I got an iPAQ 6365 Pocket PC based phone about two months ago. Here’s the late review.
On first impression, it looks rather like a normal PDA, but with a stub of aerial sticking out the top left corner of it. Nice weighty feel to it, and the construction is rather solid — no flexing, or creaking. The sides of it have a rubberised grip so its quite difficult to accidentally drop the thing, which is a good thing, cause I tend to drop my phones…
It does everything that standard Windows Mobile or Pocket PC based PDAs do really. As far as phone functions go, you get all the standards — a dialpad, detailed call history, speed dial, and speakerphone. As far as audio quality goes, it is the best phone I’ve ever used. Voices come out sounding good, and the mic is excellent — I know this since I use it for voice notes as well, and even with background noise it maintains a good level of clarity.
A friend also purchased an h6365, and he remarked that It doesn’t excel at any one thing, but rather, it does it all.
I have to agree with him. I regularly use it to play music, receive/make phone calls, message, schedule appointments and tasks, take notes, and many other small things. While it does everything I expect, it can get messy at times.
Perhaps my only complaint is the somewhat slower than usual processor. At 200MHz it isn’t quite a pig when it comes to performance, but still I’ve only felt the need for more speed once — I was opening a 250MB indexed ebook … On the flip side, the slower processor has one benefit — battery life is excellent. I go for days without cradling the unit even though it doubles up as a music player.
