But is this phone-PDA hybrid really the answer? Attempting to type into a minute on-screen keyboard is even worse. Text input needs to be a pleasure, not a chore. You would also be forgiven for thinking that this would be the ideal communications device. Add the MDA’s generally poor 3G reception – especially compared to a trusty-yet- awkward Nokia N70 – and the appeal melts away. It’s partly down to Internet Explorer’s apparent intention to completely neuter your browsing experience at every turn, whether it’s rendering all but the most mobile of websites utterly unreadable or simply refusing to display them at all.
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The two megapixel camera is superb with the unusual inclusion of a switchable focal length, and the front-mounted camera is adequate when making video calls.
It’s partly down to Internet Explorer’s apparent intention to completely neuter your browsing cario at every turn, whether it’s rendering all but the most mobile of websites utterly unreadable or simply refusing to display them at all.
But is this phone-PDA hybrid really the answer? You would also be forgiven for thinking that this would be the ideal communications device. You start off well equipped, at least. Text input needs to be a pleasure, not a chore. Against x TFT screen.
HTC Hermes (T-Mobile MDA Vario II) First Look Reviews
With many competitors lurking around the edges this doesn’t step into the ring as well as it should. Pocket versions of Word and Excel actually suit the format quite well, although Excel’s limited field of vision is probably the first indicator that the MDA’s resolution is – like many of its PDA compatriots – not quite of the density that would make it useful. If you consider dma the Psion 5 – a device nearly 10 years old – still possesses the best thumboard out there, it’s a good indicator of the state of the current market.
This is certainly one of the more well constructed PDAs we’ve seen. Our Verdict With many competitors lurking around the edges this doesn’t step into the ring as well as it should. There is a pervading positive overtone to the MDA – it’s a powerful device packed with useful software – but it’s a hard sell with the likes of the Blackberry and Nokia’s E61 soon to arrive. There’s a scroll wheel, which is often quicker and more accurate to use than removing the stylus and tapping the screen, but this suffers from a slight lack of responsive feel, much like the rest of the buttons surrounding the edge of the unit.
Hands-on with the HTC Hermes / T-Mobile MDA Vario II
Add the MDA’s generally variio 3G reception – especially compared to a trusty-yet- awkward Nokia N70 – and the appeal melts away. Attempting to type into a minute on-screen keyboard is even worse.
But somehow they don’t. The slide-out keyboard, while more tactile, isn’t the sort of thing you would want to use to write a novel.
Unless you’re years old and have been mashing texts into your phone for the majority of your life, actually inputting data into a keyboard-free phone probably seems like the vsrio pointless thing in the world.