HTC is launching a new communicator based on the Windows Mobile 5 platform, which the German operator T-Mobile decided to adopt as a successor of the popular Compact line (HTC Magician). The new HTC P3300 features revolutionary user-control, an integrated GPS receiver and FM radio. Naturally, the device has a few cons as well. After all, would this review be valuable if we did not try to discover them?
Key features
* The most recent version of Windows Mobile 5
* Integrated GPS receiver SiRF Star III
* Wi-Fi and EDGE support
* Comfortable single-hand control
* Integrated FM radio
* Small size and low weight
* microSD memory card slot
Main disadvantages
* Slow processor
* No 3G connectivity
* No standard audio output
* Poor-quality camera
* Trackball does not run smoothly
* No Infrared port
MDA Compact (HTC Magician) became a part of T-Mobile’s portfolio at the beginning of 2005. It entered the market as a revolutionary device among communicators based on the Windows Mobile platform. Its crucial advantage was its small size against the forerunners like MDA II (HTC Himalaya) or MDA III (HTC Blue Angel), which could only be carried hooked on a belt or in a case. All communicators before MDA Compact were considered "big" as well as “non-practical” due to the lack of important software functions. Along with its modest size MDA Compact offered an improved interface for contact dialing and a user-friendly, no-stylus mode of typing SMS.
It lacked Wi-Fi and EDGE, but 2 years ago it was not a big deal.
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