Xda IIs
The office in the palm of your hand
What it can do - Xda IIs key features
Experience the convenience of being connected wherever you go. You may be at a wi-fi hotspot, in your car, at a client's office, at the airport and still access the internet your emails and even your corporate applications. Experience the convenience of being connected wherever you go.*
* Subject to network coverage
Use the links below to navigate this section:
Email and Personal Organiser
Business solutions on the move
Messaging
Browse the web
Ways to connect
Enjoy the Xda IIs in your spare time
Back to topEmail and Personal Organiser
Use your Xda IIs to send and receive email, including attachments. Always on, always ready*, the Xda IIs ensures you are always up-to-date and you can be more responsive.
You can send and receive web-based email straight from your Xda IIs inbox, just like you do on your PC. Depending on your company IT infrastructure you can access your business email and LAN via POP3 email, directly link to your Microsoft® Exchange® Server 2003, using our Mobile Web or our Mobile Web VPN services
Take your office with you - Xda IIs includes all the Pocket PC tools you need to keep fully organised on the move, such as Calendar, Contacts and Tasks, at the touch of a button.
Coming soon...
From early 2005 the Xda IIs will support BlackBerry® connectivity so your email messages can be automatically pushed to your Xda IIs - with no dial-up and no waiting. Come back to this site soon for more information.
* subject to network coverage
Back to topBusiness Solutions on the Move
The Xda IIs is the key tool for your mobile staff so they can stay in touch when they are away from base. Xda IIs lets you keep in contact with customers and suppliers by phone and email or even Instant Messaging.
Make time out of the office work for you. Prepare for meetings and update documents. The Xda IIs features the latest Microsoft® Windows® MobileTM software so you can work on Word® and Excel® documents, view PowerPoint® slides. And you can even view PDFs.
You can run business applications on the Xda IIs that let you keep in touch with your workforce and track its status throughout the working day besides giving your team access to live information normally only available in the office.
Mobile business applications can deliver real benefits such as improved customer service, increased productivity, reduced costs (a PDA typically costs 50% of a laptop), increased staff satisfaction supporting reduced staff turnover (recruitment typically costs 20K), helping you to conform to latest legislation (Working Time Directive).
Click here for information on O2's mobile data applications.
Also check out Smart GlobalTM - a one-stop-shop of partner applications designed specifically for mobile businesses - whether you are a sole trader or a medium to large employer. Click here for a free trial of any Smart Global service. Terms apply.
Back to topMessaging
Your Xda IIs offers a full range of messaging services so you can keep in touch when you are out and about
Back to topBrowse the Web
You just need to press one button on your Xda IIs and you can surf the same full colour Internet you access from your PC via O2's Mobile Web service*
Keep up with the latest news, order supplies or access your company website while you are out and about.
You can also access O2's Active WAP service to discover news, games, sports and other short, to the point pieces of information.
* subject to network coverage
Back to topWays to Connect
Your Xda IIs is a quad band GPRS Mobile combined with a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The quad band operation gives you access to GSM networks worldwide. In terms of mobile data, two independent surveys* have selected O2 as having the best UK GPRS network. In the UK O2's GPRS network covers 99% of the population, and you can get fast mobile data on almost 100 GPRS networks abroad in nearly 60 countries.
* Ascom August 2002. Citrix November 2003.
Throw away all your wires - with BluetoothTM you can wirelessly connect to phones, PCs, headsets, printers, satellite navigation systems and very much more.
Connect to the Internet at very high speeds using Wireless LAN. O2's Wireless LAN service provides you with wireless broadband Internet access at selected public locations or hotspots across the UK and beyond.
O2 offers a range of connectivity options to support secure access to your company LAN - such as a direct links to your Intranet or our Mobile Web VPN service which allows you to access your work emails and company information (held on your existing Virtual Private Network)
Back to topEnjoy the Xda IIs in your Spare Time
Music, pictures, video messaging, games, chat - think of the Xda IIs as a mobile entertainment system. You'll never have a dull moment again.
Play the latest games in full colour including Tomb Raider and Rayman. Passing time while travelling has never been so much fun.
Xda is a registered trademark of O2
Microsoft® Exchange® Server 2003, MSN® Messenger, Microsoft PassportTM, Microsoft® Exchange®, Microsoft® Windows MobileTM, Microsoft® Word®, Excel® and PowerPoint®, are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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Bluetooth is a trademark owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc.