T-Mobile unveils Wi-Fi PDA-phone

The MDA series is currently offered by T-Mobile's German operation, but given the noises the company has made this year about integrating its GPRS, 3G and Wi-Fi networks, it may well be considering broadening the MDA's availability.

Either way, the third version of the handset, which is expected to run Windows Mobile 2003 for PocketPC Phone Edition, will go on sale in September. In addition to the slide-down keypad and 802.11b support, it has a greater battery capacity than its predecessor that will allow it to run 25 per cent longer. T-Mobile also said it would provide Blackberry push email compatibility in Q4.

size: the same as MDA II, but more features:
text entry is now extremely easy and comfortable - thanks to the built-in QWERTY keyboard ; we have been using attachable keyboards and must decisively say that nothing can replace a built-in keyboard - it's always better!
MDA III has very similar specifications as MDA II: XScale 400 MHz processor, SDIO card slot, mediocre camera with 0.3 megapixel resolution and 128 MB RAM
MDA III fetures built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b standard - not the fastest of them all, but standard among PDAs and with 11 megabit/s very satisfactory)
built-in RIM client to have push-email functionality
fax receiving and sending possible right away without any problems and without need to install additional software
support for latest MMS technology, including video messaging
viewers for PowerPoint and PDF files are pre-installed
battery life has 125% of this what MDA II was achieving
voice dialing works automatically - there is no necessity to assign manually voice command to each phone book entry.