Networking
| Bluetooth |
Y |
| 2G standards |
GPRS |
Processor
| Processor frequency |
0.52 GHz |
Camera
| Built-in camera |
Y |
| Rear camera resolution |
1280 x 960 pixels |
Other features
| Music player |
Y |
| Java technology |
Y |
| Ringer type |
Polyphonic |
Storage
| Compatible memory cards |
SDIO, SD, MMC |
| Internal memory |
128 MB |
Messaging
| E-mail |
Y |
| MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) |
Y |
Battery
| Standby time (2G) |
150 h |
| Talk time (2G) |
3.5 h |
Additionally
| Battery performance |
1200 mAh |
XDA IIi TFT, 240 x 320, 8.89 cm (3.5 ") , Silver
It's in the feature set that the Xda IIi really stands out from its competition, and indeed from O2's previous smartphone offerings. Underneath the shiny exterior is an Intel XScale PXA 272 520MHz processor and 128MB each of internal ROM and SDRAM. That can be extended via the SD/MMC card slot that sits on the top of the phone.
As a phone, the Xda IIi is a tri-band (GSM 900/1800/1900) phone with GPRS capabilities. From a pure data pushing perspective, it's nicely accentuated with both Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, although on the WiFi side, it's only an 802.11b connection. The inbuilt camera is a 1.3 megapixel model that'll also double as an MPEG4 video camera.
On the software side, the O2 Xda IIi runs Microsoft's Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Pocket PC Phone Edition, possibly the most verbosely named operating system that Microsoft's ever offered. As a phone OS, it's usage is currently trailing Symbian (used primarily in Nokia's phones) by a very large margin, but it does benefit somewhat from having inbuilt synchronisation facilities with Windows PCs, as well as a mini-suite of cut-down Microsoft Office applications including Pocket Word, Excel and Outlook. For the time wasters amongst us, it's also got the highly addictive Jawbreaker software built in.
