T-Mobile MDA – Now Available!!!

T-Mobile MDAOk, 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.

iLauncher 2.3 – Now Available!

Well, an update to one of the best Today screen Pocket PC program launchers is available.  Among the numerous updates to iLauncher 2.3 are:

  • Captions Support
  • D-Pad Navigation Support
  • Additional Look & Feel Customizations
  • New Menu Replacement
  • Enhancements to the iLauncher Settings
  • Context Menu Enhancements
  • New True VGA Hack option
  • Additional Meters Path Selection
  • Command-line parameters support
  • Fullscreen Mode Changes
  • Installer Changes
  • Some bug fixes and enhancements

Looks like a nice update.  Kudos to Jason, Amit and crew over at SBSH Mobile Software!

Too Good to be True?

Apparently, Verizon Wireless is changing its policy on tethering laptops & PDAs to mobile phones for data connectivity! Users of high-end, high-speed data capable phones will be able to use their mobile phone as a modem for their laptop. This is good news for those on Verizon!

Kudos to Verizon for making this policy change – I would be surprised if they did not see an increase in subscribers of data plans. This is one of the reasons that I would never consider Verizon in the past, with this change Verizon is becoming a viable alternative if I leave T-Mobile.

Now we just need to work on their pricing! 🙂

via: PC Magazine

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