Nice phone. I’ve had it a few weeks since my Treo 600 gave up the ghost. There’s no way in hell I was going to spring for the derivative rip-off that is the IPhone (more on that), and another Treo would just be overkill for me.

So this $99, feature-packed number caught my eye.

The highlights:

• FM transmitter,
• MicroSD, up to 4GB according to the docs,
• Plays WMA, mp3 and a couple other formats,
• Includes a stereo headphone adapter,
• Built-in camera / camcorder,
• Java,
• GPS,
• External ipod-like controls,
• Speakerphone

And a slew of other crap that you can find out about at the end of a google search.

The good

• The FM transmitter is quite nice,
• Music sounds great. I’ve got a bunch of MP3/ogg players and this sounds as good as any of them on quality headphones,
• The phone feels solid and looks great,
• The external controls are quite handy,
• The included mini-stereo headphone adapters are a nice touch,
• Flexibility for transferring music and photos – you can pop the microSD card into your computer with an adapter or use the supplied USB cable. With the cable, the phone was recognized on my Debian Etch system with a vfat filesystem and transfers worked perfectly.
• Cheap.

The bad

• It comes with an insultingly small 64 meg microSD card – money grubbing bastards. What is this, 1998?
• No ogg support.

It’s probably hard to beat this phone as far as the features/value ratio and, most importantly, it’s a damn good phone.