Two New Smartphones; "A Sidekick for Grown-Ups"

Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:04PM EST

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PC Magazine has two new phone reviews of T-Mobile smart phones, both of which look pretty promising for the nine-to-five crowd.

First up is the T-Mobile SDA, a candy bar model running Windows Mobile Smartphone edition. The screen is enormous, Wi-Fi and EDGE support is standard, and battery life is exhaustive: 9.5 hours of talk time in the PC Mag test. Needs a memory upgrade, but this little number looks like it has nearly everything you'd want in a handset, and at only $300, not a bad deal!

Next there's the T-Mobile MDA, which is a portrait-style PDA that converts into a landscape PDA complete with a full QWERTY keyboard. The review is less thrilled with this $400 model, though it's more equipped for handling the web than the SDA. I'd definitely want integrated 3G on a model like this for any kind of extended surfing. EDGE just doesn't cut it for more than checking the weather or the occasional stock quote.

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  • 1 Posted by dvrman123 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:50PM EDT Report Abuse

    Very Nice i Like this smart Phone cant wait to see what others think. by the way what did you mean by "3G" was that 3 GiG or something.

  • 3 Posted by robwgibbons on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:46PM EDT Report Abuse

    3G is a type of data transmission, it's currently the fastest wireless network available for phones, pda's and the like. Compared to EDGE, it's broadband, if EDGE were DSL.

  • 4 Posted by dee_daa_73 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:40PM EDT Report Abuse

    I love my MDA!!! I keep up with appointments and important dates, I can do yahoo driving directions while driving (not recommended for amateurs), and I never lose my signal strength. Even better, i transferred my text and picture messaging from my Razor to my MDA. Talk about multi-tasking!!!

  • 5 Posted by mack_add02 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:02PM EDT Report Abuse

    hi.. i just want to know who's more better.. is it the SDA or MDA? i'm actually planning to get the T-Mobile SDA, but you know, i don't have enough knowledge about the phone.. can you help me? thank you..

  • 6 Posted by mcorothers on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:13PM EDT Report Abuse

    I like the MDA because it reminds me of appointments or just things I have to do. The calendar is cool and the tasks as well. The touch screen is a plus. Text messaging works great however my MDA freezes a lot and loses signal quite often which is frustrating.

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