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| Brand: T-Mobile Branded
Category: Wireless
List Price: $499.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 3099
Color: Blue
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
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Model: Wing
UPC: 610214614360
EAN: 0610214614360
ASIN: B000QTWT7W
Release Date: May 15, 2007
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| Features:
| • | 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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Amazon.com Product Description
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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 Pretty incredible October 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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, ....
 I hate this phone, it suckes. September 1, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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
Burned by T-Mobile, dishonest lying company!!! August 29, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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
 cheap slow PDA phone requires several workarounds August 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
Boo! Only if you will use it to its full potential. July 14, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
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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