O2 Atom Life

If you've seen one Windows mobile you've pretty much seen 'em all. There'll be no grand changes to the UI, if any. Essentially, the Windows Mobile OS is designed to be a business-person's delight with the multitude of services it provides. We would naturally presume it's a portable computer. Of course each company that develops a new Windows Mobile device, will have a few specific programs that resonate the company's presence in that phone. Lets see how the Atom Life, O2's latest, fares.

Form Factor
It looks like most of the other O2 XDAs conceived before. But it looks a little better with its matt black and silver finish. It has a VGA camera mounted in front for video calling and a 5 way nav-pad at the bottom of the 2.7-inch touch screen display that sports a 240x320 pixel resolution with 262K colors. On either side of the pad are 2 Open keys, the call Take and End keys and 2 dedicated keys for the Start menu and O2 Media Plus menu. They're placed dead center of the 2 stereo speakers.

The top of the phone is where the Hot-Swap miniSD card slot and the power key are located. On the right hand edge is where you'll find the stylus. At the bottom of the phone is the mini USB port for PC connectivity and charging and the 2.5mm earphone socket. The rear has the 2.0 megapixel camera, with flash.

On the right hand side of the phone there are 2 keys. Both dedicated to serving certain specific functions like the camera and voice recorder. And on the other side are the volume keys. Funny, I thought they'd also work as the zoom keys, I was wrong. And at the bottom of the left side is the Infrared sensor.

Tech
The O2 Atom Life runs on an Intel XScale PXA 270 Processor at 624 MHz. It's equipped with 64MB RAM and 1GB ROM. Memory can be upped using using miniSD cards. It's a GSM phone that supports GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA and Wi-Fi. So connectivity-wise you can't ask for more. The Atom Life operates on Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 PocketPC edition and thus far I wasn't able to find any hang-ups.