Nice phone, when you tweak it right. | T-Mobile Wing myFaves Smartphone (T-Mobile)

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T-Mobile slow data and Phone memory leave lots to be desired

Phone starts off handicapped, in that the installed paltry memory is split between program and storage memory and quite inadequate. What this means is you likely will have trouble managing memory as your familiarity and use grows. You'll find the thing just about freezing up, as it natively cannot recover enough RAM to run. There are some hacks to improve this, but they are unauthorized, and you best know what you are doing or you'll own a brick.

T-Mobile is average on voice connectivity, but this is typically variable where by you live. I find the signal level fluctuates a lot, just sitting in my office or class. Have always been able to use the phone though, so more academic at this point. Be sure to call them after 90 days, as T-Mobile will unlock the phone for you. Finish the contract and you can resell it if you wish.
Data is like going back to dial-up. I feel my hair turn grey waiting for the thing. T-Mobile (and ATT) EDGE Data speed fluctuatins are so great, even standing still, webpage downloads also can freeze while waiting for the wind to change direction (of whatever causes the signal to degrade) so you can finish. Google maps in the car mostly work, but there are occasionally dead zones that tick me off.

This unit does have wi-fi, so if you can connect to this, it's as fast as a PC, but battery drains somewhat quicker.The keyboard is great, and a major reaon for buying. I hate the "chicklet" keyboard many phones sport.
I type a lot.
Bluetooth has paired with everything I've tried, I think it's ok. The Voice command is mediocre, any significant backgd noise (radio, road noise) makes it a trial to use. I'm 50-50, takes two/three times to get it to dial correctly in the car. This is no bluetooth though. In quiet places it is good, but who can control that?

While the processor is slower, I find the tradeoff in battery life to be well worth it. It's in the "fast enough" category. I can go almost two days w/o a recharge, so very happy with this.

I use SPB Finance (like quicken) and Memmaker to give me back memory and to clear the RAM so I only reboot maybe a couple times a week.
Also use handymenu, handy launcher and taptext (google them). All are useful tools. Finally, SPB Mobile Shell will really add functionaility, I ues my fingers a lot and this makes it much easier.
HandySwitcher is the "alt-tab" of mobile phones! Must have, as WM only minimize apps and it is otherwise fustrating copying a phone number from a website to the phone to dial a number. HandySwitcher allows you to quickly switch between apps or kill unneeded app easily to recover memory.

Microsoft traditionally takes three tries to get it right. This means windows mobile 6 is really mediocre, considering it's version 6 and they've had twhice the number of chances and it's still more like a toy than a professional mobile tool. Too bad Psion pretty much got killed. Microsoft still has a way to go in terms of mobile usability and memory management. It reminds me of Windows 85, in that it too stank at memory management.
But the above addon tools make it much more usable.

Ifyou are only using your phone for just contact management, calendar and of course phone, consider a blackberry. My killer app was a "quicken" type program since my beloved Psion 3c died. SPB Finance makes many of the shortcomings worthwhile and SPB Mobile Shell seems to really make the UI usable.
Despite the bashing and real need for improvement, I do find it a useful tool and use it every day. It's really handy to have everything in pone place and as I get better with the clumsy OS, I find I depend on it more and more.

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Nice phone, when you tweak it right.

Out of the box this phone has some problems, but these can be fixed. Foremost, there is not enough free memory to run programs. With the default t-mobile ROM, there is about 8MB of free program memory after a clean start. After some use this can dip as low as 2MB with no programs running! This means that windows mobile has a HUGE footprint of around 40MB on this phone! After some digging, I found some custom ROMs and I would highly recommend flashing your phone with one of these. For example, the one that I use (OpenTouch V3.0) has a MUCH smaller footprint of about 29MB, leaving around 20MB free for running programs. This is plenty and I never have "out of memory" errors anymore

The second common complaint is the processor speed. I haven't found this to be much of a problem, but if you need to run intensive apps like skype, you can overclock using BatteryStatus. Some people have had luck getting it up to 273Mhz, I keep it at around 240Mhz. You can even use CPU scaling to automatically adjust the speed depending on CPU usage.

There are also plenty of addons and 3rd party programs that will make this phone rival the iphone. After the above tweaks, the only complaint I have is that this phone won't be compatible with t-mobile's UMTS network when it becomes available.

In summary, I really don't know what t-mobile was thinking shipping this phone in such a crippled state. But after some modifications, this phone is REALLY nice. I enjoy it much more than my previous blackberry pearl.

Pros: long battery life, nice form factor, runs windows mobile 6, touch screen, easy access microSD slot.

Cons: A little on the heavy side, needs some tweaking to be usable, not UMTS compatible.

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Read this before you start using your wing!

First, let me say anyone buying this phone from Amazon.com is very lucky. I wish I had known I could buy it from them for half the price that I paid for it. With that being said...

The biggest problem with this phone is the memory. No, a storage card will not fix the problem. I have a 4GB, which is nice for storage, but the problem is with the program memory. A way to help this problem, that I was not told by T-Mobile customer service is go into your internet options and save your history for 0 days. It will save your history everytime you go to the internet which uses up all your memory. It has really helped since I did this.

You also need to do a soft reboot everday or every couple of days. This is not a big problem. It only takes a second and does not erase anything so it is not that big of a deal.

One major problem I had was the touch screen went out within a month of owning my phone. My phone was locked and there was no way to make a phone call if the phone was locked and the touch screen does not work. It was 1:30 am and a stranger was sitting outside my house at a time that my town has a serial rapist alert going on. I had no way to call 911. When I finally found an old phone, charged it, put in my sim card and called tmobile customer service, they said their computers go down at night and I needed to call back the next day. The next day they told me they would replace my phone, but it would take 5 days. I went out and bought the dash so I wouldn't have to worry about the screen freezing. I still own the wing because it was past the 14 days, but I have the dash as a back up. Turns out there was a sexual assault two streets away 1 hour later that same night. That is a problem they need to address!

Another problem is trying to type a text message and drive. Yes, I know you should not, but for those that do. It is very hard to balance the phone, type and drive. So if you text message a lot you might want to consider that or try it a lot before your fourteen days are up.

The good: Easy to use. Doesn't take a lot of reading the manual to figure out how to use the phone. I love the fact it accepts a 4GB microSD card. The dash will only work with 2GB.

Microsoft Office is wonderful. You can only view with the Dash.

I can use Mapquest to find phone numbers and locations of businesses without calling information. Has saved me lots of time and money. I love using Internet Explorer!!!

Nice look.

Good phone quality.

Battery life is not bad.

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The successor to the popular MDA Smartphone, the T-Mobile Wing quad-band phone has a surprise waiting up its sleeve: just slide the top of the phone sideways to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. It's especially handy with the inclusion of the new Windows Mobile 6 operating system, which enables you to view and edit Word and Excel documents as well as provides instant message capabilities via Windows Live Messenger. (See more details about Windows Mobile 6 below.) The included Outlook Mobile software offers up-to-date e-mail, calendar and contact information. If you use the T-Mobile Wing in conjunction with Microsoft Exchange Server, you can get instant e-mail from your work account as well as enhanced security features that let you clear data from a device if it is stolen or require high-security passwords to access information.

The T-Mobile slides open sideways to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, and the screen reorients itself depending on how you hold the phone.

Click the image to view a larger version of the keyboard. Key features at a glance: Slide-out screen exposing full QWERTY keypad Soft-touch exterior with deep blue color Wi-Fi and EDGE-enabled high-speed Internet access Full HTML Web browsing Support for Microsoft Office Mobile enables document viewing and editing Windows Live for Windows Mobile including Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Live Search, and Windows Live Spaces Direct Push e-mail available with Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and later; Windows Live Hotmail also supports push mail Voice dialing, voice commands and voice recorder Bluetooth connectivity 2.0 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom Video capture and playback music and video player Micro SD memory card slot The T-Mobile Wing has a sleek profile that measures just 17mm (0.7 inches) thick, and it weighs a svelte 6 ounces (with battery loaded). The 2.8-inch color touchscreen transreflective TFT screen automatically orients itself depending on how you hold the phone (i.e., from portrait to landscape and back again). It displays 65,000 colors and has a 320 x 240-pixel resolution. You can scroll through onscreen functions with a pen or finger, or you can use the function buttons placed on the front of the phone.

In addition to supporting GSM/GPRS and EDGE, the Wing also features Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), which enables you to use open wireless networks (as well as T-Mobile's more than 8,000 HotSpot locations) to access the Internet as well as access all four major instant messaging providers--AOL, Yahoo!, Windows Live Messenger, and ICQ. With the Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, you can go hands-free with a headset or listen to music with wireless-enabled headphones.

The phone offers 128 MB of ROM (which stores the Windows Mobile 6 operating system and applications) and 64 MB of RAM (which can be used to store user files). It's powered by a 1130 mAh lithium-ion polymer rechargeable battery, which offers between 150 and 200 hours of standby time and 3 to 5 hours of talk time.

A small mirror next to the 2-megapixel lens on the back is handy for taking self portraits.. The 2-megapixel autofocus camera (with 10x digitazl zoom) on the back of the Wing captures images up to 1600 x 1200 pixels (good enough for prints up to 8 x 10 inches), and it includes a small mirror to the left of the lens that's helpful for taking self portraits. You can make such camera adjustments as white balance and exposure metering, choose from several capture modes (such as sports for fast-moving action), or set a self-timer of either 2 or 10 seconds. After an image has been captured, you can edit it right within the Wing, with functions ranging from cropping to correcting color.

Additionally, the Wing can capture video with or without audio (in MPEG-4 or H.263 format, the latter being best for sending via MMS). In addition to starting and stopping video capture at your leisure, you can also specifiy the length of a recording in terms of ime or file size. You can also play back audio and video files downloaded from the Internet or sent to you via email using the integrated Windows Media Player.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile 6 adds power to your mobile office with up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars.

Edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on your phone, just as you would on your desktop/laptop PC. Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 updates the Windows Mobile 5 platform with a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file.

With Windows Mobile 6, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations. Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time. With Excel Mobile, you're not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily. PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response. After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.

All Windows Mobile 6 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way. The HTC P4350 uses an 1130 mAh Polymer battery for its energy. This high capacity battery offers a standby time of 150 hours and a call time of 3 hours, according to the manufacturer.

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