Seems like a pretty egregious error on O2's part to throw up a promotional image of its upcoming
HTC Kaiser variant with a big, fat typo up top -- but at the same time, we have an easier time believing that they're coining it the "Xda Stellar," not the "Xda Stella." The text below the picture uses the Stellar name, so that's what we're going with for the time being until we hear otherwise. Anyhoo, by all appearances, this is pretty much the same Kaiser everyone else has gotten, and with a projected release window in December, we're a little surprised to see O2 so far behind the curve here. Too little, too late, or is HTC's finest QWERTY device still going to find droves of buyers by the time it finally launches?
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Update: O2's already corrected its mistake, it's officially the Xda Stellar. Makes more sense that way, eh? Thanks,
Gears!
posted Nov 20th 2007 10:53AM
with a projected release window in December, we're a little surprised to see O2 so far behind the curve here
Verizon.
Enough said
Stellar would make sense given their recent names (Orbit etc). Maybe someone in their naming department wants them to go in a different, beer related direction. Is it only a matter of time before we see the the O2 Heineken?
Or Maybe the 02 Carlberg.
No wait, Carlsberg don't do phones, but if they did...
Is that a front facing camera I see? Makes me sad that AT&T did not include that on their model. I wonder what the price difference for this phone on AT&T versus O2 is though?
Even if they hadn't, what would you do with it?
It's $550 outright with AT&T right now, by the way. Guess we'll find out the price for O2's model in December.
I think it'd be fun to try out AT&T's video calling service with a front facing camera, even though it'd only be one way. Maybe even use some video conferencing software, which I know is not allowed by AT&T's tyrannical TOS but it'd only be a couple times for the novelty, which I feel is low risk for getting busted.
Your question also makes me wonder what O2 users will use it for? Does O2 have video calling like AT&T, maybe something even better? Is O2's TOS more liberal, allowing video conferencing software? If not, then why didn't they cut out the camera?
Given that most people who buy this PDA + 3G + GPS phone are going to be tech savvy, I'm sure they'd appreciate that unique feature. Still, it all comes down to cost. If taking out the camera saved me (not them) $25, they should have kept it in, but if it saved me $100, then I am glad they took it out.
90% of 3G phones in Europe have video calling. Its not a unique feature. On the other hand, 99% of people do not use it, in part because the calls are more expensive, but also it only makes sense when you are sitting down using the phone on speaker phone, which is not the natural way we use phones.
Its a nice feature, but even after 5 years of having it its still a novelty.
I know this guy named Stanley who would LOVE this phone.
you're brilliant.
"Seems like a pretty egregious error... -- but at the same time, we have an easier time believing..."
Contradictory wording in your article... I'm assuming you just mean "Seems like a pretty egregious error... ; we have an easier time believing..."
Reassuringly expensive.
O2 has corrected the typo, by the way. It is indeed "Stellar".
There's a forum dedicated to the Stellar and many other XDA's. Take a look at http://www.xdasite.com