Tuesday, September 14, 2004
T-Mobile Germany Announces "MDA Compact"
Posted by Janak Parekh in "HARDWARE" @ 10:00 AM
We've been talking about the upcoming super-tiny HTC device, codenamed "Magician" -- a quadband GSM/GPRS Pocket PC Phone close to the size of the iPAQ 19xx units, and with Bluetooth. T-Mobile (Germany, for now) has just announced that they will carry the unit as the "MDA Compact". I believe this is the second branding after the i-Mate version we reported on last week.
The above-linked XScale.de article (English translation here) has some great comparison shots of this compared to the MDA III and regular phones. The dimensions of the T-Mobile version work out to 4.9"x2.8"x0.73" and the unit weighs 5.2oz. This is slightly larger than what we reported on before -- could it be that it has a larger battery or something? Still, the photos show it to be quite compact, and as such it may fill a useful niche. :D
The above-linked XScale.de article (English translation here) has some great comparison shots of this compared to the MDA III and regular phones. The dimensions of the T-Mobile version work out to 4.9"x2.8"x0.73" and the unit weighs 5.2oz. This is slightly larger than what we reported on before -- could it be that it has a larger battery or something? Still, the photos show it to be quite compact, and as such it may fill a useful niche. :D
