yes had it for along time now on t-mobile.
what network you on? I got my vario 3 and out the box only conected to 3g, had to phone t-mobile and ask them to enable it, 15mins later the G changed to a H
HSDPA = high speed downlink packet access or has been labeled as 3.5g
t-mob up to 1.8Mbps best ive seen on my phone is 1.1 -1.2 ish, normally 0.8Mbps