REVIEW: Mwg Zinc II Windows Mobile Professional Smartphone

[jonnyattack]

hey can i play games on this

[VidyIsOn]

Not Familiar with this Brand, but a nice set of features & is well Built, GPS locks in Quick.

[tkellog]

which one is better immpression or smart phone

[s0s0bad]

Nice review. UK price atm is £170 so not bad considering the Tytn 2 is close to £500

[PaddyLuver]

my zinc will be here on my birthday and i cant wait!

[WhosWreckin]

could u tell me the settings to get it to connect rogers web browsing because mine cant connect to the GPRS

[ThoughtsMedia]

You'll need to create a new GPRS connection. Connects To > Internet. Access Point: internet(.)com Username and password blank.

- Jason

[WhosWreckin]

sweet works perfectly

[kikirjaya]

can we install the Flash I in this phone? so we can watch YouTube's?

[ThoughtsMedia]

There's a long and complicated answer, but the short answer is no, you can't. There's not really a good YouTube client for Windows Mobile right now that's available for purchase/download.

- Jason

[WhosWreckin]

You said that you were on the Rogers SIM, is this correct? If so were able to connect to the internet through the 3g.

[ThoughtsMedia]

Yes, that's correct - it worked great!

- Jason

[si1entmage]

umm i got this phone.. but can anyone tell me how to set it such that it does not automatically reject calls? i have this problems of the phone auto rejecting calls after 10s or so..

[ThoughtsMedia]

It shouldn't automatically reject calls. You're saying that if you have it sitting on a table, and someone calls you, it will immediately reject the call? There might be something deep in the settings related to that, but nothing comes to mind. If I were you, I'd hard reset the phone (i.e.: wipe it out), then before you change anything at all, try calling the phone and see what happens.

- Jason

[los88sil]

does it have a head phone jack? what kind

[bugzy02]

hey i wanted to know like would i be able to visit sites like facebook and youtube and watch videos and see pictures ?

[ThoughtsMedia]

Facebook has a decent mobile site, but YouTube's mobile site requires Flash I think, which this doesn't support.

- Jason

[buxtonuk]

is this a good phone for teens if not what is. with qwerty keybored

thanks

[STR8MARGATE]

oh also can i install touchflo on it?

[ThoughtsMedia]

Technically? Yes. But since HTC doesn't sell TouchFlo 3D, that's where this conversation has to end. :-)

- Jason

[STR8MARGATE]

2 questions

1. is the slide out fluid, like is it a smooth slide out

2. i wanted the xperia but i found this for about $400

do you think i should go with this?

[ThoughtsMedia]

Yes, the slide-out action is fairly smooth. As for whether or not you should buy it, that's your decision to make, not mine.

- Jason

[neal5589]

How is the camera quality when taking still pictures and videos? Thank you.

[ThoughtsMedia]

I've given this away as a prize in a contest, so I can't answer that question unfortunately.

- Jason

[si1entmage]

is the Atom V better or this?

[ThoughtsMedia]

I don't think the Atom V has a slide-out keyboard, does it? So it's a completely different class of device.

- Jason

[Virreyna]

does it include internet and messaging?

[ThoughtsMedia]

Yes, it comes with Internet Explorer Mobile and an IM application - though you can install others if you don't like the default.

- Jason

[CaptainScarlet2006]

Thanks,Jason,the problem with that is that without a carrier you can get a lower price since this phone is Xpensive.I saw the price in $549.00.

[ThoughtsMedia]

Yes, that's exactly the problem - you're buying the phone without a carrier subsidy, and this is how much these phones really cost. :-) But if you want to use a phone of your choice instead of what the carrier offers you, this is the price you pay.

- Jason

[CaptainScarlet2006]

Who is going to be the carrier of this phone? i'm with AT&T...

[ThoughtsMedia]

This phone won't come out on a carrier - it's sold unlocked and can be used on any GSM carrier, which includes AT&T.

- Jason

[zakuk77]

Keyboard is flat and its bulky, good if you like that sort of thing.

[JokerG16]

Damn this thing is nice! What service is this for? If it's for T-Mobile(which by the way I highly doubt it is) then I'm trading in my Wing!

[ThoughtsMedia]

It can be used on any GSM network, including T-Mobile...but T-Mobile uses some funky band for 3G (1700 I think), so while the GPRS/EDGE would work, I'm not sure you'd get 3G speeds.

- Jason

[JokerG16]

Oh okay. So if I were to buy this phone and put my SIM card in it, do you think my myFaves would appear on the phone? Would you know

[ThoughtsMedia]

I'm not sure if MyFaves are controlled at the network level or if they're on your SIM - but it's not like it's hard to program a few numbers onto this. :-)

- Jason

[Galen20K]

Not impressive at all, Seriously UnderPOwered.

BOo!!!!

[WONDERGOAL2K7]

jason could you make a video on how to change the theme or color thatnx

[000SriLankarocks000]

hmm thanks mate nice vid...

[WONDERGOAL2K7]

i think thats a bit shit that you need to put your own url in if you wanna watch a video stream but i love this phone its gr8

[MK2EA]

cool thanx lol

[BOWSFAN808]

I was thinking about this or the glyde for Christmas. Which should I get?

[MK2EA]

pleze rely bak =(where do u get these rare mobiles)

[MWoody92]

if ur in the US try ebay or amazon, if your in the UK (like me) try h t t p :// w w w . expansys . com / d . aspx ? i = 161302

(delete the spaces)

[ThoughtsMedia]

Where do *I* get them, or where can *you* get them? I get them from the companies that make them. You can get them via Amazon, Expansys, or any other number of resellers - just use a search engine and you'll find many people selling them.

- Jason

[dotties]

can you change the theme for this phone? the blue themes seems rather ugly.

[ThoughtsMedia]

Yes, you can change the theme to any colour/wallpaper you want.

- Jason

[06kj12]

which phone should i get iphone3g or mwg zinc ii???????????

[ThoughtsMedia]

Get whichever one meets your needs the best. :-)

- Jason

[06kj12]

y would u want utten for a touchscreen phone and all the touchscreen phones with keypads there all to thick

[06kj12]

iphone3g is way better than mwg zinc ii

[PHaitiano]

i like this phone but its pretty costly..is it the motorola qh (unlocked) any good in terms of qwerty keyboard/messaging/features/ca­mera quality?

[ThoughtsMedia]

You bet, the Q9h is a good messaging phone. Although I personally prefer the Blackjack II even more... :-)

- Jason

[xXcrash2020Xx]

how much is this phone?

[ThoughtsMedia]

It's in the sidebar: $599 USD is the current price from Expansys.

- Jason

[scubadiverjr13]

dude you get alot of cool stuff

[ThoughtsMedia]

Thanks, I do enjoy my job. :-)

- Jason

[613puff613]

nice phone, looks better than the iphone, don't know for price wise

[ThoughtsMedia]

Because the iPhone is sold carrier-locked and under a contract in the US, it's cheaper than this. But this phone can be used on any GSM carrier, anywhere in the world, and without a contract - so that's something you pay more for.

- Jason

[TheReapersSon]

They should have let you integrate some virtual memory from a memory card, in order to boost application performance. I wish manufacturers would start doing that on "micro PC devices", just as you can do this on a regular windows computer.

[ThoughtsMedia]

That's one option, yes, but unlike the hard drive in your computer, people do take out their storage cards - so that might cause some problems. RAM is pretty cheap nowadays, so I'm surprised that they didn't put 128 MB or even 96 MB of RAM.

- Jason

[tjasko1]

Great review, Jason! I'm not very happy on how much RAM it has... Because when I was using 64mb of RAM on my Dell X51v, it was slow. Granted iLauncher and PocketWeather was running in the background. But there was ~23mb of RAM left... Now the I have 128mb of RAM in the X51v (PocketPCTechs), I can say it's much faster... Great device though!

[ThoughtsMedia]

Yeah, the 64 MB will be limiting for some people - especially GPS, that's the killer because most GPS programs use up a lot of memory.

- Jason

[tjasko1]

Defiantly. They built a GPS in it, and you really can't take advantage of it because of the RAM.

[ThoughtsMedia]

I did notice however that the Live Search application works GREAT - it doesn't use up that much memory. I think the real problem will be with the GPS apps that do turn by turn directions...they tend to be much more RAM hungry.

- Jason

[tjasko1]

Wow, Windows Like using little memory... That's a good thing! Does have a great processor for a PDA Phone though.

[crippanda6]

my first laptop had a 500 MHz processor with 64 mb of ram

[minson22]

lol

[ThoughtsMedia]

Yeah, it's pretty amazing how far things have progressed, isn't it?

- Jason

[AlvinJue]

well in order to make it fast, you need to flash your rom. i know the sound of it seems dangerous but it really isnt. i mean i hesitated for the first few months i had my tilt cause it will void your warranty with at&t. but i took a chance and did it one day and am i glad i did it! i promise you will love your tilt 100x more then u did before and have a different perspective of it. i got the original rom too just in case anything goes wrong and you need to send the phone back for a replacement.

[ThoughtsMedia]

Sounds like you're talking about illegal ROM images - I don't use those.

- Jason

[AlvinJue]

nope not illegal roms. they are homecooked. all completely legit

[AlvinJue]

actually my at&t tilt is faster when switching landscape and portrait mode. AT&T Tilt and the 3G iPhone is the the best phones right now in the phone market with the best processor speed as well as memory. I cant wait to get the htc touch pro though.

[ThoughtsMedia]

Really? My AT&T is *brutally* slow switching from portrait to landscape. The same thing would always happen: I'd slide out the keyboard, it would start to switch to landscape, and I'd start dialling a phone number (or typing a name) and it would drop the first one or two characters, so I'd have to delete what it did pick up and start over. I found it to be a very frustrating phone.

- Jason

[Jameboy606]

Iphone 3g better

[woods72]

first

[ThoughtsMedia]

And do you have anything to say about the review or product? :-)

- Jason