Windows Phone Thoughts: T-Mobile MDA Vario II is the HTC Hermes

"Last time we saw the HTC Hermes was at the 3GSM show. It's since made its way North, now sitting squarly in the halls of CeBIT. But you'd never know it -- no name on the shell, no display card detailing what the device is -- nothing. Just sitting there hoping for someone like us to come along and give it some love. Destined to appear with T-Mobile Germany this May as the MDA Vario II, this UMTS / HSDPA flauntin' Pocket PC still sports the specs we heard before: 300MHz Samsung processor, 128MB flash and 64MB memory, 2.8-inch display, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, MicroSD, 2.1 megapixel camera, and a secondary videoconferencing camera. The MDA Vario II wasn't on the HSDPA network while we were giving it a walk-through, but then again it's always good to leave wanting just a bit more. "



Well, it's pretty much official that T-Mobile Germany will be the first carrier to pick up the HTC Hermes and call it the MDA Vario II. It's likely that i-mate and Qtek will hopefully make it to the market first (with Super-Sized price tags, no doubt :twisted:). The boys at Engadget were surely happy to get it in their hands for a fleeting moment, and I'm sure that even though it won't have 1900MHz UMTS support for the US, this might still be the answer to some who thought the Universal was too big and the Wizard was too slow. Plenty of screenshots available at the link. Any takers?