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Old 19-01-2007, 03:16 PM
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Are they any good? Looks like they use windows, wifi, touch screen, and a built in gps receiver. Its upgrade time for me, I was going to stick to Nokia but theres not many nice ones on T-Mobile. Is the E61 better than the MDA phones?
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Old 19-01-2007, 04:01 PM
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dunno compared to that nokia, but got a mda vario 1, its great and as soon as i get back off holiday im ordering a vario 2, also t-mobile are bring out some new tarrifs on the 1st feb

mda vario, has windows, wifi, 2g,

vario 2 is 3g and HPDSA ,

neither have built in gps, need a seperate bluetooth gps reciever
Old 19-01-2007, 04:15 PM
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Thanking you for the reply!
I'm not up to date on all these long words so what on earth does HPDSA mean?
I like the features they offer. These MDA ones do look very nice and flash.
Any idea what the MDA Compact III is like?
That S6 must go!
Old 19-01-2007, 04:24 PM
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HPDSA or what ever it is, is an extention of 3g, basically 3.5g, currenty on t-mob where you can get it its limited to 1.8Mbps, soon to be 3.6, on your mobile!

a web and walk add on £7.50 is a must thats all the data cost you'll pay per month, dunno about the compact, like the vario's as they aint too big, but have a full keyboard that slid out

its an S4

the vario 1 , mine,
Old 19-01-2007, 04:30 PM
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HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access)- what Fil said, lol.

The one with built in GPS is cool if you need a built-in receiver, but expect it to eat battery life when used, personally I'll stick with my Bluetooth receiver (but then I've already got one). It's a bit smaller then the others, but has no slide out keyboard (if that matters to you).

The MDA series are good if you want mobile PC features, although Nokia will be fighting back with some good phones in the near future, after being a bit 'out of the game' (imo) for the past couple of years.
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its an S4
Sorry! Maybe its just the angle it looked bigger!
Thanks for the replies
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i vegot a mda vario2 , its got copilot sat nav on it, its a really good phone, it does everything you want it to do, i ve also got the mda compact3 with co pilot and the only differents is its got a build in gps
and the web and walk is great, i am always on passion ford when i am out and about and at work.
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my Vario is in the bin

screen went and it just annoyed me like you wouldnt believe!
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I have one like phil, and my screen has failed twice, although they still have to take it away from you to assess this. They also have said it is the "software" which i dispute as the screen just goes white and then swithces off.
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addty, the original network softwares, complete crap

ive reflashed and added many little bits and bobs, sorting it right out, so much havent had any issues, appart from when it came new, with the t-mob crap on it, had it like that for a week, thought the phone was a waste of time until i found, http://forum.xda-developers.com/index.php
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I had a T-Mobile MDA Compact 2 and it was utter gash!


So fiddly and not very work usable!
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