More similar to the MDA Compact in size and shape, T-Mobile's successor to the MDA III communicator offers nearly as powerful specifications in a far more pocketable design.
At this year's IFA 2005 consumer fair in Berlin, mobile network operator T-Mobile offered the first sneak peek of what is to become to the successor to the company's popular MDA III communicator. As of yet nameless, the device, based on the Wizard reference design from Taiwanese ODM HTC, will offer an advanced set of features which will give its predecessor a run for its money - yet at a far smaller expense in size and weight.
Slightly larger than T-Mobile's MDA Compact communicator, the device will harbour a 240 x 320 pixel display with the ability to natively rotate the screen in a landscape orientation courtesy of its operating system, which will be Windows Mobile 5.0. This will let users easily align the screen with the thumbboard of the device, also this oriented in a landscape fashion.
To support quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, the device will also offer GPRS and EDGE for high speed data transfers, as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11b for shorter-range connections. Also present is a 1.3 Megapixel digital camera, with the device slated to be part of T-Mobile's new web'n'walk range of devices, which come pre-loaded with the mobile version of the popular Opera browser to allow for on-the-fly reformatting of web pages to a small-screen friendly viewing experience.
No further information was provided by T-Mobile concerning the expected availability and pricing of the device, however with competitors bringing devices based on the same reference design to market in time for Christmas, it is not unlikely that T-Mobile would be able to cater to the German market in a similar fashion.
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