T-Mobile MDA Vario IV Slide Phone Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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“This is a fantastic handset with excellent specs and a lovely design. its very…” Leighton, Abergavenny, S.Wales View all 3 real customer reviews

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Battery life	4.0
Design	7.0
Ease of use	5.7
Features	8.7
Value for money (at time of purchase)	4.0
Overall rating	6.0

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Score 7.0/10

Leighton, Abergavenny, S.Wales , “Business or web user” More like this »

+ This is a fantastic handset with excellent specs and a lovely design. Its very compact for a handset with a full qwerty keyboard. The colour is very nice also. Super for email and web browsing.

- My only gripe with the this t-mobile handset is the software with which it came with preloaded. I found it very slow and unresponsive, and after doing a little research decided that the original HTC software (HTC being the manufacturer) was by far the best thing for the handset. The handset now runs 10 times better!!

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Score 7.0/10

Paul, Sheffield , “Business or web user” More like this »

+ It does it's job, all the features mentioned work. It has a few additional bits not mentioned (like similar gyroscope sensors to the Iphone - it knows which way it's being tilted). Battery life is ok. Everything about the phone is fine except the damn bugs. VERY tempted to flash the touchflo front-end off or at least look for updates as this may solve things.

- Well, this is my 3rd HTC variant and to be honest it's the one that i've been least impressed with. The touchflo front end is a nice idea but its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO buggy. The phone need at least 30 seconds to actually wake up and be usable if it's been off for a while. When trying to send a message the messager application often exits without good reason (not just becomes a background job, it's completely gone). If it wasn't for this i'd probably be rather happy with it to be honest.

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Product Features

3G	Yes
3G allows mobile phones and mobile dongles to achieve broadband speeds similar to that of home broadband. This allows users to browse the internet, email and download files and video whilst on the move.
Touchscreen	Yes
Touchscreen technology allows you to move and click things directly on the screen using your finger or a stylus pen.
Type	Slide Phone

Type	QWERTY Keyboard

Band	Quad
Different frequency bands are used in different countries. Most phones can be used across Europe as they are Tri Band. You will need a quad band phone if you plan to travel to the USA.
EDGE	Yes
A precursor to 3G, this technolgy allows improved data transfer rates allowing features such as video streaming. Read more about EDGE on Wikipedia
WiFi	Yes
Wifi allows you to connect your device to wireless routers or modems which allows you to connect to broadband internet.
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels	3.2
The amount of data that can be captured when taking a photograph or video. A larger number represents a higher quality image, though this is also affected by other factors such as the lens size and quality.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	480x640
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Bluetooth	Yes
Bluetooth is a technology for the wireless transfer of data such as contacts, photos and music between mobile phones, computers and a host of other Bluetooth enabled devices. Read more about Bluetooth on Wikipedia
XHTML Browser	Yes
XHTML stands for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language. XHTML enabled phones are able to browse most internet content.
WAP	Yes
Simple Web browser
FM Tuner	Yes
An FM Tuner allows you to listen to FM radio stations on the move. You can see a list of FM radio stations at Ofcom:“http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/radio-stations/analogue/analogue-main.htm”.
SatNav	Yes
Satnav is short for ‘Satellite Navigation’. Satellite navigation allows you to see where you are travelling on a map and plan a route to your destination.
MP3 ATRAC Playback	Yes
MP3 playback capability
Operating System	Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Software on which the device runs
Memory Card Slot	Yes
Having a memory card slot allows you to save data to a memory card and then transfer it to another device. For example you may put a photo from your camera or mobile phone onto a memory card and then plug it into your printer to print directly. Memory card slots come in many formats: Compact Flash Card Memory Stick Duo Micro SD Card MMC SD Card SDHC Card
Weight (g)	165
The weight of the product in grams.
Talk Time (hours)	8
Talk time dictates how long your phone’s battery will last if you were to talk continuously on it from a full charge.
Standby Time (hours)	406
Standby Time dictates how long your phone would last if left on standby, ready to receive calls, but with nothing else being done to it.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Video Recorder	Yes
Video recording functionality allows the capture of videos in mpeg or avi format which is great if you want to capture a whole scene, not just one moment.
Instant Messaging	Yes
Instant Messaging allows you to communicate in real-time with friends from your phone using services such as MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, GTalk, ICQ or AIM. If you have a good data plan it’s a great way to stay in touch with your friends and save money.
Built-in Camera	Yes
Some GPS products come with a built in digital camera that allows you to photograph the place you are at and then add it to your map. Next time you wish to visit that place you just tap the image and the Satellite Navigation system plots a route. This is great if you don’t want to have to remember street names.
Dimensions (mm)	102x51x18.1
The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
Java	Yes
A software platform allowing 3rd party applications such as games to be loaded. Read more about Java on Wikipedia
SAR (W per kg in 10g)	1.34
SAR stands for Specific Absorption Rate. A phone’s SAR rating is a measure of the amount of radiation it emits. Check the mobile phone radiation Wikipedia page if you would like more information.
Games	Yes
This is an indication of whether or not the phone has video games installed to play such as Snake or Sudoku.
HTML Browser	Yes
An HTML enabled phone will be able to browse the internet as if it were a normal PC. The exception to this is that it will not be able to show Flash-based content. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
Phone book capacity (names)	Pratically unlimited
A phone’s phone book capacity indicates how many contact details it can store. Many modern phones come with optional memory cards that can be used to store extra contacts. A contact file is generally small and so ‘Practically Unlimited’ is often given because you would have to have thousands of people in your address book to fill it up.
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.
Networks	T-Mobile

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Manufacturer's Description

The T-Mobile MDA Vario IV is a powerful, good-looking smartphone with a qwerty keyboard for quick and easy texting & emailing. It offers super-fast internet access and you can connect the Vario to your laptop and be online with mobile broadband. You’ll always know where you are thanks to the built-in GPS (and we’re the first network to offer a monthly billing plan to CoPilot’s Sat Nav). You can snap away with the 3.2 megapixel camera, download and edit your Word and Excel documents, view your PowerPoint presentations and with Bluetooth you can go hands-free or share files with other Bluetooth devices in an instant.