HTC MDA Cell Phone

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User rating 4.5   Read reviews - Add review The MDA mobile device combines a Windows Mobile 5 PDA with a quad-band GSM phone.  Some of it's key attributes include a slide-out QWERTY text keyboard, 802.11g Wi-Fi, EDGE, Bluetooth, speakerphone, and a miniSD memory card slot.  Depending on which carrier the phone is available through, added features could include a 1.3 megapixel camera, Java, or voice dialing. View full phone specs View image gallery View reviews Compare against other phones Compatible accessories

The Wizard has an exceptional design that looks like any other Pocket PC, but what makes it different is what is hidden beneath: a full QWERTY keyboard. The Wizard has an amazing horizontal slider keyboard.  When the keyboard is extended, the screen also rotates to give you a widescreen landscape view. The 240 x 320 touch screen is excellent for viewing web pages, watching videos, or just using it to view your Word, Excel or PowerPoint files. The Wizard is far more than just a cell phone, it is a mini computer with a 200 Mhz processor, WIFI, Bluetooth, expandable 2 GB memory and much, much more. 

 

The Wizard’s design is exceptional, an innovation built on top of phones with sliding capabilities. The older version is the HTC Harrier, which also had a QWERTY keyboard but was not practical at all. The phone’s keyboard would slide out vertically like all other slider phones. What makes the HTC Wizard so magnificent is that the QWERTY keyboard slides out horizontally which makes it easier to hold, easier to use, and much better for viewing web pages. Also the screen rotates as the keyboard is out which makes viewing on the Pocket PC that much more convenient.

The phone has hot keys everywhere and most of them can be assigned to your preference. There is a button for text messages and if you keep pressing it toggles through all your email, POP3 accounts, MMS messages etc. Adjacent to the message button is the Internet Explorer button, which comes in very handy when you need to access the web and do not want to pull out the stylus. On the left side of the phone there is a Comm manager button which lets you access the WIFI, Bluetooth, ActiveSync and toggle between vibrate and ringer. The button on the opposite side is a voice dialing button and when held can be used to close programs. Overall the design of the Wizard is brilliant, and it took a lot of thorough planning.      

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KollegeMan @ Feb 12 11:48 AM

i have never used the MDA phone before, but it i know its crazy.
i have one, and it needs repair. i've been tryin to repair it for the past year. evry technician i went, they told me that they dont have any parts for it....i found another technician and he replace the screen for me and also provide me a battery, but now it needs a keyboard ribbon (i'm not sure if thats it.) but the keyboard buttons aren't working...i really wana get it working, so if there's anyone who can help me out, please send me a email at, kollegeman@gmail.com

it will be appreciated if someone does.....
am out....

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Cal Owen @ Oct 2, 08 7:54 PM

I use a HTC T-Mobile MDA and am trying to sync it using active sync 4.1 and i checked off the features i wanted to synch and all of them synched except contacts. I deleted the partnership and started a new onr and made sure i had contacks checked, but it still wouldn't sync contacts. appointmrnts and clendar synched fine but no contacts. what did i do wrong? i have ik contacts and dont want to type them in on my desktop.

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HTC MDA in-depth review - Introduction & Design

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The Wizard design is very precise and includes a lot of features in a small package. The Wizard is also very high quality and is built to last. The display however is very sensitive like all touch screen phones but the case that is provided helps keep it safe. The phone is also very durable and can go through some serious falls. Although all phones are bound to fall, with this phone you have to be extra careful because of all the sensitive...

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Overall Rating:
4.5 out of 5

By: mark pavlovcik on Saturday, November 17, 2007
From: 11 east view, IA (United States)
Experience: 1 Years

Pros: 1.)great for texting/internet browsing. (i will never own another phone without a full keyboard)
2.)touch screen makes web browsing extremely simple
3.)slot for external SD allows for more memory than you will ever need

Cons: 1.)difficult to use for the first week.
2.)stylist pens are very easy to loose and expensive to replace.

Summary: great phone for the price. hopefully T-mobile will come out with a new touch interface that doesn't use a stylist pen.

5 out of 14 people found this review helpful

excellance

Overall Rating:
5 out of 5

By: gerald Shugar on Friday, June 22, 2007
From: west palm beach, FL (United States)
Experience: 10 Days

Pros: compact, easy=to-use. much less bulky than the treo or the palm

Cons: lacks infared. limits its' use in real estate when showing homes.

Summary: I love it, but its' lack of infared means I have to carry an extra piece of equipment whick bulks up my pockets.

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Overall Rating:
4 out of 5

By: jimmy soulios on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
From: clearwater , FL (United States)
Experience: 6 Months

Pros: excellent keyboard for messages built with good digital camera

Summary: i bought this mda 6 months ago i am very happy i use it more for tax messaging and internet browser then talking on cell i did buy a differnt battery and it does last 7 hours i hear thats pretty good for a smart phone

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