Orange SPV E650

I did some contracting IT work with orange and was gven this phone on there employee Tariff. The phone was great easy to use and had a good battery life. With all phones the blue tooth and data sessions kill the battery very quickly but if this handset is only used for voice its pretty good The keyboard made it easy to write texts and the odd email but nothing beats a proper size keyboard. The camera of its day was pretty good and could take many photos wth the inbuild datacard. Conecting the phone upto my PC was difficult but once i downloaded the latest version of Microsoft Active Sync i was able to Sync my calander recieve ...  Read the complete review

I was due an upgrade on my contract and always loved the Windows Mobile phones I had seen and used. So I chose the phone and awaited with anticipation. As it turned out I didn't have to wait very long at all, maybe about 48 hours. I personally thing that it's a very attractive phone by itself, and when you swing out the mini QWERTY keyboard it looks even better. So I powered the phone up (the battery came fully charged) and waited for it to progress through the boot phase. And waited. And waited. And then finally saw the homescreen. I'm going to say now, this is a slow phone. It is perhaps its biggest downfall. Unfortunately its processor isn't the fasted in the world ...  Read the complete review

I got this phone about a year ago and to begin with absolutely loved it, the qwerty key pad was the thing that drew me to the phone as, as im a txt maniac, it was ideal and the small delay from the closed portrait screen to the open landscape scene seemed like a small price to pay for the qwerty convenience. However after a month or two this small delay became irritating and more obvious and the qwerty keypad seemed more hassle than it was worth so has rarely been used after the initial novelty had worn off. As time has progressed the phone has proved itself to be unreliable and slow despite (or perhaps because of) its windows mobile software, and on occasions has ...  Read the complete review

I had previously been using a Sony Ericsson phone, but it was on it's last legs, and I was impressed by the look of the Orange SPV E650 so I decided to give it a go. All the reviews I read seemed good, so I placed my order - I got my phone from Orange, and it cost £19.99 as I'm on contract. The E650 is a Windows Mobile 6.0 Smartphone, which essentially means that it's running a portable version of Windows. On first appearances, it looks quite chunky, until you realise that it slides open to reveal a cute little keyboard underneath. I have to admit, in all the time I've had this phone, I've maybe used the keyboard twice. The buttons are tiny and a bit too ...  Read the complete review