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Imserba Webstore - T-Mobile Wing Smartphone (T-Mobile)
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List Price: $499.99
Our Price: $99.99
Your Save: $ 400.00 ( 80% )
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Manufacturer: T-Mobile
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Binding: Wireless Phone
Brand: T-Mobile Branded
Color: Blue
EAN: 0610214614360
Feature: Microsoft Windows Mobile® 6.0 operating system
Label: T-Mobile
Manufacturer: T-Mobile
Model: Wing
Publisher: T-Mobile
Release Date: 2007-05-15
Studio: T-Mobile
Variation Description: Blue
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Features
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Microsoft Windows Mobile® 6.0 operating system
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology built-in for a wire free experience
Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile® (e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes) & Windows Media Player® Mobile (music and video files)
2.0 megapixel camera, Video camera and Windows Media Player
Includes: Battery, Charger, Stereo Hands-free Headset, USB Cable and User's Guide
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty incredible
Comment: I had the Wing for 2 weeks; what can I say, it's pretty amazing! Note that I have the unlimited data plan ($20 or so) which is a must.
1. The phone works great, including speaker phone
2. It is a real computer: I can read Word documents, PDF's, Powerpoints, etc.
3. Finally got synchronization to our Exchange server to work, via VPN: Note: the trick is to set dialing exceptions, so that when you go to the respective IP address it knows not to go through the Web, but through your VPN
4. Voice commands are pretty nice: It recognizes every one of my 100 or so contacts in my contact list; so just say "Call bill smith" and it will find a contact that is "Smith Bill", or "Bill, Smith", etc. in your contact list and call it: Almost eerie!
5. I loaded Skype (which is supposedly released for Windows Mobile 6.1; my Wing has 6.0); it works flawlessly and without problems! So I can sit at any place anywhere in the world with a fast WIFI connection, and carry on a conversation via Skype for free!! Note that the sound comes through the speaker, but with the headset you have complete privacy. Very nice for international travellers!
6. I can easily teather the phone to my (Vista 64) laptop; because there are Hotspots everywhere (in all major hub airports), I now have WIFI access to my email via my laptop, using the Wing as the modem (neat! Only drawback is that you cannot originate or receive phone calls while doing this). Also, you can use the GPRS and/or Edge networks teathered to your laptop; so while driving in the back of a car, I can work through my emails on my laptop!
7. The Edge/GPRS network is slower and the phone is NOT 3G enabled! That is ok by me, because don't care about streaming video or cruising Youtube. Also note that the web browser doesn't support Java addins (which is a real bummer), nor could I find a third-party addin that would work; so some websites that use Java addins won't work. Youtube uses flash, which is not supported either, but there are free downloads that will support it.
8. I have 8 Gig of memory I added; makes for a nice MP3 player.
9. There are other nice free programs (in addition to Skype); for example, there is a very workable remote desktop client, so I have remote access (via VPN) to my work computers
10. Main memory is limited to 64Meg, so you DO have to make choices; for example, I tried to install TomTom navigation software, but it won't fit unless I remove Skype and the Remote Desktop Client from the main memory (the Remote Desktop Client has to be in main memory, for the keyboard to work); I chose to keep Skype. Besides, the Live Search program from Microsoft (free) is pretty neat as it is, when paird with an external GPS; I use a Pharos Bluetooth.
11. I am still learning about this thing, but I have to say that it is an incredible computer for what I do (traveling for work, etc.). I do not know how it stacks up against Iphone or GooglePhone, but if your infrastructure is Windows based, I guess that the Windows Mobile 6 solution will integrate more easily.
12. Finally: The camera is good; voice notes are useful, etc. There is NO internal GPS, and the only wired "hard" connection is via a small USB connector, so your regular 3.5 MM headset won't work (nor will your cheap 2.5 MM phone plug with mic); there are adapters for most standard plugs etc., but you will need to plug in via USB; note that the phone comes with a headset, charging and sync cable etc.; there is tons of low-cost stuff on ebay if you need extra cables, windshield mounts, ....
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Summary: I hate this phone, it suckes.
Comment: I got this phone last summer, and i thought i made smart decision, but i was wrong.
I really hate this phone... mostly because its really slow.
And i hate the touch screen.... like when i am talking with someone,
this phone calls some other people too bcz my cheek push the screen...
and, it does not react soon, when i open the slide,
it takes forever to show the appropriate window.
anyways, there are so many reasons why i hate it.
I would rather choose really basic cell phone than this.
Good Luck
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Summary: Burned by T-Mobile, dishonest lying company!!!
Comment: This is not a review for the phone which is probably great. This is a rant about T-Mobile. T-Mobile had lied to me when I was going to the Carribean with my Black Berry. The Representative had told me that I would be charged according to the data used and instead signed me up for BB International Roaming, which is $19.99. The service had never worked, I wasn't able to recieve or send email, but this is not what this is about. Four months later I had opened a bill, which I usually don't do since the bill is paid automatically every month, and discovered that I am being charged $19.99 for the past 4 months. Manager at T-Mobile insisted that there's nothing that they can do regardless of the fact that I am being charged for the service that never been used. The Manager (Walter) did not even attempt to accomodate me in any way, no partial credit offer, not even for one month, not even free text messages for next month.
T-Mobile is out there to take advantage of you. They take no responsibility for lying to their customers and charging them for services not provided.
Avoid T-Mobile
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Summary: cheap slow PDA phone requires several workarounds
Comment: This is the first affordable ($50) feature-rich phone to replace the phone/Palm PDA duo. After removing deletable files and adjusting the size of the PAGE file, this phone has adequate RAM, but is too slow to get 4 stars and emits a high pitch when overclocked.
Syncing contacts, tasks, and calendar events from a computer to the Wing requires Outlook. The workarounds aren't as comprehensive. Syncing Thunderbird contacts requires importing into Outlook Express, then to Outlook, and formatting. This can takes hours. Outlook is relatively much slower, especially with search and synchronized folders enabled. Individual "Tasks" can't be categorized and flagged as they could on a Palm, and I eventually abondoned using it. As for alarms, WM6's requires delving too deep into submenus and way too many clicks to set one. An alarm set in the calendar program is a workaround but will ring only a few times and can go unnoticed.
There's no good way to have all contacts on this phone with only some showing up on the phone list. With too many contacts, this phone will pause for a couple seconds after the first numbers are inputted while it compiles a list of matches. During this time it is unresponsive to other buttons presses. You'll have to disable "smart-dialing" if you enjoy dialing numbers quickly, but will now only be able to search for contacts via the "contacts" button not by the "phone" dialog. This can make it difficult for others to use your phone. The built-in keyboard is nice, but the accompanying screen rotation is too slow to be useful for anything but long messages. I miss the dedicated writing area of other PDAs.
Browsing the net on the Wing is a few times faster via Wi-fi, loading pages at 20kB/s versus a few kB/s on EDGE. This is bad for viewing larger web pages, great for google maps. I get 2-3 days of battery life with normal use, but having a spare battery provides plenty of juice for heavy use. Counterintuitively, turning the phone feature off (airplane mode) quickly drains the battery unless it is rebooted afterwards. Doing this can take up to a minute.
Overall I'm happy with this phone is an inexpensive all-in-one device, but I find myself wanting to switch away from Outlook and the clunky programs that handle the phone menu, contacts, tasks, and alarms on the phone.
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Summary: Boo! Only if you will use it to its full potential.
Comment: I really, really don't like this phone. I paid a lot of money for it b/c it looked cool and did a lot of cool stuff, but after the newness wore off, it's a disappointment when all I really do is make calls, text and use the calendar and notepad. I have yet to ever plug this in to my PC. I suppose if you want to get this phone because you "need" all the features it offers (outlook sync, web browsing, email, etc...) it's probably going to be great for you. But, if you are looking to get it for basic use, but want it for the QWERTY keyboard and a few of the other cool things it does, look somewhere else.
The touch screen is a big hassle as you can't just close this and toss it in your pocket/purse. It consistently makes calls on its own and is always bringing up screens that I didn't ask for and then requires 4 touch commands (if you can figure the right sequence) to get the random screen to go away. Oftentimes, it simply locks up and I have to take the battery out to get it to reset.
Additionally, it rings out loud when set on silent (not ok in my office) and the speaker works intermittently.
Lastly, I have not had this phone for a year and the colored finish on the outside buttons is chipping off and it looks ridiculous. TMobile offered to send me a new phone, but advised that after they received the original back, they may determine this was normal wear/tear and charge my $100 deductible. I paid too much for the phone to begin with, I didn't want to pay another $100, so I guess I'll walk around with a very expensive phone that looks like I picked it up from the pawn shop that I can never get to work right.
My husband swears I just don't know how to use it, he could be right.
Regardless, I am looking to replace this ASAP because I'm fed up. Maybe my rocket scientist husband can use it since he's so smart. ;)
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