When I tested the T-Mobile Ameo some 400 posts ago, I was less than impressed. In fact, I ended up putting down 800 Euros for a Nokia E90 instead. My main complaint was the poor WM5 experience so I was quite suprised when , in the U.S. almost everyone that tested it was very impressed. It turned out that it was a different build. The 7501 in the U.S. was WM6 whereas the Ameo was WM5. Could this make all the difference?
I might get the chance to give the Advantage a second-chance soon as T-Mobile (Germany) have announced an updated Ameo with WM6.1 and a 16GB hard drive. This won’t please those that bought the WM5 version of course but it’s a good move in the long run. One thing to watch out for though is the price. The current Advantage is running at about 850 Euros. Unless they drop that to 699, the new model will have to go in at something near 1000 Euros. Ouch.
Via Pocketables.
Advantage / Athena specifications and links.
