T-Mobile Cell Phone Reviews

"The Dash, made by High Tech Computer and known as the Excalibur Communicator overseas, is a compact Windows Mobile-based QWERTY keyboard smart phone...Other features offered on the phone include an embedded instant-messaging client that supports all four major IM services: AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and ICQ...The Dash will also be one of the first T-Mobile phones to use the operator's new MyFaves service, which allows customers to place unlimited calls to their five favorite people in the U.S..." read more »

"Near broadband speed on the go Ability to connect to Wifi networks where available Slide out, easy-to-use keyboard...Camera slow to respond Battery life limited...T-Mobile is promising something special with its new MDA Vario II – broadband speeds over a mobile connection...If you're fed up of waiting for downloads on the move, then T-Mobile may be just the device......" read more »

"The T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition ($550 street with a one-year service contract) does a admirable job of integrating PDA and wireless voice and data functions...The device costs the same as other Pocket PC-based PDAs but includes a versatile phone with high-speed wireless data capability...The unit's 4,096-color reflective TFT screen is not as rich as the 65,000-color LCD on the Th?ra...The T-Mobile's battery is rated at 12 hours for PDA use, 4 hours of talk, and 100 hours of standby...I purchased a T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition to replace my Palm VIIx..." read more »

"As a quad-band worldphone, the SDA can make calls anywhere from Toledo to Tashkent...It gets very good reception, though voices were a bit harsher and less precise than we'd have liked, and there's a big background-noise transmission problem in noisy environments...Battery life was good, with more than 9.5 hours of talk time and more than 7 hours of PDA usage time...Heavy Wi-Fi use will cut battery life, of course, but the SDA has very smart power management, and it kicks the Wi-Fi into dormant mode when it isn't actively transferring data..." read more »

"The T-Mobile Shadow offers a fresh take on Windows Mobile smartphones, with a sleek slider design and interface...The entry-level device also has an affordable...The call quality of the Shadow could be better, particularly the speakerphone...The navigation wheel is...The T-Mobile Shadow comes packaged with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a wired headset, a leather carrying case, a software CD, and reference material...As we mentioned earlier, T-Mobile is really..." read more »

"Automatic back up of data Qwerty keyboard Easy messaging features Memory card supplied...Large and heavy Low quality camera with no video Limited Bluetooth Lack of 3G limits multimedia facilities...But the Sidekick has yet to really make its fashion mark in the UK...By slimming down and smartening up its latest version, T-Mobile is obviously hoping the Sidekick Slide will at last kick-off a trend among young mobile users for easy to handle messaging and..." read more »

"Excellent screen, keyboard, and software for e-mail and instant messaging...Very easy to use....Lousy camera...No direct connection to PC...Bulky....The Maingear Ephex (Core i7) is blazingly fast and priced accordingly...Excellent screen, keyboard, and software for e-mail and instant messaging...T-Mobile Sidekick II - At A Glance - Reviews by PC Magazine......" read more »

"Stylish design; easy-to-use GUI and menu; trackball works great; EDGE compatible...Bluetooth is not 2.0; bad camera; poor battery life...Both celebrities and consumers have indulged themselves in T-Mobile’s Sidekick...The personal communication device is perfect for keeping in touch with friends, as well as e-mail and web browsing...I would not recommend this phone to anyone......" read more »

"Improves upon the fun design and great keyboard of past Sidekicks...Screen is dramatically improved...Messaging is still very capable, though not much improved....Doesn't update features significantly...Lacks GPS, 3G network and other key hardware features...Interface...However, it was not enough to simply fix what was broken...Undoubtedly, the Sidekick brand will live on, and we hope to see a new device fully up to speed (3G speed?) when the time comes...However,..." read more »

"After months of speculation and rumor mongering, it's official: T-Mobile is going to release a couple of new Sidekicks, the Sidekick LX and Sidekick Slide, later this fall...Geared towards the young and hip, the messaging-centric (e.g...At 4.6 x 2.4 ix 0.7 inches and 5.3 ounces, the Sidekick slide is the thinnest and smallest Sidekick yet...Today's news follows T-Mobile's introduction of the $250 (with a two-year contract) BlackBerry Curve 8320, which supports calling over a Wi-Fi or cellular network and, through dual-mode technology, the ability to switch seamlessly between the two through T-Mobile's $20-per-month Hotspot@Home service..." read more »