T-Mobile Germany sells MDA

[marlof]

<a href="http://www.t-mobile.de/shop/1,1800,1079-_2841-1,00.html">http://www.t-mobile.de/shop/1,1800,1079-_2841-1,00.html</a><br /><br />Through the linked page you can order the MDA from T-Mobile Germany. With T-Mobile the prices of the MDA will range from € 899,95 without a contract, down to € 599,95 with a contract. What's the MDA you ask? It's the German version of the O2 / HTC XDA.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/tmobile_mda.jpg" /><br /><br />Or is it? Although internally it is the same unit, the T-Mobile MDA looks a bit different from the XDA. Marc Zimmermann has them nicely <a href="http://www.zimac.de/mobile/mobxda.htm">next to each other</a> on <a href="http://www.zimac.de">his website</a>, where it will be easier to spot the differences. Source: Marc Zimmermann.

[Jonathon Watkins]

Well the review appears to have been pulled though the picture is still up. There's now only the message:

"HTC PW10A1
Sold as...
T-Mobile MDA
o2 xda

This review had to be temporarily pulled due to a news embargo by o2 and it will be back in early August.

Sorry for the inconvenience.
Updated 2002-07-27"

[marlof]

That's why I didn't point you to the review, but to the pictures....

[Marc Zimmermann]

Well the review appears to have been pulled though the picture is still up.

I'll put it back up in a couple of hours... I'm at work right now and have the files on my home PC ;-)

[Foo Fighter]

I already submitted this to the news bin, but I'll post here as well.

Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal posted a review of the T-Mobile in his weekly column. Apparently he didn't think very highly of it:

http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html

[Marc Zimmermann]

Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal posted a review of the T-Mobile in his weekly column. Apparently he didn't think very highly of it

It's a pretty subjective review. He just doesn't like it.

[pt]

I already submitted this to the news bin, but I'll post here as well. Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal posted a review of the T-Mobile in his weekly column. Apparently he didn't think very highly of it: http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html

walt loves every mobile device, as long as it says treo on it.

cheers,
pt

[Foo Fighter]

walt loves every mobile device, as long as it says treo on it.


Ha! Yeah, he is juuuuust a little PalmOS biased, I think. He also favors Apple systems.

Still, I respect Walt's opinion, even when I don't agree with it.

[jjjwicks]

Funny how Walt fails to compare the two operating systems.

Funny how Walt fails to mention that the Treo's OS is already out of date and will be seriously dated come September when Palm's OS 5, comes out.

The Treo is a fine alternative to the Blackberry. The T-Mobile device is in a different class all together.

Ask Walk can he connect to his home or office computer with his Treo to retreive files.

Ask Walt which device is closer to a laptop. Certainly not the Treo - It was not designed to what a laptop can do. The T-Mobile device is closer to a laptop - It WAS designed to what a laptop can do.

TELL Walt to stop comparing apples and oranges.

[Mobile Bob]

I received my Pocket PC Phone from T-Mobile a couple of hours ago. It looks like the O2 XDA (device on the right-hand side) pictured on Marc's web page, only it has a gold/bronze tint to it (very cool).

So far, I am very pleased with what i've seen so far. Its charging right now, so I will have to wait a few more hours before I can start playing with it.

[jdhill]

I received my Pocket PC Phone from T-Mobile a couple of hours ago. It looks like the O2 XDA (device on the right-hand side) pictured on Marc's web page, only it has a gold/bronze tint to it (very cool).

So far, I am very pleased with what i've seen so far. Its charging right now, so I will have to wait a few more hours before I can start playing with it.
Mobile Bob,

Your public anxiously awaits your first impressions !!! :wink:

[Mobile Bob]

I received my Pocket PC Phone from T-Mobile a couple of hours ago. It looks like the O2 XDA (device on the right-hand side) pictured on Marc's web page, only it has a gold/bronze tint to it (very cool).

So far, I am very pleased with what i've seen so far. Its charging right now, so I will have to wait a few more hours before I can start playing with it.
Mobile Bob,

Your public anxiously awaits your first impressions !!! :wink:

I'll post my first impressions on this thread sometime this evening. :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

That's why I didn't point you to the review, but to the pictures....
OK, but a mention of this in advance would have been nice. :)

Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal posted a review of the T-Mobile in his weekly column. Apparently he didn't think very highly of it: http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html
8O That 'review' is unbelievable! How does that guy keep his job? He mentions the Treo (whose shares he owns) more than the device he is reviewing. What a joke! Sad thing is that people will believe him. 8O

[jdhill]

That 'review' is unbelievable! How does that guy keep his job? He mentions the Treo (whose shares he owns) more than the device he is reviewing. What a joke! Sad thing is that people will believe him.
Some will believe him, some won't. Anyone that has read Walt's reviews for a while realizes that he's biased toward the Handspring Treo. They will realize that as long as the name isn't Treo, Walt will not like the device.

[Marc Zimmermann]

I received my Pocket PC Phone from T-Mobile a couple of hours ago. It looks like the O2 XDA (device on the right-hand side) pictured on Marc's web page, only it has a gold/bronze tint to it (very cool).

Yup, seems like T-Mobile has two different units. One o2-like in the US and a slightly different one at least in Germany. Maybe they thought that two 100% identical designs were not good in one market...