T-Mobile Wing Review - Intro
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Alfredo Padilla Published on June 05, 2007 Comment on this |
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The T-Mobile Wing is the successor to the discontinued T-Mobile MDA, bringing the slide out keyboard form factor back to T-Mobile's lineup. The Wing is based on HTC's Herald/Atlas reference design and brings several upgrades, including Windows Mobile 6 and a new slimmer form factor The Wing is compatible with T-Mobile's myFaves service, with a handy Today plugin that allows you to quickly dial your five faves. The battery life of the Wing was outstanding: we measured the call time at an incredible 14 hours and 15 minutes. But this is tempered by the slow operation of the device and poor camera quality. Screens take seconds to be updated, and it is generally sluggish. The Wing's 2 megapixel camera scored poorly in almost all of our standardized tests. This is a problem that makes us reticient to recommend the Wing; while the design, battery life and call quality are great, the Wing is something of a pain to use.On the hardware side, the Wing adds dedicated buttons for the Start menu and OK, which improves one handed usability. The form factor is also slightly slimmer, and there have been improvements to the keyboard with LEDs to indicate caps and alt functions. We found that our biggest issue with the Wing was an interface that can be slower than molasses. The issues with lag mar what could otherwise have been a solid device.
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