Mwg Atom Life

[Akanaten]

Well, since my Orbit died the death of deaths, (no, I didn't drop it. The Orbit had the cot, the baby slept on the floor!) I've been in 2 minds what to do about another one. I love the Orbit, but there seem to be an awfull lot of them dying on people. It's probably to do with taking it away from standard, that goes with the territory.
Who wants a bog standard unit when you can pretty it all up the way you want? True?

I've decided to take the plunge and give the Atom Life a try. The spec is something else indeed. See below;

One question though,
Will I be able to flash the ROM like I used to do with my Orbit, to say, the Artemis Touch 4.01? Or maybe Tom's Black & Blue?
With all this processor power it should sail through any of them.




Technical Details

• Operating System : Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 6, World Wide English
• Processor : Intel XScale® PXA 270 Processor at 624 MHz
• Dimensions:
- Approx. 106(L) x 58(W) x 18(T) mm
- Weight with battery: 145g
• Operating Time :
- Standby up to 200 hours (GSM)
- Talktime up to 4 hours (GSM) / up to 2 hours (UMTS voice calling)
- Battery operation time is dependent on user's usage, system settings and configurations
• Memory :
- 1GB Flash ROM
- 64MB RAM
- MiniSD expandable memory - Supports miniSDHC high capacity cards
• Audio :
- Speakerphone
- Stereo speaker
- SRS WOW HD (surround sound experience)
- FM Radio with RDS function
• Display :
- 2.7" TFT QVGA LCD display with touch panel
- 240 x 320 dots resolution
- Supports 262K colours (65,536 effective)
• Connectivity :
- Built-in Wireless LAN 802.11b/g
(Actual data transfer speed is dependent on range, connection rate, site conditions and network) - Bluetooth® SIG version 1.2
- Infrared IrDA
• Network Frequency :
- Tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900
- UMTS 1900/2100
- EGPRS (EDGE)
- HSDPA
(device connection is operator dependent)
• Camera :
- 2 Megapixels CMOS Macro-focus camera
- Preview mirror for self portrait
- White LED strobe flash
- Supports still image and video capture
- Secondary VGA CMOS camera for video calls
• Microsoft® Windows Mobile® applications:
• Microsoft® Office Outlook® Mobile with Direct Push Technology
• Microsoft® Office programs for Windows Mobile®
• Pocket MSN®
• Internet Explorer® Mobile
• Windows Media® Player 10 Mobile with Equaliser controls
• Windows ActiveSync® 4.2
• Calculator
• File Explorer
(Actual data transfer speed is dependent on range, connection rate, site conditions and network)

• Others features:
• Code Wallet® Pro
• GPRS Monitor
• Jeyo Mobile Extender 2.0 (Available on Companion CD)
• Jeyo SMS Backup
• Java™ 2 Micro Edition (J2ME)
• MMS Client (integrated)
• PDF Viewer
• Self Diagnostics
• Video Telephony
• Wireless Manager
• WorldMate®

[Reptile_16]

Originally Posted by Akanaten

One question though,
Will I be able to flash the ROM like I used to do with my Orbit, to say, the Artemis Touch 4.01? Or maybe Tom's Black & Blue?

No. Definitely not. You'll need a ROM constructed for the device. Think of it like cars made by different manufacturers - they all have an engine, gearbox, exhaust, battery, you get the picture. Crucially though, car engine layouts are rarely identical. The same can be said of WM ROMs.

Check out the relevant device's page at XDA-Devs, for a list of available ROMs.

[Dougie]

Akanaten, just wondering how you are getting on with the Atom Life?

I forgot all about this little marvel of a device, and its sooo cheap contract free as well.

[nodrog]

Should be able to find plenty of tweaks n' stuff for it on xda devs wiki...I'm gonna check now.....

[Akanaten]

Must admit, I was taken with the Atom Life, but very disappointed when I actually bought it.
The odd squared off shape didn't help, neither did the sluggish menu and frustrating way it wouldn't let you get into the bluetooth or even internet at times.
In the end I gave up and went back to my trusty XDA Orbit which still gives me no trouble and feels and looks pretty good.
All in all. not impressed with the Atom at all. Some peaople willl love it, others wont. Personal choice as usual.

[m@rtyn]

Cheers for the up-date Akanaten

[Dougie]

Yeah, thanks for that Akanaten, quite disappointing considering the powerful processor it uses... could be the low RAM count though.

[Akanaten]

Yeh. probably a combination of quite a few things. Personaly, you would have thought being the flagship, first out of the stable Mwg they would have gone to town a little bit more than they did. Style wise I could have got used to... just. But the sluggishness and low memory will do little to adhere people to the Mwg range if first impressions are anything to go by, and in this techno must have world, that's what's going to count.