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16th August - T-Mobile is the first mobile communications
operator in Europe to launch a super fast mobile hand-held.
The MDA Vario II is the first device to support HSPDA
alongside W-LAN, GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS mobile broadband
technologies. The compact high-performance device is
already in the shops in Germany and the United Kingdom
and will be available in Austria and the Netherlands
in a few days time. In the next few weeks, T-Mobile
will also introduce the Vario II in Hungary and Slovakia.
Vario II is available in a smart exclusive design colored
in anthracite, black and bordeaux. This design is exclusively
available to T-Mobile.
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"With the MDA Vario II we are offering our customers
an all-rounder device for voice and data communication in
combination with our mobile broadband network simultaneously
in several important European markets. Whether you are on
holiday or a business trip, the compact Vario II makes communication
on the go a real pleasure in every situation. In doing so,
the exclusive design with red accents clearly displays to
the eye the availability of HSPDA," says Michael Hagspihl,
Head of Terminal Management at T-Mobile International. As
a matter of course the T-Mobile exclusive web'n'walk service
is also available via the Internet browser, showing the user
relevant information only in a few seconds.
Besides the current standard email clients available to business
and private customers, Vario II also supports the BlackBerry
E-mail Push client which can be easily installed with the
additional software provided. Alternatively electronic mail
can also be sent by E-mail Push via the Microsoft Exchange
Server 2003. The MDA Vario II continues to set trends in usability:
it has a track wheel for easy navigation and scrolling.
Beneath the nice casing hides a high performance core in
the form of a 400 MHz Samsung processor with 128 MB memory
capacity. For those of you needing more memory capacity, an
external micro SD card can be fitted to extend the memory.
The MDA Vario II is compatible with the Windows mobile 5.0
operating system. Pocket Outlook, Word Mobile, Excel Mobile
and Power Point Mobile are all supplied with the software
package. Data can be exchanged via W-LAN, Bluetooth, infrared
or USB interface.
The high performance Lithium ion battery makes a talk time
of up to 300 minutes possible and a standby time of up to
200 hours. The integrated 2 megapixel camera allows photos
to be taken and videos to be recorded and sent. A second integrated
camera makes video telephony possible.
Broadband networks have now been implemented in almost all
national companies meaning that T-Mobile has paved the way
for super fast, mobile broadband surfing. UMTS/HSDPA network
technology is already available in Germany, the United Kingdom,
Austria, Hungary, and the Netherlands - with speeds of between
1.8 and 3.6 megabits per second (Mbit/s). In the USA and the
Czech Republic fast surfing is made possible by EDGE, and
Slovakia saw the first commercial Flash/OFDM network worldwide
entered into operation in October 2005.
The seamlessly integrated mobile broadband network is topped
off with high performance W-LAN provision. With approximately
17,000 W-LAN locations, T-Mobile and T-Com are now jointly
the largest provider of HotSpots in the world. In Europe alone
the Deutsche Telekom subsidiaries now operate more than 10,000
HotSpots in Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands,
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Croatia.
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