Yep, you guessed it: about a month has come and gone since I received the MWg Zinc II, posted its unboxing, gave a description of the hardware, and mentioned my initial thoughts. If you haven’t already read that portion of this review, click here and then come back; I’ll wait…

Today we are going to jump right in and talk about my user experience, the Zinc II’s battery life, its camera, and I’ll give a taste of the included Windows Mobile 6.1 software. Let’s dive in, shall we?

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If you are looking for an inexpensive VGA Windows Mobile device then Expansys-USA may have an option for you. Currently they have the MWg (formerly O2 Asia) Xda Flame on sale for an amazing $449.95 (US). The device sports a 3.6″ VGA display running the nVidia GEForce 5500 Mobile Graphics chipset. Couple that awesome graphics power with a 520Mhz PXA270 Processor, a whopping 2GB of ROM and 128MB of RAM and you get one heck of a device for gaming and multimedia…. oh yeah, and work stuff too!

You can get more information at Expansys-USA on this offer but hurry, it looks like they have less than 50 in stock.

It was almost a year ago that Clinton posted his review of the O2 Zinc, and since then a lot has changed. As I mentioned in my MWg Mobius posting, O2 was purchased by eXpansys, and as part of the purchase eXpansys acquired everything and has now rebranded the company as MWg.

Today I’m going to share my early thoughts regarding the MWg Zinc II which I was given at the Mobius event; the second part of this review will come in a few weeks and will cover the software and overall user experience. But first, the unboxing…

Anyone who has ever owned an O2 device will tell you that their packaging was always nicely done, and the experience was akin to opening a present - something that companies such as HTC have recently begun to duplicate. As the newest incarnation of O2, MWg has continued that tradition.

The front of the attractively printed box has a magnetized flap that when opened reveals…

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Were you aware that O2 was purchased by eXpansys? As part of the purchase eXpansys acquired everything, and has now rebranded the company as MWg. According to their site, “Mobile & Wireless Group (MWG) is a Singapore based start-up company established to develop and market premium, converged mobile devices. Founded by the team responsible for O2’s ground-breaking range of PDA-phones, MWG will meet growing global customer demand for customized devices with an emphasis on design, technology, reliability and service.” We were led in a group session by Roger Butterworth, of MWg, who wanted feedback from us about where devices needed to go as far as usability and features. They want to focus on the design and service.

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