Feb 21, 2006 | blog
Ok, here is the phone I’ve been waiting for. T-Mobile’s version of the HTC Wizard – the MDA. Neat device, I was able to test this very unit back in October/November.
It has EDGE Quad-Band services which are much faster than straight GPRS bandwidth. The keyboard is a trade-off, but I was able to adapt quite quickly to it. The screen is razor sharp, bright and clear, sound quality was good, phone quality as well.
One handed operation was a little iffy – and was the source of most of my suggestions on improving the product. We’ll see if they incorporated any suggestions. The pull-mail features of Pocket Outlook were fantastic – I had it pulling mail every 15 minutes for 5 accounts. I also had a number of software packages that pulled data from the ‘Net on a regular basis as well – like weather, news and such.
Performance suffered a little with the 200MHz processor, but I think a person can adapt what they run. Overall a good phone when a person makes an effort to adapt to the device a little.
Jan 24, 2006 | blog
Well I’m looking forward to the release of the T-Mobile MDA & SDA in February. Just so everyone knows, Engadget has dug up pricing on the two new models and the scheduled release dates.
Jan 20, 2006 | blog
Smartphone Thoughts is reporting the availability to pre-register with T-Mobile on the MDA & SDA avaialability!
T-Mobile is finally going to release a modern Windows Mobile Smartphone and Pocket PC Phone! Hell has indeed frozen over.
Check out the registration page at T-Mobile
Dec 30, 2005 | blog
Here is one that I’ll be making use of once the T-Mobile MDA (their US variant of the Wizard) is out! I’ve always thought a Pocket PC should have a cradle available for charging, syncing and simply someplace to set the device where you always know where its at. This one is made by Boxwave and can be found here. The cradle works with the following versions of the HTS Wizard: O2 XDA Mini, Orange SPV M3000, T-Mobile MDA Vario, Qtek 9100 and iMate KJAM.
Thanks to Cool Smart Phone for the tip!
Dec 13, 2005 | blog
Well the tidal wave of new Windows Mobile 2005 devices is building. Here is the current state of device releases:
- Cingular 2125 (Smartphone on Cingular – available now)
- Cingular 8125 (PPC Phone on Cingular – scheduled Q1 2006 Release)[model # may be incorrect]
- T-Mobile SDA II (Smartphone on T-Mobile – scheduled Q1 2006 Release)
- T-Mobile MDA (PPC Phone on T-Mobile – scheduled Q1 2006 Release)
- HP rw4500 (Smartphone similar to 2125/SDAII/SP5, see the::unwired – no further information)
- Motorola Q (PPC Phone, previewed at Mobile Burn)
- Sprint PPC 6700 (PPC Phone on Sprint – available now)
- Palm Treo 700w (PPC Phone on Verizon – scheduled Q1 2006 Release)
- iMate SP5/SP5m (Smartphone direct from iMate – Available now)
- iMate K-JAM (PPC Phone direct from iMate – Available now)
- iMate JASJAR (PPC Phone direct from iMate – Avaiable now)
Fantastic stuff! Many of these devices on are available direct on the internet from places like MadMonkeyBoy, Expansys, MobilePlanet and more. Watch the carriers for there releases over the next 2-3 months. Great time for Windows Mobile, especially if you are considering a change from RIM’s Blackberry!
-Rick
