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I got myself an SPV E200 - the first (I think) released Windows Mobile 2003 Powered Smartphone out there.

The first experience is great.

++ My .NET Compact-Framework apps compile and run on the device - I only get warnings because I have no valid certificate for them. MSDN has an article on building Software on the E200! The following table answers a lot of questions on which software runs where:

		Policy	Execution Mode
Mobile Operator (Regional Availability)	Device (Platform Version)	Application Security Configuration	Unprivileged	Privileged
AT&T Wireless (U.S.)	Motorola MPx200 (Windows Mobile 2002 software for Smartphone)	Unrestricted	Open	Open
Orange (Europe)	SPV1 (Windows Mobile 2002 software for Smartphone)	Restricted	Mobile2Market unprivileged root certificate	Orange privileged root certificate
	SPV2 (Windows Mobile 2003 software for Smartphone)	Standard (prompt)	Mobile2Market unprivileged root certificate	Orange privileged root certificate
Verizon Wireless	Samsung i600 (Windows Mobile 2002 software for Smartphone)		Open	Verizon privileged root certificate

++ The built-in camera does a fine job, the camera-software is good.

+ Bluetooth works nicely for synchronizing with my Bluetooth enabled laptop and with old the Bluetooth headset that I have. The only drawback seems to be that my Windows Mobile 2003 Powered PocketPC (Ipaq 4x) can't use the phone as a modem (yet). I'll keep looking into this issue.

- Battery life seems to be somewhat limited, but I am ready to trade some standby-time for functionality.

++ The new OS build (Windows CE 4.2) feels very solid and I love the possibility to set scheduled times for auto-synchronization to the Exchange server.

++ The device is amazingly fast and I didn't notice any laggy behaviour yet, even with Windows Media playing music and ActiveSync synchronizing at the same time..!