. The Mondo is based upon a Microsoft Pocket PC, so you have a palm-sized device with all the functionality of a full-blown PDA, including address book, organiser and Pocket versions of Word and Excel to name but a few. Connectivity software includes Pocket Outlook for e-mail and Pocket Internet Explorer for Web browsing. Connection with your PC is via the now mature ActiveSync which provides seamless integration and makes sharing and synchronising data a painless task.
The only giveaway that there is something exceptional about the Mondo is the small phone aerial protruding from the top right hand side of the unit. To add phone functionality, all you need to do is add a valid phone SIM from your existing phone or take advantage of the Special Offer bundled with the package. The software to manage phone use is pre-installed. As a phone, there is no denying that the Mondo is bulky but the software is well-thought out, integrating sensibly with the PDA functions to make for a powerful tool. The speaker and microphone are effective, providing clear reception both ways and the hands-free option is also well implemented.
Where the Mondo comes into its own is for mobile data users. No longer is there a need for two devices struggling to connect via infrared or a bunch of cables. You can take advantage of the integral GSM modem to manage live connections to the Internet and for e-mail through the one device. The limitations of GSM still apply, so data throughput is still slow, making e-mail the most feasible but Pocket Internet Explorer will manage most Web pages, if you are prepared to wait. For those who can't, WAP is also available. Indications are that the upgrade path to GPRS will be a painless one, as the service becomes available but no prices are available for confirmation at this time.
Our single biggest gripe with the Mondo is with regards to memory. The Mondo comes with 16 MB--which is the minimum you'll see in a Pocket PC device. This is compounded by the amount of space that the Phone software takes up and the lack of expandability (there is no slot or jacket to add additional memory as with other Pocket PCs), which leaves you with little room for additional programs.
The Mondo is a great gadget, that is unusual in being the first of its kind, yet already a mature and well conceived product. With the Cash Back offer, it makes a good value proposition, if you have to have the latest toy and can live with the memory considerations. --Jason Weston
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
At the price, not there yet.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Trium Mondo (Electronics)
What a pity Mitsubishi havn't got the software robust enough. A wonderful concept but very flaky in the messaging and contacts area. Memory is poor and if they are targetting this at the business user (must be at this price) then more memory at the expense of an MP3 player would have been sensible. Being all things to all men is a bad idea when you are first in the marketplace.I really, nearly like the Mondo; Perhaps revision 3 will be worth the wait. This one certainly is not worth the money - I'm going back to my Nokia 6210 for the time being.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Trium Mondo,
By A Customer
This review is from: Trium Mondo (Electronics)
The Trium Mondo is one of several pda/mobile phones around with cool touchscreen effects. However, this is severely compensated by a myriad of petty faults which will seem annoying in the long run. Its meagre 16Mb of built in memory without the possibility of memory slots renders its MP3 facility useless as its applications would tend to use up 8Mb, and leaving the other 8mb for documents, or the equiv. of 2 normal MP3's at 128kbit quality. Its slow, unresponsive touchscreen facility when using the phone application can be a nightmare. Its SMS facility was a disappointment and requires an expert to configure, whilst its predictive written text input system was even worse. It is extremely bulky and lacks versatility, so unless you plan on keeping the phone within the office, this is a terrible "don't".
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Almost there....,
By A Customer
This review is from: Trium Mondo (Electronics)
I too have sent my Mondo back - looks good, but software is buggy - SMS problems and Contacts issues detailed above. Mitsubishi apparently offer a software upgrade to fix this, although I'm not sure why this isn't yet done to all phones before despatch. In summary - well made item but should probably have been held back from release until fully tested....
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