| T Mobile SDA gets very good reception, though | | | | importantly the dedicated music buttons. Above the |
| voices were a bit harsher and less precise than we'd | | | | buttons stretches a beautiful 320-by-240 VGA screen |
| have liked, and there's a big background-noise | | | | filled with bold icons and your calendar information. |
| transmission problem in noisy environments. MP3 | | | | The SDA Music phone lets T-Mobile customers enjoy |
| ringtones sounded good, and the earpiece volume was | | | | an exclusive listening experience. The first Smart |
| acceptable if not very loud. The speakerphone was | | | | Phone with the Windows Mobile operating system not |
| too quiet to use outdoors, though it works acceptably | | | | only allows access to Microsoft applications like |
| indoors. (That's odd because the media player can | | | | Outlook, but also can be used to relax after work |
| really blare, much louder than the speakerphone.) We | | | | thanks to the integrated audio player. Other highlights |
| actually got clearer sound through a Plantronics | | | | of the device include an integrated VGA camera for |
| Voyager 510 Bluetooth headset than we did through | | | | taking photos and videos, an MP3 player and a stereo |
| the phone's built-in earpiece. | | | | headset. The Motorola E398 is also optimally suited for |
| Speaking of Bluetooth, we got Logitech, Jabra, and | | | | mobile music services. Two integrated stereo |
| Plantronics headsets all working with the SDA, and we | | | | speakers and special light and vibration effects provide |
| ActiveSynced with a Dell laptop. The voice dialing is | | | | an impressive 3D sound experience. Both cell phones |
| the primitive, recorded-tag type, but using any voice | | | | support T-Mobile's Mobile Jukebox service. |
| dialing at all over Bluetooth is a step forwards for a | | | | T Mobile SDA is directed at users who prefer a cell |
| Windows Mobile phone. You can also make a phone | | | | phone for mobile communication, but also want to use |
| call, talk on a Bluetooth headset, and surf the Web with | | | | functions like e-mail or a calendar. The SDA provides |
| Wi-Fi all at the same time. The Bluetooth stack doesn't | | | | for these functions using the Microsoft operating |
| support playing music over wireless headsets. | | | | system Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003. Windows |
| T Mobile SDA is a small, slightly chubby, rounded | | | | Mobile lets you receive and send e-mail, as well as |
| candy-bar phone with a lot of small buttons. (This is not | | | | manage your appointments using the SDA. Word, |
| a phone for folks with big fingers.) The multibutton | | | | Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files can be easily read in |
| approach makes learning the SDA a bit of work and | | | | the device's large display. The MDA III and the SDA will |
| leads to occasional incorrect keypresses, but we | | | | soon be offered by T-Mobile also without a camera, to |
| appreciated every button on the phone, most | | | | meet the requirements of the business market. |