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M500 grapples with Compact & Jam

It's war! Just when we thought the JAM and Compact were about to announce an amnesty, Orange has thrown its lot in with its macho-styled mini palmtop, the SPV M500

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

Meet Orange’s answer to the i-Mate JAM and T-Mobile Compact – the brilliantly butch-looking M500.

As you’ve probably guessed already, the specs are identical. It runs the palmtop version of Windows Mobile, the cam’s 1.3MP and there’s an SDIO slot for adding storage or – the killer – Wi-Fi. Battery life’s still a wimpy 5 hours talktime.

It’s going for £100+ on contract. By comparison, T-Mob’s Compact is available from free and the i-Mate JAM’s knocking around for £300 SIM-free.

SPV M500

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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